SAFETY STUDIES ENGINEER - 55014025

Requisition No: 866785 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: SAFETY STUDIES ENGINEER - 55014025

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55014025 

Salary:  $95,964.24 - $124,189.02 

Posting Closing Date: 12/29/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

Cost Center 562 / Traffic Operations

OPEN COMPETITIVE

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

FULL-TIME

CONTACT PERSON:  Omayra Wallace

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS:  Omayra.Wallace@dot.state.fl.us

ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $4,406.13 ($114,559.38/ annually)

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:

Safety Studies Engineer

District Five / Director of Transportation Operations / District Traffic Operations

This position will contribute to the Department by providing effective leadership, contract oversight, and technical expertise to ensure traffic safety programs, engineering studies, and contracted services are delivered efficiently, safely, and in compliance with departmental standards. Through staff supervision, coordination of the district safety work program, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, the position supports strategic planning, resource allocation, and performance objectives that advance the Department’s mission and operational goals.

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:

Florida Department of Transportation

Traffic Operations Office

719 S. Woodland Boulevard

DeLand, FL 32720

Annual Salary Range:

$95,964.24 - $124,189.02

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, lay off, recall’s, 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.

Develop and manage professional and contractual service contracts, and other types of agreements, that support traffic operations. This includes project management responsibilities associated with procuring contracts, issuing task work orders, reviewing contract deliverables, reviewing, and processing invoices, coordinating Department personnel and other agencies associated with work under the contract, preparing contract correspondence, maintaining project files, and actively participating in project meetings.

Develop and review engineering reports and studies. This includes preparing and disseminating the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) tracking reports, study documentation and presentation of findings and conclusions, analysis of engineering data, and coordination of resources necessary to produce reports. Signs and seals engineering documents as required.

Assist the District Traffic Safety 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. Assist with the development and coordination of the district’s safety work program.

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 District Traffic Safety 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 objectives in staff expectations, and identifying and making resource recommendations. 

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

Knowledge of:

• Traffic engineering concepts, terminology, principles, and analytical techniques.
• The Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
• Florida Department of Transportation standards, manuals, guidelines and practices.
• Traffic data collection techniques.
• Statistical techniques.

Skills in:

• Problem solving.
• The use of personal computers and a variety of engineering software.
• Communication, including written, verbal and effective listening.

Ability to:

• Read and interpret plans, specifications, design standards, and manuals.
• Apply engineering concepts, practices and functions.
• Input and retrieve information from a computer database.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret engineering data.
• Work independently and make decisions.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.

Licensure/Registration/Certification Requirements:

Registered Professional Engineer in accordance with Chapter 471, Florida Statutes.

Other Job-Related Requirements:

• Due to the nature of this position, incumbent is required to respond to emergencies.

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 at (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.