DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF DESIGN - 55000966

Requisition No: 836223 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF DESIGN - 55000966

 Pay Plan: SMS

Position Number: 55000966 

Salary:  $155,780.03 - $201,597.68 

Posting Closing Date: 10/01/2024 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

960 / Office of Design

OPEN COMPETITIVE

SENIOR MANAGEMENT SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON: Cindy Schmetzer  

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 850-414-4364

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: cindy.schmetzer@dot.state.fl.us

ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $7,048.87

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.  

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

1. three (3) or more moving violations in the past 3 years that accumulate 3 or more points per violation;
2. any 2 convictions of reckless driving in the past 3 years;
3. a suspension or revocation of the driver license for moving violations in the past 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 4 years

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

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Serves as the Director of the Office of Design, which directly oversees the functions and activities of the sections within the Office of Design including the Director’s Office, Structures Design Office, Roadway Design Office, and Production Support Office.

Establishes and carries out policies, procedures, and specific objectives to ensure the effective and efficient functioning of the above offices necessary to accomplish their respective assigned responsibilities. Assists in maintaining and improving operating efficiency within the division.

Reviews and approves criteria and standards developed by the above offices for accomplishing their operational work on a statewide basis. Ensure these are carried out within the constraints of the number of approved positions and rate provided in the legislative budget.

Coordinates between every office within the Office of Design and between other offices and divisions within the Department and the Federal Highway Administration. Ensures effective communication, proper performance, and elimination of duplicated effort.

Participates in the development of departmental policies, five-year work program, budgets, and top management guidance.

Ensures the departmental policies and directives applicable to this division are disseminated and carried out through day-to-day operations.

Ensures proper program objectives are set and accomplished economically and in a such a manner as to satisfy the design needs of the overall transportation program.

Provides coordination with locals (city and county) as well as various transportation industry partners on programs relating to the office’s area of jurisdiction.

Oversees technical and political aspects of all work being carried out by the Office of Design.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Knowledge of the principles and practices of supervision and management. Knowledge of budget process. Knowledge of the concepts, terminology, principles, and analytical techniques of a specialty area. Knowledge of design, construction, production, and operations. Ability to analyze and interpret data. Ability to solve problems. Ability to supervise people. Ability to prioritize workload. Ability to communicate engineering information effectively, verbally, and in writing. Ability to plan, organize, and direct program activities. Incumbent must exhibit the attached Executive Core Competencies.

OTHER JOB RELATED REQUIREMENTS: A valid Class E driver license. This position requires a level 1 Background Investigation.

The successful candidate must exhibit the Executive Core Competencies.

LEADING PEOPLE – This core competency emphasizes the ability to develop and implement strategies to maximize employee performance excellence and foster high ethical standards in meeting the Department’s vision, mission, and goals.

LEADING CHANGE – This core competency requires the ability to develop and implement an organizational vision and to incorporate that vision into the State’s Transportation goals and the Department’s core values. Inherent in this ability is the need to balance change with stability and continuity while striving to improve customer service within the basic government framework.  It also involves the ability to foster a work environment that encourages creative thinking and the ability to maintain focus, intensity, and persistence, even under adversity and in the face of specific as well as institutional resistance to change.

COMMUNICATING AND BUILDING COALITIONS – This core competency involves the ability to explain and advocate facts and ideas in convincing manner while communicating and negotiating with individuals and groups.  It also includes the ability to develop a professional network with other organizations and individuals to assist in solving issues and identifying the internal and external forces that impact the work of the organization.

BUSINESS JUDGMENT – This core competency involves applying principles of management generally used in the private sector to manage a public sector operation.  The public sector leader must be able to manage and apply financial, human resources, and technology management to accomplish the organization’s mission.  The bottom-line of this core competency is effective and efficient decision-making.

RESULTS DRIVEN – This core competency stresses accountability and continuous improvement. It includes the ability to make timely and effective decisions and produce results through strategic planning and the implementation and evaluation of programs and policies.

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.