RIGHT OF WAY APPRAISER II - 55000100

Requisition No: 862309 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: RIGHT OF WAY APPRAISER II - 55000100

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 55000100 

Salary:  $74,133.67 - $95,937.69 

Posting Closing Date: 10/06/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

751 / Right of Way

OPEN COMPETITIVE

CAREER SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON: Ashley Cason

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 813-975-6050

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: Ashley.Cason@dot.state.fl.us

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $2,851.29 - $3,689.91 /biweekly range / $74,133.67 - $95,937.69 /annual range

ANTICIPATED BIWEEKLY SALARY: $3,354.46

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

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:

Right of Way Appraiser II / Right of Way Administration

This position manages and reviews complex valuation reports, ensuring compliance with laws and policies. Coordinate consultant services, negotiate hours, approve invoices, and monitor data in the Right of Way Management System. Support litigation and mediation efforts, respond to records requests, and collaborate across offices to resolve issues. Overseeing quality control, developing procedures, conducting training, and representing the agency at public forums. Identify acquisition opportunities and assess project impacts on property values.

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:

Prepares and reviews valuation services reports to include highly complex projects. Ensures conformance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures. Makes recommendations of valuation services assignments based on existing and proposed workloads and project complexity. Negotiates consultant and sub-consultant hours. Reviews and offers input on reports and/or the other relevant work products provided by property owner experts on litigation and/or mediation matters against the Department. Notifies management of circumstances that could affect production schedules or court proceedings.

Participates and provides support, recommendations, and valuation expertise to department personnel in litigation and/or mediation matters. Responds to public records, litigation discovery, and related inquiries. Coordinates with other offices to address and resolve issues.

Procures consultant services. Coordinates the activities of Valuation Services consultants. Review and approve invoices. Ensures data is entered into the Right of Way Mangagement System (RWMS). Runs RWMS reports to monitor and assess valuation production and quality.

Ensures and monitors a Quality Control Program. Interprets and communicates right of way policies and procedures. Assists in the development of policies and procedures. Holds valuation-related training sessions as necessary.

Monitors, trains, and assists local governments. Represents R/W at public meetings/hearings and workshops, and similar forums. Identifies and evaluates advance acquisition opportunities.

Participates in the applicant selection and hiring process. Provides employee orientation and training.

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

Knowledge of:

• Uniform standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

Skills in:

• Written communication and production of high-quality appraisal and appraisal reports, memorandums, letters, and other business reports.
• Oral communication necessary to relate, implement, and follow through on required actions.
• Use of personal computers, including a working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software.
• Both personal and project related planning and organizing.

Ability to:

• Perform and review complex eminent domain appraisals.
• Accomplish assignments with no or minimal supervision or assistance.
• Understand right of way maps and highway and bridge construction plans and understand the impact of a project on real estate values.
• Suggest alternative construction locations or techniques that would lessen the impacts on affected properties.
• Quickly assess factors that significantly impact recommended compensation, appraisal complexity, contracting and production processes.
• Calculate professional staff hours required to appraise a specific parcel or property.
• Identify, research and assess pertinent market data.
• Form effective working relationships with numerous persons internal and external to the department.
• Quickly adapt to, and carry out, changes.

Licensure/Registration/Certification Requirements:

Other Job-Related Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

Ten years of appraisal experience, or current certification as a residential or general appraiser. Graduation from the FDOT Real Estate Level III Training Program can substitute for seven years of the required experience. Post-secondary education can substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

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.  

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.

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.