The purpose of this role is to ensure construction activities (with a value of $2B within the Pompano Beach region spanning from Miami-Dade County to St. Lucie County) are operationally ready, conflict-free, and customer-focused, and that construction decisions are made with full awareness of system-wide impacts, risks, and tradeoffs.
The selected candidate will translate enterprise priorities into executable construction operations and provides decision-ready recommendations to the FDOT Operations Center Program Manager and GEC Program Leadership.
In the role of Regional Construction Program Operations Manager, we'll count on you to be involved with:Construction Program Ownership- Serve as the program-level operational lead for all construction activities within the assigned region.
- Own the construction operational picture.
- Ensure construction activities align with enterprise safety, mobility, and reliability objectives.
Operational Coordination and Integration- Coordinate construction activities with maintenance delivery, asset performance, incident response, and other operations functions through the .
- Identify and resolve operational conflicts between construction, maintenance, permitted work, and special events before they impact customers.
- Ensure no construction activity proceeds without proper Operations Center coordination and approval.
Risk Identification and Decision Support- Proactively identify construction-related operational risks affecting safety, mobility, schedule, or asset condition.
- Prepare completed staff work for escalations, including analysis, impacts, and recommended actions.
- Support the FDOT Operations Center Program Manager and GEC Program Leadership with timely, decision-ready information.
Incident and Emergency Coordination- Coordinate construction impacts and contractor response during incidents, emergencies, and severe weather events.
- Adjust or suspend construction activities as required to support incident response and system recovery.
- Participate in after-action reviews to improve future operational readiness.
Stakeholder and Industry Engagement- Serve as a primary construction operations liaison with FDOT, contractors, CEI firms, and internal stakeholders.
- Set clear expectations for construction operational performance and work zone quality.
- Support a predictable and professional operating environment for industry partners.
Performance Management and Continuous Improvement- Monitor construction-related operational performance metrics and trends.
- Identify recurring issues, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
- Support refinement of procedures, standards, and operational practices within the MCOC framework.
Preferred Qualifications- 15 years experience
- Professional Engineer License
- Has prior FDOT or Florida Turnpike experience
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QualificationsRequired Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in related field
- 10 years related experience
- A minimum of 5 years of project management experience
- Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software
- Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
