Requisition No: 882084
Agency: Department of Transportation
Pay Plan: SES
Position Number: 55009719
Salary: $122,271.93-$158,234.27
Posting Closing Date: 09/10/2026
Total Compensation Estimator ToolSTATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONJOB POSTING DESCRIPTION962 / Traffic Engineering and OperationsOPEN COMPETITIVESELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE FULL-TIMECONTACT PERSON: Marie Tucker
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: (850) 510-1037
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]HIRING SALARY ANNUAL RANGE: $122,271.93- $158,234.27
To ensure honesty and transparency, all applicants must provide their own work. Unless explicitly requested, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist with qualifying questions, work samples, or interviews is strictly prohibited, and any breach of this requirement will lead to the applicant being removed from consideration.
Candidates must be United States (U.S.) citizens or lawfully authorized alien workers. Visa sponsorship is not available.
The Work You Will Do:State Traffic Services Program Engineer
This position will consist of managing staff within Central Office Traffic Engineering and Operations Office under the Traffic Services Section. Other duties will consist of coordination and assistance to District personnel with traffic engineering service questions and issues, performing updates to Department manuals and procedures, assist with development and implementation of traffic control devices, represent Traffic Engineering & Operations Office on several Department technical committees, provide expertise on highway signing, signals, traffic safety, research, lead staff to serve as a project managers, provide training to Districts, establish and implement a section business plan, and oversee the Traffic Services Program budget and consultant contracts.
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:FDOT - Barry Building
3185 S. Blair Stone Road
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Annual Salary Range:$122,271.93- $158,234.27Your Specific Responsibilities:Supervise staff and provide high-level engineering and technical assistance for the statewide program area of traffic engineering studies, highway signing, Elder Roadway User Program (Safe Mobility for Life) and traffic engineering research. Meet regularly with employees to assign work, establish work objectives and timelines to ensure the program is performed annually. Evaluates employee's performance during established timeframes throughout the year and formal review periods. Communicates regularly with direct reports, both individually and in staff meetings. Ensures that all paperwork required for processing pay documents and personnel matters, including performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, filing vacant positions and separations are completed accurately and processed in a timely manner.
Directs and coordinates efforts to maintain compliance with the Federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), by revising the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Rules, Procedures and Manuals to achieve traffic control methods. Provide interpretation of the MUTCD and other traffic control devices for other FDOT offices and local agencies.
Directs and monitors the completion of special traffic control projects and new programs at the statewide level. This includes engineering studies, traffic control device designs, product specifications, and use of experimental and developing traffic control programs. This includes signing and sealing of engineering documents.
Represents the FDOT and makes presentations at Federal and Statewide meetings concerning traffic engineering issues.
Assist the State Traffic Operations Engineer with the review and preparation of legislation affecting traffic control devices that are approved for use in Florida.
Provide technical engineering assistance to the State Traffic Operations Engineer for the certification of traffic control devices that are approved for use in Florida.
The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:Knowledge of:- Traffic engineering principles and practices
- Management principles and practices
- Traffic operations analysis and study techniques
Skills in:- Effective oral and written communication
Ability to:- Manage workload to produce on time resolutions to problems
- To counsel and plan employee career development
- To lead, manage, and work diverse groups of people
Licensure/Registration/Certification Requirements:- Registered Professional Engineer in accordance with Chapter 471, Florida Statutes
Other Job-Related Requirements:- This position will be required to respond before, during and following emergency situtations.
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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