WELCOME TO MDOT!!

Thanks for choosing to join our team. Given the high level of hiring standards in place, I know you must be a very qualified candidate to be offered your new position. So, congratulations on your achievements as well.

You are joining an organization that has a long, proud history of leadership in its field, and is nationally respected for its ability to reinvent itself to meet constantly changing demands. Nowhere in state government are the myths of public sector employment and service being put to rest faster than at the Michigan Department of Transportation.

As you get to know your way around, you’ll find MDOT has a lot to offer:

• Depths of incredible technical expertise in a surprising variety of areas,
• Computer and technology systems so good we sell applications to other state governments, agencies, and private sector firms,
• And a team of people – at every level in every facility – that daily rises to the challenge of inventing new solutions, meeting new demands, and creating the most effective transportation department on the continent.

You’ll also find that we are very proud of what we do. Not only for the innovative way we do our work, but also because of how important it is to our friends, relatives, and neighbors. Our transportation system makes a huge contribution to the safety, convenience, and economy of Michigan. (Did you know that our state’s transportation network handles roughly the same amount of trade with Ontario, Canada that all of the United States does with Japan?) I sincerely hope you will quickly find this sense of pride contagious.

We’ve been getting better, day by day, for nearly 100 years now. We have a reputation for being the agency that can deliver today, and be the go-to department of tomorrow. We do that by regularly bringing smart new people to our team. People like you help us succeed by finding success for themselves.

In whatever position you are initially joining us, I expect you to be curious, ask questions, learn all you can about how we operate, and why we do things the way we do. You should concentrate on getting good at what you do, and then do the most important thing you can for our department: figure out how to do it better!