TRAFFIC SERVICES ENGINEER III

Requisition No: 844998 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: TRAFFIC SERVICES ENGINEER III

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55003803 

Salary:  $101,902.66 - $131,874.03 

Posting Closing Date: 02/06/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

162 / Traffic Operations

OPEN COMPETITIVE

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON:  Walter Breuggeman

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 863-519-2347

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: walter.breuggeman@dot.state.fl.us

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:  You may 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.  

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Directs and supervises staff and provide advanced engineering and technical guidance for the District Traffic Operations Office Traffic Studies and Operations Signing & Pavement Marking areas. Meets regularly with employees to assign work, establish work objectives and timelines to ensure working objectives are met. Evaluates employee's performance, during established time frames, throughout the year and at formal review periods. Motivates and trains and/or ensures required training is available for staff. Communicates regularly with direct reports, both individually and in staff meetings. Ensures that all the 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.

Develop and review engineering reports, studies and minor design plan sets. This includes study documentation and presentation of findings and conclusions, analysis of engineering data, and coordination of resources necessary to produce reports and plans. Signs and seals engineering documents as required.

Assists the Traffic Services Program Engineer in coordinating project production with the Department's Work Program. This includes establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with the district's Work Program Unit so that project schedule and control can be efficiently managed. Assists with the development and coordination of Traffic Operations work program.

Provide review comments on plan submittals generated by the Department and other entities. This includes developing technical comments directed to the design project manager or design engineer of record based on traffic engineering fundamentals, Department design standards, and engineering judgment. Includes accepting/rejecting the responses to those comments.

Participate in meetings, on committees, task teams and other groups with internal and external customers to represent traffic engineering interests.  Includes, providing useful commentary and review of work products as well as developing correspondence and follow-up contact as needed.

Assist the Traffic Services Program Engineer in implementing business and related plans to guide resource allocation and achieve unit performance targets. Includes collaborating with others in plan development, reporting plan results, linking performance targets to SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound) objectives in staff expectations, and identifying and making resource recommendations.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Knowledge of traffic engineering principles and practices; Knowledge of management principles and practices; Knowledge of traffic operations analysis and study techniques; Skill in effective oral communications; Skill in use of personal computers and ability to use Microsoft Office® (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access & Outlook); Skill in effective written communications;Skill in interpreting and disseminating traffic engineering related data; Ability to collect, analyze, and interpret engineering data;Ability to manage workload to produce on time resolutions to problems; Ability to lead, manage, and work with diverse groups of people;Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships; Ability to supervise people.

REQUIRED LICENSURE/REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION: Registered Professional Engineer in accordance with Chapter 471, Florida Statutes.

OTHER JOB RELATED REQUIREMENTS: Employee will be required to be responsive to emergency situations within a very short timeframe and serve in the Transportation Emergency Management Team.

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.