STATE STRUCTURES MAINTENANCE ENGINEER - 55010003

Requisition No: 863276 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: STATE STRUCTURES MAINTENANCE ENGINEER - 55010003

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55010003 

Salary:  $123,114.02 - $159,324.02 

Posting Closing Date: 11/13/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

954 / Office of Maintenance

ANTICIPATED VACANCY / OPEN COMPETITIVE

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON:  Dayna Dixon

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: (850) 410-5807

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: Dayna.Dixon@dot.state.fl.us

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $4,732.15  -  $6,127.85    /biweekly range / $123,114.02  - $159,324.02   /annual range

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:

STATE STRUCTURES MAINTENANCE ENGINEER / OFFICE OF MAINTENANCE

This job will lead and manage a team responsible for maintaining and overseeing bridges across the state. It includes supervising staff, planning workloads, and ensuring proper training and performance. The role manages key bridge programs such as inspections, repairs, replacements, and routine maintenance, all in compliance with federal and state regulations. It also oversees the issuance of permits for overweight and oversized vehicles, emergency bridge repairs, and temporary bridge inventory. The position represents the department in national transportation committees, manages quality control efforts, and ensures updates to bridge management systems. A Professional Engineer license is required, along with responsibility for certain financial decisions and disclosures.

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:

Florida Department of Transportation, Office of Maintenance

3185 South Blairstone Road

Tallahassee, Florida 32301

Annual Salary Range:

$123,114.02  - $ 159,324.02

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Supervises employees spending the majority of the time communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees, and planning and directing employees’ work. Has the authority to effectively recommend the hiring, transferring, suspension, layoff, recalls, promotions, discharges, assignments, rewards, or disciplinary actions for subordinate employees. Plans and directs workloads, deadlines, work objectives and time utilization with subordinate staff. Provides direction and ensures that all subordinates receive training and instruction in methods and techniques necessary to safely perform their assigned tasks. Manage and direct the staff for the issuance of overweight/over dimensional permits.

Develop procedures, standards, manuals, training and quality assurance of various bridge related areas. Registration as a Professional Engineer is required in accordance with Florida Statute Chapter 471 to direct and manage the structures maintenance section in the Office of Maintenance to maintain concurrency with federal and state laws and standards to manage the statewide structures maintenance program which includes providing supervisory and administrative support for four major bridge structure programs:

-Bridge Inspection Program – As required by Federal Regulations (National Bridge Inspection) and State Statute 338/9071.

-Bridge Replacement Program – Federally funded replacement of deficient bridge structures in accordance with Department criteria.

-Bridge Rehabilitation Program – State funded bridge repair and replacement programs that are performed by contract in accordance with Department criteria.

-Routine Bridge Maintenance Program – Bridge routine maintenance performed by state forces or by contract.

-Incumbent of this position has authority to make a maximum single purchase exceeding $35,000 in accordance with Section 112.3145, Florida Statutes. This position has financial disclosure responsibility.

Manage and direct staff to provide technical support and assistance to the district structures maintenance personnel.

Manage the monitoring and reviewing of the quality assurance reviews for structure maintenance management in accordance with the maintenance quality assurance-monitoring plan. Develop and update the quality assurance-monitoring plan annually for the structure maintenance section.

Manage and direct staff for the development of a bridge management system meeting federal criteria and state guidelines.

Manage and direct staff for the direct manufacturing operations by the structures shop facility as it relates to temporary bridging. Maintain an accurate inventory of all temporary bridging in sufficient quantities to meet the Department’s schedule for bridge replacement projects and for emergency situations. Oversee the production of cost-effective and safety engineered products in a timely manner.

Manage the statewide Emergency Structure Repair fund which funds the repairs of impact damage to bridges by marine or vehicular traffic.

Participate as a delegate to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) TSP2 Southeast Bridge Preservation and in the AASHTO Committee on Maintenance. Represent the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in the AASHTO T-9 “Bridge Preservation Committee,” AASHTO T-18 “Bridge Inspection and Load Rating Committee,” and in the T-8 “Mobile Bridge Committee.”

Manage the FDOT Bridge Load Rating program for the FDOT Office of Maintenance, manage future updates to the bridge load rating program and manage the review and approval of design exception and variances reviews for recommendation to the FDOT Design Office for bridge widening and rehabilitations.

Manage and update changes to the Structures portion of the FDOT Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP) to comply with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requirements.

Oversee the operation and development of a permit application system for the FDOT Permit Office for over-dimensional and over-weight permits.

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

Knowledge of:

• Contracting
• Performance management
• Budget and resource management
• Quality assurance principals
• Engineering

Skills in:

• Field operations
• Organization

Ability to:

• Successfully develop, implement, & monitor programs
• Understand, develop, & apply rules, policies, and procedures
• Plan, organize, and direct Engineering program activities
• Constructively resolve conflicts and develop solutions
• Lead people & programs successfully through change

Licensure/Registration/Certification Requirements:

• Registration as a Professional Engineer in accordance with Chapter 471, Florida Statutes.

Other Job-Related Requirements:

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

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 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.  

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.