ENGINEERING SERVICES SPECIALIST - 55000470

Requisition No: 872270 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: ENGINEERING SERVICES SPECIALIST - 55000470

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 55000470 

Salary:  $47,428.81 - $61,378.46 

Posting Closing Date: 04/02/2026 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

404 / Program Management

ANTICIPATED VACANCY/OPEN COMPETITIVE

CAREER SERVICE

FULL-TIME

CONTACT PERSON: Elizabeth Miranda

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 954-777-4631

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS:  Elizabeth.miranda1@dot.state.fl.us

ANTICIPATED ANNUAL HIRING SALARY: $57,774.60 (includes Competitive Area Differential)

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.

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.

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:

Engineering Services Specialist/District 4/Transportation Development/ Program Management/Program Administration

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 Four

Florida Department of Transportation

3400 West Commercial Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309

Annual Salary Range:

$47,428.81 - $61,378.46

A Competitive Area Differential (CAD) additive in the amount of $1,976.00 will be added to the annual salary.

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Plans, analyzes, coordinates and/or executes contract administration activities providing engineering services in support to various Department’s professional and technical staff. Serves as the Contract Manager for professional services and other contractual services task driven contracts. Duties include coordinate with consultants, monitor contract time and funding, timely execute task work orders and letters of authorizations, coordinate with project managers on appropriate staff hours for each task, verify appropriate rates and job classifications, coordinate with Work Program and the Comptroller office ensuring projects are properly job cost accounted and authorized. Encumber funds ensuring correct pay status. Enter consultant grades in the Consultant Evaluation system (with input of professional/technical project managers).

Coordinate with Project Managers on timely approval of progress reports. Monitor the Contract Invoice Transmittal System (CITS) to track and approve invoices. Support project managers in reviewing, analyzing and coordinating amendment requests for professional services and contractual services contracts. This includes adding funds, time extension, addition of subconsultants, job classifications, contract close-outs, etc. Coordinate appropriate funding with the Work Program office. Route amendment, request form and related documents to appropriate offices for approval.

Upload executed documents into Florida Accountability Contract Tracking System (FACTS). Support and coordinate the Technical Review Committee members in preparing memoranda and other documents, as required. Assists project managers in preparing justifications of outstanding encumbrances that are five years or older, and justifications of encumbrances that have had no activity for over two years. Develop and implement recommendations to management regarding process improvements to enhance coordination, efficiency and effectiveness of contract management and support functions for project specific contracts and task driven contracts. 

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

Knowledge of:

• application of Laws, precedents, governmental regulations and agency rules pertaining to contract acquisition and contracts administration

Skills in:

• use of computer-based spreadsheets, databases, and work processing applications
• reviewing documents for accuracy and completeness
• problem-solving techniques

Ability to:

• plan, develop, and coordinate assignments
• communicate effectively and appropriately both verbally and in writing
• work independently, organize and prioritize assignments
• research and analyze date
• establish and maintain effective working relationships

Minimum Qualifications:

Five years of relevant employment experience in the fields of Engineering, Contract Administration or Development, Finance, Economics, Public Administration, Business Administration, Urban Planning, policy analysis, financial modeling, accounting statistics, transportation, financial analysis, or work program development is required. An Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in any of the above-mentioned fields can substitute for two years of relevant employment experience or work program development is required. A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in any of the above-mentioned fields can substitute for four years of relevant employment experience.

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 THE SERVICE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR COUNTRY AND SUPPORTS THE HIRING OF RETURNING SERVICE MEMBERS AND MILITARY SPOUSES.  If you are a preference-eligible applicant who receives notice of a hiring decision and believe that you were not afforded employment preference in accordance with applicable Florida law and regulation, you may file a written complaint within 60 calendar days from the date you receive the notice, requesting an investigation to the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Division of Benefits and Assistance, 9500 Bay Pines Boulevard, Room 214, St. Petersburg, Florida 33708.

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

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.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.