To apply for a position with MDOT and all State Agencies, please visit the SPB's Active Recruitment List. This is a listing of all jobs on open recruitment with the State of Mississippi. You can apply for any of these positions online through the State Personnel Board's website.

To request an SPB Application (Experience and Training Record) please forward your resume and cover letter to:

or Email to: recruiting@mdot.state.ms.us

The Mississippi Department of Transportation is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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The State of Mississippi offers a comprehensive set of benefits as well as a retirement plan for state employees.

Personal Leave: 18 days per year earned at the rate of 1½ days per month. Eligible to use after one month of service.

Medical Leave: 12 days per year earned at the rate of 1 day per month.

Holiday Leave: 10 holidays per year.

Medical Insurance: Provided free for employees. Starts on first day of employment. The plan entails a $450.00 deductible with 80% of the medical costs covered thereafter. Available coverage for spouse and children.

Prescriptions: Prescription Plan Co-Pay.

Dental Insurance: Optional plan with coverage beginning 30 days from date of employment. Available coverage for spouse and children.

Life Insurance: Cost is only 30 cents per thousand dollars of annual salary. Payoff is double the employee’s annual salary.

Cafeteria Plan: This allows you to pay certain expenses (dependent care expenses, health and dental insurance premiums, medical and dental expenses) with money taken from your pay before it is taxed.

State of MS Retirement Plan: MDOT is covered under the Public Employees Retirement System. Fully eligible to retire after 25 years of service. Fully vested after 4 years of service. The employee contributes 7.25% of their salary and the state contributes 9.75%.

Deferred Compensation: Optional tax deferred supplemental retirement savings plan regulated under Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Employee Assistance Program: This program provides free comprehensive problem evaluation, needs assessment and referral, some limited short-term direct counseling, alcohol and drug education and awareness training, and post-treatment follow-up and aftercare as necessary.

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People - Where else can you work with such a great, talented, professional group of people? The atmosphere around here is like a family.

Balance of Work and Family - Typically working only 40 hours per week, this enables you to be at home at the same time every night, to spend time with your family.

Professional Development - MDOT provides excellent training in managerial and technical topics to all of its employees. The opportunities for job advancement are second to none.

Benefits - Starting off with 18 days vacation and 12 sick days your first year, fully eligible to retire after only 25 years, and 10 paid state holidays. Free medical insurance for employees beginning on date of hire. On top of that your vacation and sick days carry over from year to year. How could you go wrong?

Variety of Career Opportunities - MDOT offers a variety of career opportunities, such as accounting, administration, archaeology, auditing, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, equipment operations, human resources, information technology, law, law enforcement, maintenance, payroll, professional development, public information, rail inspection, right-of-way acquisition, surveying, and transportation planning.

Job Stability and Security - MDOT is 88 years old and because we are the only self funded state agency we are better insulated against economic recession, downsizing, and layoffs than other state agencies and engineering organizations.

All Fields of Civil Engineering - There is no organization in the state in which you can be exposed to so many aspects of Civil Engineering - site layout, roadway design, structural design, foundation design, geotechnical, hydraulics, materials, traffic engineering, surveying, environmental, airport planning and design, and on and on. Then, to be able to observe the actual construction of what you designed, it's the epitome of a civil engineering career choice.

So Many Other Reasons - Competitive salaries. Innovative management. Teamwork. Opportunities. Satisfaction.

Annette, District Human Resources Manager - I am the Human Resources Manager in MDOT's Fifth District Office in Newton. I began my employment with MDOT eighteen (18) years ago as a State Service Trainee. My duties included mail distribution and verifying reports. MDOT has provided me with many opportunities to "move through the ranks" to my present position. I work with approximately 475+ employees throughout Central Mississippi whose responsibilities vary from heavy equipment operators to professional engineers. I serve as liaison between the employees in my district and the Human Resources Division in the Central Office. As a wife and mother of three (3) teenagers, MDOT has provided me with a flexible work schedule that allows me quality time with my family while pursuing a career outside the home.

Carolyn, Civil Rights Director - For the past three years I have worked as MDOT’s Civil Rights Director and have held several other positions during my 11 year tenure with the agency. My job allows me to meet a lot of people and travel. My division manages our Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program that attempts to help minority and female contractors achieve greater participation on transportation related contracts. We also administer the agencies Internal and External EEO policies to ensure that employees are not discriminated against and that the general public is given a fair deal in the benefits and services that we offer to them. I like the stability that state government employment provides overall. I particularly like the flexibility and room for growth that a large agency like MDOT is able to provide. I have worked in smaller agencies and employees didn’t have many options for advancement. Our facilities are great, especially the parking lot, during a time when other state workers are having to walk blocks to park, the easy access of ours is great. I also like the fact that MDOT values family, I have two small kids, and it is nice to know that they understand that and allow me to balance home and work.

Keith, Assistant Roadway Design Division Engineer - I am the Assistant Roadway Design Division Engineer. I have been employed in MDOT's Roadway Design Division for 16 years. Our Division is responsible for producing the plans which are used for highway construction. My individual responsibility centers on assigning projects to our individual design teams, monitoring their progress, and insuring that our deadlines are met. MDOT has allowed me to make a comfortable living, while benefiting from a very low amount of job-related stress. I am fortunate to be employed in a very relaxed atmosphere, with a very friendly environment. There is no taking work home, physically or mentally. I have duties and responsibilities that can be accomplished during normal working hours. Additionally, the generous leave time and paid holidays allow me to spend time with my family, friends or on other hobbies.

The Office of Recruitment is part of the Human Resources Division of the Mississippi Department of Transportation. This office is responsible for finding qualified civil engineering and related professionals who will be responsible for providing a safe intermodal transportation network that is planned, designed, constructed and maintained in an effective, cost-efficient, and environmentally sensitive manner.

MDOT is seeking individuals with the desire to keep up with rapidly changing technology. Through our recruitment efforts, we visit major colleges and universities; participating in career fairs, technology expos, and on-campus interviewing. We also recruit college students for cooperative education and summer internship positions.

There has never been a better time to become a civil engineer. There has never been a better time to become a member of the MDOT team.

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These links will take you off MDOT's site to the State Personnel Board.

Mississippi State Personnel Board Vacancy Information - Job vacancies are advertised on SPB's active recruitment list, which lists job advertisements for all state agencies together.

How to Apply - Contains the procedure for applying for a job in state government.

Recruitment and Selection Information" - Contains information on Mississippi State Personnel Board's active recruitment list, how to apply for a state government job, occupation description search, application orientation, and examination site map.