ASST CONTRACT SUPPORT SPECIALIST - 55005736

Date:  Oct 25, 2024


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Requisition No: 839799 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: ASST CONTRACT SUPPORT SPECIALIST - 55005736

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 55005736 

Salary:  $42,561.95 - $55,080.17 

Posting Closing Date: 10/31/2024 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

796 / Tampa Operations Center

OPEN COMPETITIVE

CAREER SERVICE

 

 

CONTACT PERSON:  Deborah Lockard

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 813-612-3305

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: deborah.lockard@dot.state.fl.su           

ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $1,873.55

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including: 

 

  • Health insurance (over 90% employer paid)
  • $25,000 life insurance policy (100% employer paid)
  • Dental, vision and supplemental insurances
  • State of Florida retirement package
  • Generous vacation and sick leave
  • 10 paid holidays a year
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Tuition waiver for public college courses
  • Training opportunities
  • Flexible work schedules and telework (for designated positions)
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

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!

For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, go to https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/

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: Assists the Project Administrator in reviewing highly technical assignments in engineering and verifying field computation books and plan quantity items. Identifies major items of work and verifies accuracy of quantities for all items of work. Ensuring that all pay items have the proper back up and are completed according to the Plans and Standard Specifications. Provides direction to inspectors on format and method of measurement for calculating quantities to be paid on monthly estimates. Follows the Basis of Estimates, Special Provisions and other Final Estimate manuals as appropriate and keeps up to date with Final Estimate procedures. Drives to and from construction project sites in state vehicles.

 

Assist the Project Administrator in developing Work Orders and Supplemental Agreements required to revise contracts for language, time and/or money changes in accordance with the latest version of the Construction Project Administrator Manual. Reviews, summarizes, and analyzes time and material records for contractor claims once a Notice of Intent to Claim has been initiated by the contractor for extra compensation on time and/or money.

 

Maintains and checks field books. Track and maintain shop drawing submittals and approvals.

 

Create and maintain Maintenance of Traffic Logs and Erosion Control Logs. Maintains project documentation, including Joint Project Agreement (JPA) daily reports and quantities, receive sample results and track test samples.

 

Oversees the coordination and processing of monthly estimates to contractors for the Project Administrator. Initiates and updates a project time spreadsheet, tracks key project dates, contract time and calendar time for project.

 

Coordinates with Office of Information Systems and District Construction in resolving Site Manager problems that occur on the project and keep Project Administrator and inspectors informed of resolutions

 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Knowledge of the concepts, terminology, principles and techniques of drafting, surveying, architecture and/or other engineering related areas; Knowledge of engineering quantitative techniques; Skill in using engineering, drafting, architectural or surveying tools, equipment and/or instruments; Ability to interpret engineering data; Ability to perform technical engineering tasks; Ability to apply engineering quantitative techniques; Ability to solve problems relating to engineering; Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments; Ability to communicate technical information effectively; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; Skilled in using computer programs such as Word, Excel, and other Department mainframe programs.

 

REQUIRED LICENSURE/REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION: This position requires certification in Final Estimates Level I through the Construction Training Qualification Program (CTQP). Must obtain within six (6) months and maintain thereafter.

 

OTHER JOB RELATED REQUIREMENTS: Class E Driver's License required. Work with/around Department of Corrections Inmates

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A high school diploma or its equivalent; 2 years’ experience in a related field can substitute for the high school diploma or equivalency.

 

As a CANDIDATE, you may be required to provide documentation (i.e. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENCY, college transcripts, ETC.) to verify meeting these Minimum Qualifications.

 

A Competitive Area Differential (CAD) additive in the amount of $478.40 will be added to the annual salary.

 

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 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.

Location: 

TAMPA, FL, US, 33619


Nearest Major Market: Tampa