EVIDENCE & PROPERTY CUSTODIAN (BUSINESS SPECIALIST C) - 76000815

Requisition No: 843489 

Agency: Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle

Working Title: EVIDENCE & PROPERTY CUSTODIAN (BUSINESS SPECIALIST C) - 76000815

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 76000815 

Salary:  $50,000.04 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 01/02/2025 

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Florida Highway Patrol

Patrol Operations, Northern Region

Troop G 

Jacksonville Special Operation

Career Service (CS) Opportunity

*Internal Opportunity - FLHSMV Employees Only*

To be considered for this position, applicant responses to qualifying questions must be clearly stated within the employment history.  Software systems, actual work experience, and years of employment must be clearly defined, or the application may not be considered for the position. 

Contact Person:  Daniel DeWeese, 904-695-4158

The Organization

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) provides highway safety and security through excellence in service, education, and enforcement. With a workforce of approximately 4,500 employees throughout the state, the Department is leading the way to A Safer Florida through the efficient and professional execution of its core mission: the issuance of driver licenses, vehicle tags and titles, and operation of the Florida Highway Patrol.

Our Benefits include

• Paid Parental Leave
• Annual and Sick Leave Package
• Nine Paid Holidays

• State Health and Life Insurance

• Educational Benefits
• Contributory Retirement Plan

To learn more about FLHSMV and why it’s a great place to work, visit our website at: flhsmv.gov/careers. 

Duties and Responsibilities

The Evidence and Property Custodian is a highly responsible position that independently maintains the chain-of-custody and security of hazardous/non-hazardous evidence and non-evidential property received from law enforcement personnel. This position is responsible for receiving, securing, distributing, and returning evidence submitted to the laboratory.  This position assigns computerized bar-code labels to evidence logging the information into the Evidence Management System for tracking and auditing purposes ensuring the overall integrity is maintained. This position also requires research to determine which evidence/property items can be legally disposed of.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Handling hazardous materials.

• Preserving and/or handling evidence.

• Conducting training/teaching.

• Working in a laboratory or law enforcement agency.

• Working with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and/or Evidence Management System (EMS, and CCIS, DAVID, PowerPoint, and CJIS systems.

• Experience using Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Ability to review and verify data for accuracy and completeness.

• Skill in communicating effectively, verbally and in writing.

• Ability to maintain records, organize files, and conduct inventories to ensure the availability of complete and accurate records.

• Ability to understand and apply applicable laws, rules, statues, policies and procedures.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

• Ability to type letters, memoranda and other standard business forms in correct format using correct spelling, punctuation and grammar.

• Ability to work independently without constant direct supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

Preference will be given to applicants with the following:

• Experience providing customer service.

• Experience preparing written correspondence.

• Experience using Microsoft applications including Word and Excel.             

• Experience verifying data for accuracy, compliance and completeness. 

Job Related Requirements

• This position requires the incumbent to have and maintain a valid driver’s license in good standing. This means there can be no cancellations, suspensions, or revocations for a minimum of three years prior to employment and for the duration of employment. There can be no more than three chargeable crashes or any violation of Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, during any consecutive three-year period prior to and throughout employment.

• This position requires on-call, occasional overnight travel, ability to climb ladders and lift up to 40 lbs., and potential exposure to hazardous materials.

• The position you are applying is subject to a Level 2 background check, along with Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) clearance, to include a fingerprint-based check of the criminal records of the FBI, as a condition of employment pursuant to Chapter 110.1127, 435 and 943, Florida Statutes.  Please note that, since this position requires CJIS clearance, the Department will have access to all an applicant’s criminal and juvenile delinquency records, even those that have been sealed or expunged.  

• In addition to the criminal history background check, the selected applicant must also pass a polygraph exam, drug screen, credit check, and driver license history review.

General Information

• The elements of the selection process may include a skill assessment and/or oral interview.
• Applicants being considered for employment will be required to submit to a fingerprint-based background investigation, which will include a check of the criminal history records of the FBI.  Fingerprints and associated information/biometrics will be retained in the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system and fingerprints may continue to be compared against fingerprints submitted to or retained by NGI.
• FLHSMV employees are paid once a month on the last workday of each month.  All state employees are required to participate in the direct deposit program pursuant to s. 110.113 Florida Statutes. 

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.

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.