SPECIFICATIONS COORDINATOR - 55009760

Requisition No: 873039 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: SPECIFICATIONS COORDINATOR - 55009760

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 55009760 

Salary:  $62,721.46 - $81,168.95 

Posting Closing Date: 04/17/2026 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

965 / Forecasting and Performance

OPEN COMPETITIVE

CAREER SERVICE

FULL-TIME

CONTACT PERSON: Daniel Strickland

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 850-414-4130

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: Daniel.Strickland@dot.state.fl.us

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 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. 

Annual Salary Range:

$62,721.49  - $81,168.95 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Develops, implements, and maintains specifications for Construction, Maintenance, and Local Agency Program (LAP). This includes tracking and formatting Developmental Specifications, District Special Provisions, and Technical Special Provisions.  Provides solutions to Central Office Technical Experts and District challenges requiring assistance or technical advice. 

Coordinates the publication and distribution of Standard Specifications. Assists in the production and publication of the “Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction” eBook. This includes but is not limited to, ensuring that adopted specifications are modified, so as to eliminate conflict between current versions and versions applicable at the time of implementation of the published eBook.

Formats, tracks, and processes proposed specification revisions to the Standard Specifications. These revisions may be in the form of either Special Provisions or Supplemental Specifications. Maintains various electronic files detailing the history of individual specification revisions, from origination to adoption and any specification development issues.

Develops, implements, and performs training related to construction/maintenance contracts, agreements, specifications, operations, and related systems to ensure program uniformity.

Assists with the redevelopment of the Specs on the Web application. Provides expertise to stakeholders for End User requirements. Develops training for the release of the application. Identifies maintenance needs and coordinates with OIT to update. Provides quarterly application reports to State Specifications Engineer as directed.

Develops, updates, implements, and maintains Procedures related to the Specifications Office in a complete and current manner. Performs and documents Quality Assurance Reviews to assist Districts in complying with specifications procedures.

Serves as a liaison between the Specifications Office and various statewide entities on specification issues.  Attends and represents the Specifications Office at interoffice and statewide meetings as necessary. Serve as a committee member on various committees as they relate to specification development issues.

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

Knowledge of:

• Standard Specifications and Standard Maintenance Special Provisions.
• Department policies and procedures.
• Florida Administrative Code rules.
• Quality Assurance methods; Knowledge of the Department's contracting process.
• Department pay items.
• Highway construction and/or maintenance activities.

Skills in:

• Word Processing Techniques.
• Effective communication, both orally and in writing using proper use of voice and mood, correct spelling, formatting, terminology, abbreviations and acronyms, grammar and punctuation.
• Microsoft Word, Outlook, SharePoint, Excel and PowerPoint.

Ability to:

• Organize and perform detailed, complex administrative tasks.
• Access, input and retrieve information from a computer database.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Write technically with clear, concise, accurate writing style.
• Prioritize and handle multiple technical tasks.
• Work independently and in groups.
• Research, develop, and analyze technical documents.

Other Job-Related Requirements:

This position will be required to respond before, during and following emergency situations.

Minimum Qualifications:

A high school diploma or its equivalent and four years of relevant employment experience or; an Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university and two years of relevant experience or; a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.

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.