STATEWIDE SCALE MAINTENANCE MANAGER - 55011112

Requisition No: 876127 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: STATEWIDE SCALE MAINTENANCE MANAGER - 55011112

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55011112 

Salary:  $3,342.74 - $3,932.64 bi-weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 06/26/2026 

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Job Title: STATEWIDE SCALE MAINTENANCE MANAGER – 55011112

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

995/ Motor Carrier Size & Weight

OPEN COMPETITIVE

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON: Laterica Fountain

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: (850) 410-5662

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: laterica.fountain@dot.state.fl.us

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $3,342.74 - $3,932.64 biweekly 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.

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:

Statewide Scale Maintenance Manager / Florida Department of Transportation / Motor Carrier Size and Weights

This position Directs and supervise staff and provides technical guidance for the Department’s motor Carrier Size and Weight Office (MCSAW). Meets regularly with employees to ensure that rules, regulations, and policies are adhered to by field personnel and to ensure working objectives are met.

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:

FDOT / MCSAW

Annual Salary Range:

$ 86,911.34 - $ 102,248.64

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Directs and supervise staff and provides technical guidance for the Department’s motor Carrier Size and Weight Office (MCSAW). Meets regularly with employees to ensure that rules, regulations, and policies are adhered to by field personnel and to ensure working objectives are met. Evaluates employee’s performance, during established timeframes, throughout the year and at formal review periods. Motivates and trains and/or ensures required training is available for staff. Communicates regularly with direct reports, both individually and in staff meetings. Ensures that all the paperwork required for processing pay documents and human resource matters, including performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, filing vacant positions and separations, are completed accurately, and processed in a timely manner.

Develop and implement short and long-term plans to give resource allocation to achieve unit performance targets for the MCSAW Program. This includes collaborating with others in plan development, reporting plan results, linking performance targets to Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound (SMART) objectives, identifying and making resource recommendations. Ensure funding and resources are utilized in the most cost effective and beneficial manner. Ensure that most current program elements, performance measures and functions are being implemented. Develop and administer a quality control and quality assurance program for scale maintenance activities. Develop and/or assist in the development of MCSAW capital improvement projects (including, but not limited to: pavement rehabilitation; lighting, signing, and pavement markings upgrades; building upgrades, both new construction and rehabilitation; scale infrastructure and technology deployments and upgrades; and communication network deployments), including technical scope of services and specifications; take the lead or participate in evaluation of proposals; manage, administer and oversee contractor operations through final acceptance, including the resolution of technical and contractual issues. Incumbent has a Purchasing Card which allows a single purchase exceeding the threshold amount of $35,000. This position manages and/or approves contracts in excess of $35,000 per single transaction. This position has financial disclosure responsibility in accordance with Section 112.3145, Florida Statutes.

Provide review comments on plan submittals generated by the Department and other entities for MCSAW.  This includes developing technical comments directed to the design project manager or design engineer of record based on fixed and weigh-in-motion scale operations, traffic engineering fundamentals, Department design standards, and engineering judgement. This includes accepting or rejecting the responses to those comments, with technical justification in accordance with appropriate code requirements and contract stipulations.

Develop and manage consultant contracts and other types of agreements that support the MCSAW Program. This includes developing documentation such as contract scopes of work, task work orders, and related documents; participation on technical review committees (TRC); evaluation of contract work products; consultant evaluation; and invoice processing approval.

Participate in meetings with internal and external customers to represent the MCSAW’s Program interests. Coordinate with Department Staff affected external agencies and customers. Identify and coordinate resources necessary to implement corrective or remedial action. Provide useful commentary, review of work products, required correspondence and follow-up contact as needed. Provide timely coordination with other stakeholders to resolve issues necessary to keep projects on schedule.  

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

Knowledge of:

• Knowledge of fixed and static scale operations.
• Knowledge of management principles and practices
• Knowledge of FDOT Design Standards, Standard Specifications and etc
• Knowledge of engineering

Skills in:

• Skilled in performing and managing multiple projects and meeting deadlines
• Skilled in developing, implementing, and monitoring programs
• Skilled in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting engineering data
• Skilled in effective communication both in written form and orally
• Skilled in use of personal computers and ability to use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access & Outlook)

Ability to:

• Ability to develop solutions to complex problems
• Ability to manage workload to produce on time resolutions to problems
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
• Ability to coordinate complex projects
• Ability to supervise

Licensure/Registration/Certification Requirements:

Other Job-Related Requirements:

Incumbent must be Florida Crime Information Center (FCIC) / National Crime Information Center (NCIC) certified within six months and maintain certification. This position requires a Level II Background check in accordance with the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERs) requirements and section 282.709, Florida Statutes.This position will be required to respond before, during and following emergency sistuaitons.

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.  

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.