Requisition No: 878377
Agency: Department of Transportation
Pay Plan: SES
Position Number: 55005287
Salary: $74,807.41 - $96,809.58
Posting Closing Date: 07/06/2026
Total Compensation Estimator ToolSTATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONJOB POSTING DESCRIPTION390 / Ponce de Leon OperationsOPEN COMPETITIVESELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE FULL-TIMECONTACT PERSON: Dawne McKeeCONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 850-836-5718The Work You Will Do:Maintenance Manager / Permits
District Three
District Maintenance
DeFuniak Springs Maintenance
This position will manage the permits unit in the Ponce de Leon Operations Center and serve as the project manager concerning local permits.
The Difference You Will Make:Through cooperation, coordination and collaboration among the OneFDOT team, you will be contributing to a strong and empowering culture of TRREC: Trust, Relationships, Respect, Empowerment, and Communication.
How You Will Grow:FDOT encourages our team members to grow through engagement, empowerment, training, and professional development. Through our agency's learning management system, you have access to hundreds of computer-based training and instructor-led courses.
Where You Will Work:District Three
Ponce de Leon Operations
1723 Sunrise Circle
Ponce de Leon, FL 32455
Your Specific Responsibilities:Supervises employees spending the majority of the time communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees, and planning and directing employees' work. Has the authority to effectively recommend the hiring, transferring, suspension, layoff, recalls, promotions, discharges, assignments, rewards, or disciplinary actions for subordinate employees. Plans and directs workloads, deadlines, work objectives and time utilization with subordinate staff. Provides direction and ensures that all subordinates receive training and instruction in methods and techniques necessary to safely perform their assigned tasks.
Manages the planning, reviewing, issuing, and inspecting of all permits required for work within the State Right-of-Way, including inputting and maintaining information in the Departments Permit Tracking System. Provides management technical and engineering guidance/support to technicians and other engineering specialists to ensure that the Department's goals are met in issuance and inspection of the permitted encroachments / connections within the state road system.
Oversees, manages and directs the work of the Permits staff to coordinate the planning, permit criteria, design, traffic control, specifications and inspections between consultants, owners, contractors, and government agencies on all work being performed within the State Right-of-Way. Stays current on changes to State Policies regarding Access Management.
Receives inquiries, complaints and requests regarding the permitting requirements and maintenance standards of the State Right-of-Way. Evaluates these requests for complexity and priority in order to prepare work documents.
Maintains all relevant engineering plans and permits, which includes filing, recording, and archiving of all information received. Assists engineering firms, the general public and other departments with obtaining information from Right-of-Way construction plans.
Performs quality assurance checks on all approved permits including site visits and written acceptance of the project upon completion.
Maintains contact with public officials, private companies, general public, and representatives doing business with the Department. Promotes good public relations by providing accurate and timely, verbal, and written responses to the public and other Department personnel.
Review Roadway Design plans, Access Management plans and design scope of services providing comments for Operations Center to designer. Be active member in meetings & field reviews of design and construction projects for maintenance and access perspectives.
The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:Knowledge of:- Current maintenance operations, activities, rules and policies.
- Engineering design, construction and maintenance concepts.
- Department rules, policies, and procedures, including those in the personnel area
- Standard indexes.
- Proper safety practices.
Skills in:- Administering and managing multiple projects.
- Inspecting worksites for compliance of the department roadway standards.
- Determining work priorities and sequences
Ability to:- Lead, manage, supervise and work with diverse groups of people.
- Read, interpret and analyze engineering and technical data and plans/specification packages
- Deal with internal and external customers in a courteous manner.
- Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Monitor maintenance/construction projects to ensure compliance with standards, specifications, rules, and regulations.
Licensure/Registration/Certification Requirements:Must obtain certification in Temporary Traffic Control (TTC) - Advanced Level within one year and maintain
Other Job-Related Requirements:Due to the nature of this position, the incumbent must respond to emergencies and be "on-call" (24-hour duty) when necessary.
The incumbent of this position is required to work with or around Department of Corrections
The State's total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
- Health insurance (over 90% employer paid)
- $25,000 life insurance policy (100% employer paid)
- Dental, vision and supplemental insurances
- State of Florida retirement package
- 10 paid holidays a year
- Generous vacation and sick leave
- Career advancement opportunities
- Tuition waiver for public college courses
- A variety of training opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, visit: https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number to conduct required verifications. Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion in the Career Service, or appointment in the Selected Exempt Service (SES) or Senior Management Service (SMS), unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.
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