SURVEY PARTY CHIEF - 55009579

Requisition No: 860419 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: SURVEY PARTY CHIEF - 55009579

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55009579 

Salary:  $59,490.62 - $76,987.86 

Posting Closing Date: 10/03/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

559 / Surveying and Mapping Office

OPEN COMPETITIVE

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON: Jenny Palmer

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: jenny.palmer@dot.state.fl.us

ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $2,626.50/biweekly ($68,289.00/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:

Survey Party Chief / District Five / District Design / Surveying and Mapping Office

This position will lead and supervise the activities of the survey crews to successfully achieve a coordinated effort for all field-related activities.

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 Five, 719 S. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL 32720

Annual Salary Range:

$59,490.62 - $76,987.86

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Directs and supervises the activities of the field survey staff to successfully achieve a coordinated effort leading all field related activities of the group. Supervises employees by spending the majority of the time communicating with regularly, motivating, training, evaluating, planning and directing employees’ work. Discusses plans, goals, schedules, and issues regularly with the District Land Surveyor and District Location Surveyor. Maintains appropriate work environment for employees 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 field survey unit. Assigns all work to the field survey unit.

Oversees and directs survey crews in the following types of surveys: horizontal control, vertical control, alignment retracement, right of way surveys, aerial photography control, topography, profiles, cross sections and digital terrain models, storm sewers and drainage systems, underground utilities, bridges, outfalls and water retention areas, jurisdictional wetlands, construction surveys, retracement of original boundaries in the re-establishment and replacement of lost or obliterated government land corners, retracement of subdivision boundaries, right of way by maintenance, parcel staking for right of way encroachments, appraisals and acquisition, final monumentation of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) right of way. Tracks the crew’s progress, maintains project status reports, and updates project schedules for all survey assignments, notifies customer and affected property owners before commencing survey of private property, notifies customers of adjustments to the project schedule. Assists in developing, documenting, and maintaining strategies for the district’s data collection and processing activities consistent with the department's established procedures and handbooks.

Coordinates with other department disciplines to provide information pertaining to design survey and right of way surveys. Obtains survey requests. Establishes the scope of work, limits of survey and list of deliverables for design surveys and right of way surveys, researches available records such as right of way maps, acquisition deeds, title information, subdivision plats, certified corner records, existing horizontal and vertical control and earlier construction plans, performs survey calculations and establishes the crew’s approach to the project, guide the survey crew on site, and as necessary, ensures that all field surveys are performed in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, and technical standards pertaining to safety and accuracy.

Provides assistance to other departmental units in solving survey related issues. Attends meetings and seminars as deemed necessary to stay up to date of changes to the policies and procedures of the Department of Transportation and to ensure the district’s field surveying are consistent, predictable, and repeatable.

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

Knowledge of:

• concepts, terminology, principles and analytical techniques of an engineering specialty area (surveying)

Skills in:

• using engineering/surveying tools, equipment and/or instruments

Ability to:

• supervise people
• determine work priorities, assign work, and ensure proper completion of work assignments
• communicate engineering/surveying information effectively
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with others

Other Job-Related Requirements:

• Due to the nature of this position, incumbent must respond to emergencies. A valid Class "E" driver's license is required. Obtains and maintains certification in Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) - Intermediate Level.    

This position requires a valid Class E driver license with an acceptable driving record in accordance with the Department’s Driver’s Record Requirements Policy. An unacceptable driving record is defined as any of the following:

1. three (3) or more moving violations in the past three (3) years that accumulate three (3) or more points per violation;
2. any two (2) convictions of reckless driving in the past three (3) years;
3. a suspension or revocation of the driver license for moving violations in the past three (3) years; and
4. a suspension or revocation for refusal to take a sobriety test, or any suspension or revocation for a DUI conviction, in the past four (4) years.

Your driving record will be reviewed and the status of your driver license confirmed.

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 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.