Darrin Petrowsky, Iola, district construction and materials engineer for the Southeast District, is celebrating 30 years with the Kansas Department of Transportation, according to a KDOT news release.
His affiliation with KDOT stretches to his days as a summer intern in 1989. In 1993, he began working as an engineering associate II and worked in Wichita before moving to Iola in 1996.
He most recently was named the area engineer at KDOT’s Iola office.
Petrowsky oversees daily operations with the district materials lab and all construction offices and highway projects in the 17-county district containing Allen.
Petrowsky is a native of Bucklin and a graduate of Kansas State University. He lives in Iola.
He was the Area Construction Engineer with the Independence office from 2001 to 2007, and then became the Area Engineer at Iola. Prior to his current post at the district office in Chanute during 2020, Petrowsky also served several years as the Area Engineer for both Iola and Independence.
As the District Construction & Materials Engineer, Petrowsky oversees operations of the district materials lab and all construction offices and highway projects in the 17-county district. A project that he found especially rewarding was the relocation of U.S. 169 in Allen and Anderson counties, completed during his early years at the Iola office.
