September 29, 2011

Civil Engineers Recruitment Season

Good Afternoon NSBE and SHPE Presidents:

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will soon launch their Spring 2012 Civil Engineer Trainee (CET) Recruitment Season.

If any of your members are interested in future employment with IDOT and would like to be notified once the seasons opens, please complete the attached form and return via email to Prudence.Draper@Illinois.gov

The qualifications to apply for CET positions at IDOT are as follows:

· United States citizen or Non-Citizen with Permanent Work Authorization

· Graduate in the past five (5) years with a bachelors or masters degree in civil engineering from a college/university with an ABET accredited civil engineering program OR

· Graduate in the past five (5) years with a bachelors or masters degree in engineering from an ABET accredited college and passed the FE exam to obtain the Illinois EIT License (or has obtained the EIT License).

· Possess a cumulative GPA no lower than 2.50 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent)

If you would like to learn more about this position and the Illinois Department of Transportation, please visit the website at http://www.dot.il.gov/techapp/faq.html.

Thank you for your time and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

Prudence Draper

Project Manager

Illinois Department of Transportation

2300 South Dirksen Parkway, Rm. 339B

Springfield, IL 62764

217) 557-2006

217) 557-7277 Fax

Prudence.Draper@illinois.gov