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Golden Valley

Golden Valley Office

Location: 2055 N. Lilac Drive, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Work Type: Office/some Teleworking possible – year-round          
Background: Open
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Register and log in visitor, distribute visitor passes and give directions to meeting locations
• Answer phone calls promptly and courteously
• Assist callers and route calls as needed
• Take messages as necessary
• Stay current on all construction projects and changes to answer questions from the public and other MnDOT offices
• Distribute mail and packages
• Order and stock office supplies
• Assist Golden Valley Lead Worker to provide internal and external customers with information, assistance, and services

Golden Valley – Survey

Location: 2055 N. Lilac Drive, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Work Type: Office - summer with the possibility to extend      
Background: Surveying
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Prepare survey truck with supplies
• Carry and hammer survey stakes into the ground
• Use total station staff/reflector for measurement and assist with searching for property markers
• Assist crew with 3D scanner to scan roads, walls, and sidewalks
• Use tape measure, electronic distance device, or level rod for measuring elevations
• Clean and maintain survey equipment and vehicles

Oakdale

Bridge Office

Location: 3485 Hadley Avenue North, Oakdale, MN 55128
Work Type: Office/some Teleworking possible – year round
Background: Open
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Scan and store files in a digital database
• Print and assemble materials
• Provide word processing and data entry support
• Review bridge data and correct data when necessary
• Import and export bridge data for local agency users
• Backup support for the Bridge office including answer phones, greet visitors, schedule conference rooms and meetings, and prepare items for mailing

Bridge Office – Fabrications Unit

Location: 3485 Hadley Avenue North, Oakdale, MN 55128
Work Type: Office/some Teleworking possible – year round
Background: Technology
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Record shop drawing review process with hard copies of the logging data and index cards
• Scan and digitally record past stamped shop drawings including contents and stored location, and file them in an electronic file storage database
• Review recently stamped shop drawings and ensure they are filed in an electronic file storage database
• Format and organize filed documents for automatic data tracing of past, current and future projects with submitted shop drawings
• Maintain the digital recording system for all shop drawings

Bridge Office – Inspection

Location: 3485 Hadley Avenue North, Oakdale, MN 55128
Work Type: Office/Field/some Teleworking possible – year round
Background: Engineering
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Inspector-in-training for bridges, tunnels, underwater testing, provide revisions as necessary to the Bridge Program Manual
• Support bridge inspection practitioners with training, equipment, materials, and methods
• Participate in the inspection drone program
• Assist with inspection reports, photo labeling, and inserting inspection field notes
• Assist with the development and management of bridge diagrams

Bridge Office - Surveys

Location: 3485 Hadley Avenue North, Oakdale, MN 55128
Work Type: Field/Office – summer with the possibility to extend
Background: Surveying
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Prepare survey truck with supplies
• Carry and hammer survey stakes into the ground
• Use total station staff/reflector for measurement and assist with searching for property markers
• Assist crew with 3D scanner to scan roads, walls, and sidewalks
• Use tape measure, electronic distance device, or level rod for measuring elevations
• Clean and maintain survey equipment and vehicles

Roseville

Metro - Advancing Equity

Location: 1500 West County RD B2, Roseville, MN 55113
Work Type: Office/Field/Teleworking – year round 
Background: Engineering
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Collect asset inventory using a smart phone or iPad to enter data in compliance program
• Collect data on sidewalks, driveways, pedestrian ramps, crosswalks, trails, and push button stations
• Assist Project Manager with bid packages and attend pre-construction meetings
• Coordinate with others to ensure all Right-of-Way data is collected
• Assist inspectors on ADA Small Business program verifying ramp and sidewalk cross slope and running slope meet compliance

Metro – Rethinking I-94 and Community Connections

Location: 1500 West County RD B2, Roseville, MN 55113
Work Type: Office/Field/Teleworking – summer with the possibility to extend
Background: Open
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Plan and execute public outreach and engagement efforts with Rethinking I-94 and Community Connections staff
• Develop materials and assemble information for public engagement and outreach activities including PowerPoint slides, graphics, and flyers for engagement and outreach activities
• Coordinate and participate in public engagement and outreach activities in the community
• Suggest creative methods to promote and increase interest and involvement in MnDOT projects among students and youth
• Share community input, experiences, and concerns with MnDOT offices to improve project, service, and program delivery

St. Paul

Office of Environmental Science - Planning and Design

Location: 395 John Ireland Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55155
Work Type: Office/some Teleworking possible – year round
Background: Technology, Environmental
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Edit, modify, and add alternative text to images used in the Plant Selector program to meet ADA requirements for the public website
• Add descriptive alternative tags to plant images
• Check current image for size and quality and make suggestions for new images
• Check for proper source recognition to avoid plagiarizing images
• Update old imagery and suggest new photos

Office of Land Management – Survey Support & Special Projects Unit

Location: 395 John Ireland Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55155
Work Type: Office/some Teleworking possible – year round
Background: Technology
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Enter data in an Excel workbook
• Upload parcel files to the Real Estate and Land Management Software (REALMS)
• Research statewide data to develop and track project progress
• Assemble work orders for consultant contractors providing data services
• Download consultant products using the online Mass File Transfer (MFT) application

