PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR II - 55001937

Requisition No: 867027 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR II - 55001937

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55001937 

Salary:  $97,875.60 - $126,662.54 

Posting Closing Date: 12/28/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

Cost Center 701 / INTERMODAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

 OPEN COMPETITIVE

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

FULL-TIME

CONTACT PERSON: Lisa Almeda

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: (813) 975-6748

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: Lisa.Almeda@dot.state.fl.us

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $3,764.45 - $4,871.64 /biweekly range

                                            $97,875.60 - $126,662.54 /annual range

ANTICIPATED BIWEEKLY SALARY: $4,428.76

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:

Project Development Supervisor II in ISD / PLEMO

This position will plan workflows, deadlines, and work objectives to properly perform preliminary engineering studies and provide timely environmental documentation to meet production schedules. Responsible for managing the District Project Development Program. Make educated engineering decisions on roadways and bridge alternatives selections to avoid project complications as well as signs and seals plans as the Registered Professional Engineer.

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

D7 – Headquarters

11201 McKinley Dr

Tampa, FL 33612

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Supervises employees spending most of their time communicating with motivating, training, and evaluating employees, and planning and directing employees’ work. Supervises employees who comprise the Project Development section of the Environmental Management Office. Supervision of these employees includes leave approval, timesheet approval, assignment of tasks, employee performance appraisals, training assignments, training request approvals, employee task monitoring, counseling of subordinate employees, disciplinary actions, and other supervisory related duties and responsibilities. This position plans workflows, deadlines, and work objectives to properly perform preliminary engineering studies and provide timely environmental documentation to meet production schedules. Responsible for managing the District Project Development Program. Make educated engineering decisions on roadways and bridge alternatives selections to avoid project complications as well as signs and seals plans as the Registered Professional Engineer.

Directs Project Development & Environment (PD&E) Project Managers with the administration and production of environmental documents and all supporting documentation for approval by the lead federal agency. Oversee the timely and accurate production of environmental and engineering documents, the prompt coordination and response to local and federal agencies, and the completion and submission of the environmental documents required to receive federal approval (referred to as the Location and Design Concept Acceptance [LDCA]) of these highly detailed documents.

Manages and directs the preparation and control of hazardous waste and asbestos identification on existing and proposed right-of-way and properties. Coordinates contamination clean up, when required, with the Department of Environmental Protection. Works with and assists other departments with contamination clean-up. Implements departmental policies and decisions related to the Environmental Management Office.

Reviews all phase submittals of final design projects for which a PD&E Study was prepared which includes construction plans, drainage design, utility location plans, signing and pavement marking plans, etc. Attends progress meetings to provide input on design alternatives to ensure the incorporation of all feasible concepts in the PD&E study and the resulting document.

Participates in the preparation of design/build project packages. Prepares and reviews the highway design engineering portion of environmental documents, which includes layouts of design concepts for corridor and design alternatives, development of typical sections, vertical and horizontal alignments, existing and proposed right-of-way limits, preliminary intersection/interchange designs, and any graphics or schematic diagrams required for these environmental documents.

Provides support in the public information process. Provides necessary information to ensure the public is sufficiently informed on proposed improvements. Attend public involvement meetings and public hearings to aid, during the informational periods, in answering individuals’ questions pertaining to the proposed designs and alternatives under consideration. Conducts briefings for upper management, other departments, elected officials as well as the lead federal agency and other agencies/partners.

Provides oversight in the technical review of the consultant’s work effort. Manages and coordinates contract development and consultant staff-hour negotiations. Prepares PD&E studies and design scopes of services. Prepares the Department’s independent staff-hours involved in work efforts. Provides analysis and evaluation of proposals. Monitors consultants’ progress in administrative and fiscal aspects of projects.

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

Knowledge of:

• Project development & environment (PD&E) manual.
• Plans preparation manual and preparing roadway and/or drainage design plans.
• Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) procedures including consultant acquisition process.
• The department’s PD&E process including legal requirements pertaining to PD&E studies.
• FDOT production process
• The design/build process.

Skills in:

• Performing man-hour negotiations on PD&E and/or roadway or drainage design projects.
• The preparation of presentations and technical reports.

Ability to:

• Delegate tasks, schedule activities and monitor progress to meet project goals.
• Communicate technical information clearly.
• Supervise, assess performance and discipline employees.
• Manage consultant work.
• Develop complex transportation alternatives & determine impacts using engineering principles.
• Deal effectively with technical, non-technical, and possibly hostile people.
• Read and interpret construction plans, specifications, design standards and PD&E process manuals and to analyze and interpret engineering data.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public, co-workers, and outside agencies. 

• Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

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.