PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR IV - 55001914

Requisition No: 854533 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR IV - 55001914

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55001914 

Salary:  $86,250.05 - $111,617.71 

Posting Closing Date: 06/20/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

158 / Project Management

OPEN COMPETITIVE

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON: Benjamin Clayton

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 863-519-2480

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: benjamin.clayton@dot.state.fl.us

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $3,317.31 - $4,292.99 /biweekly range $86,250.05 - $111,617.71 /annual range

Join FDOT and be part of the team that works as one to improve safety, enhance mobility and inspire innovation in the Florida transportation system.

Our Mission

The mission of the Florida Department of Transportation is to provide a safe statewide transportation system that promotes the efficient movement of people and goods, supports the state’s economic competitiveness, prioritizes Florida’s environment and natural resources, and preserves the quality of life and connectedness of the state’s communities.

Our Vision

As a OneFDOT team, we serve the people of Florida by providing a transportation network that is well planned, supports economic growth, and has the goal of being congestion and fatality free.

The Work You Will Do:

Project Management Supervisor IV

Director of Production/Design/Consultant Project Management

This position will supervise a team overseeing the management of consultant design projects to assist in delivering the Work Program to provide safer and more efficient transportation for the State of Florida. It will also act as resource for other FDOT Units to ensure quality project delivery.

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 One / Director of Production

801 N. Broadway Ave.

Bartow, FL, 33830

Annual Salary Range:

$86,250.05 - $111,617.71

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Directs and supervises the activities of Consultant Project Management staff to successfully achieve a coordinated effort leading Consultant Project Managers. Supervises employees by communicating regularly, motivating, training, evaluating, planning and directing employees work.  Discusses plans, goals, schedules, and issues regularly with the District Consultant Project Management Engineer.  Maintains appropriate work environment for emplyees through effective communications, adherence to best management practices, and the department's policies and procedures.  Promotes the department's business model and contributes to the success of the department's mission and vision.  Provides direction for all activities related to employee relations and personnel actions.   Keeps supervisor apprised of such activities.  Administers, supervises, develops and manages the resources (staff, equipment and materials) of a Project Management unit.  Assists in developing, documenting, and maintaining planning strategies for the district's production activities and the Project Management section consistent with the department's established strategic plan.  Assigns all work to the Consultant Project Managers in unit.

Supervises and directs the preparation and development of design plans prepared by consultants for letting.  This includes all roadway, structural, signing and pavement marking, signalization, lighting, landscape, utility work by highway contractor agreement, mitigation and architectural plans.

Provides staff with guidance in preparing schedules for each assignment.  This includes recommending production readiness dates and directing and monitoring the performance of the unit to ensure a quality product.

Interprets and ensures design documents are prepared in accordance with the design standards, policies, procedures and guidelines as set forth by the department and Federal Highway Administration.

Provides design guidance that is consistent with Central Office policies and procedures.  Ensures these design directives are readily available for use by department project managers and consultants.

Assists with the development of the Florida Department of Transportation (department) 5-Year Work Program.  Maintains frequent and close liaison with all design subsections, other departmental units, Federal Highway Administration, and cities and counties to ensure stakeholder interests are considered and project schedules are maintained.

Attends meetings and makes presentations to other departments, governmental agencies, counties, cities, private groups, and individuals relating to design creiteria or design issues.  Provides assistance to other departments in solving design related issues.  Attends meetings and seminars as deemed necessary to stay up-to-date on changes to the policies and procedures of the department and to ensure the district's Project Management activities are consistent, predictable and repeatable.

The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Knowledge of Department Project Management policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of professional services and contractual procedures.
• Knowledge of the department's Plans Preparation Manual, Design Standards, Standard Specifications and Federal Highway Administration directives.
• Knowledge of department's production process for developing and delivering the Work Program.
• Knowledge of principles, practices, laws and regulations governing the project development and design of transportation facilities.
• Knowledge of plan review techniques as they relate to roadway design projects.

Skills in:

• Skill in public speaking, written and verbal communications.
• Skill in planning, organizing, prioritizing and delegating the delivery of work program commitments.
• Skill in working with the public, consultants, government officials and regulatory agencies to maintain effective working relationships.
• Skill in contract management.
• Skill in solving management, project, and technical problems.
• Skill in developing project technical scopes and staff hour estimates and negotiating staff hours.
• Skill in managing multiple priorities and making timely decisions in order to keep projects within budget and meet department requirements.
• Skill in preparing and reviewing technical reports.

Ability to:

• Ability to review and interpret technical data.
• Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure and stressful situations.
• Ability to supervise people and manage change.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to monitor and assess the performance of consultants.
• Ability to utilize a personal computer.

Other Job-Related Requirements:

• Employee will be required to be responsive to emergency situations within a very short timeframe and serve on the Transportation Emergency Management Team.

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.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES AND SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.  QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
In accordance with Section 110.112, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Department of Transportation’s Individuals with Disabilities Affirmative Action Plan, the agency is committed to ensuring affirmative action and equal employment opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities.  Upon request and as appropriate, reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities may be provided.  Please contact the Florida Department of Transportation’s Human Resources Office located at 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, or call (850) 414-5300 for assistance.   

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.