Office of Research & Innovation - Contracts and Finance

Location: 395 John Ireland Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55155
Work Type: Office/some Teleworking possible – year round
Background: Technology
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Review, edit process documentation, and organize existing electronic files
• Test process documentation and make updates
• Update records in the Automated Research Tracking System (ARTS)
• Generate a variety of financial reports in ARTS and SWIFT database
• Provide back-up support for the library and assisting with basic administrative tasks

Transportation System Management – Roadway Data Research

Location: 395 John Ireland Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55155 
Work Type: Office/some Teleworking possible – year round                    
Background: Technology
 Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Review data and compare video log or street view to find discrepancies
• Assist lead worker with customer requests for the construction project log
• Add hyperlinks for construction plans to the log using a custom Excel app to add new construction events
• Build a spreadsheet to record findings and bookmark areas that need new roads
• Scan maps and associated documents into an electronic file storage database

St. Paul – Fort Snelling

Facilities

Location: Fort Snelling, St. Paul, MN 55111
Work Type: Office - summer with the possibility to extend
Background: Architecture
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Label building assets with structured IDs, and redline building prints including all mechanical, electrical, and building equipment, skylights, interior and exterior doors, and building room names.
• Provide photographic documentation of assets as directed
• Document and incorporate results of recent safety audits
• Scan documents and save them on network drives
• Organize and file blueprints
• Physically and electronically label documents

Facility & Grounds

Location: Fort Snelling, St. Paul, MN 55111
Work Type: Office - summer with the possibility to extend      
Background: Maintenance and HVAC
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Perform landscape maintenance activities for the facility keeping grounds well maintained – activities include mowing, trimming, raking, leaf blowing, and snow removal
• Assist with preventative maintenance of building systems, HVAC, boilers, etc.
• Assist with refinishing concrete, sealing parking lot crack, and line painting
• Preparing walls and structures for painting, cleaning floors, and preparing areas for contractor work
• Move furniture, remove trash, paint

Facility Processing

Location: Fort Snelling, St. Paul, MN 55111
Work Type: Office - summer with the possibility to extend
Background: Technology
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Work with Central Shop supervisors and employees to identify documentation needs
• Work through processes to create documented process details in Microsoft Word
• Format into finished process manual adding visual aids as needed
• Revise and update existing documented processes
• Engage and assist in other process documentation activities such as scanning, filing, labeling

Bemidji – Land Management

Location: 3920 Hwy 2 West, Bemidji, MN 56601
Work Type: Office/some field work possible – year-round or summer with the possibility to extend
Background: Engineering
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Assist in filing, scanning, uploading, and downloading project field data, files, and plans
• Assist in removing files according to retention requirements/MnDOT standards
• Scan and research historic land record documents
• Archive electronic land records
• Compute, calculate, and compare records to assist with Right of Way packages

Duluth

      Location: 1123 Mesaba Ave., Duluth, MN 55811
      Work Type: TBD
      Background: TBD
      Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:                                            

• Conduct basic, standardized materials lab testing on materials for construction, design, maintenance, or research
• Record test results and provide data to others to generate standardized reports
• File documents and ensure they are scanned to the appropriate file and properly recorded
• Maintain appropriate paper files and keep files current by filing them promptly
• Determine existing road sections using tools such as HPMA, construction logs, roadway history, historical exploration, and video logs

Mankato - Hydraulics

Location: 2151 Bassett Drive, Mankato, MN 56001
Work Type: Office – year-round or summer with the possibility to extend
Background: Engineering
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Field and video inspection review
• Research and review old plan sets
• Perform design scoping with current and future project plan sets
• Draft plan details and sheets using Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD)
• Assist staff with hydraulic and road design questions and issue resolution

Mankato – Design

Location: 2151 Bassett Drive, Mankato, MN 56001
Work Type: Office – year-round or summer with the possibility to extend
Background: Engineering
Number of Positions: 1
Tasks:

• Assist with assembling transportation construction plans
• Using Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) software to create plans
• Calculate and tabulate quantities for construction plans
• Perform other design tasks such as researching old plans and creating exhibits
• Assist staff with hydraulic and road design questions and issue resolution

Virginia 

     Location: 101 N. Hoover Road, Virginia, MN 55792
     Work Type: TBD
     Background: TBD
     Number of Positions: TBD
     Tasks:

• Assist field survey crew members with manual labor and technical work including carrying and pounding survey stakes
• Assist in the survey measurement process including setting up tripods, measuring with EDM prisms, and maintaining survey equipment
• Scan documents and enter them into the Electronic Document Information Graphical System (eDIGS)
• Help bridge maintenance activity maintain a spreadsheet of maintenance activities completed or perform a maintenance gap search
• Provide filing, copying, and data entry support to the Bridge section
• Assist with data entry or fieldwork for the traffic counting program