Trainee Graduate Engineer
Job Duties:
Trainees participate in the Graduate Engineer Training Program for up to 2 years, gaining professional engineering experience by completing a series of 3 to 6 months long rotations. Trainees rotate through functional areas such as Construction, Design, Materials, Project Management, Traffic, or Water Resources. All Trainees are supported with structured mentorship, training opportunities and a large support network of professional engineers engaged in the Trainee’s growth and development as an engineer.
The selected Trainee(s) may begin employment after all educational requirements have been met.
To successfully complete the program, a Trainee must:
- Complete 2 years of professional engineering experience
- Achieve a passing score on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
- Complete and demonstrate satisfactory performance in all rotations
- Complete 20 hours of recruitment outreach and/or public engagement service
After all criteria are met, the Trainee will be non-competitively converted to a permanent, probationary Engineer 2 Graduate position in the trainee’s permanent (home base) office.
All Trainees must become a registered Professional Engineer within 6 years of being appointed as a Trainee – NO EXCEPTIONS. Failure to do so will result in termination.
Minimum Qualifications:
A Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geoengineering or Structural Engineering from an ABET accredited college/university or equivalent as rated by EAC/NCEES by the date of hire. If the selected candidate does not possess a bachelor’s degree, all offers of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of this requirement.
A valid class D driver's license.
Applicants meeting the degree requirement will be evaluated for an interview based on the following: (1) applicant’s GPA; (2) an advanced degree in civil engineering or closely related field; (3) possession of the Fundamentals of Engineering certification or a Professional Engineers license; (4) engineering related work experience; and (5) previous MnDOT experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3.0 GPA or higher
- A passing score on the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
- MnDOT experience
- Minnesota city/county experience
- Road construction or road design experience
- Project management experience
- Surveying or GIS experience
Apply:
Submit your application materials online at http://www.mn.gov/mmb/careers to job id 78358. The announcement is open for application online through 06/30/2025 or until positions have been filled.
All applicants must submit the following information to Monica Schumacher at monica.schumacher@state.mn.us: 1) Your transcripts and identifying credentials, i.e., Proof of FE certification, Proof of PE licensure; 2) If you have a degree from an international university and have not passed the FE in the state of Minnesota, you must provide proof that you are eligible to become licensed in the state of Minnesota once you meet the professional engineering experience requirement and any paperwork you have submitted that proves your degree is equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geoengineering or Structural Engineering; 3) A list ranking the job locations you are interested in being permanently placed at the end of the two years; and 4) In the subject line of the email include your first and last name and the email content (First/Last Name – Transcripts and FE proof).