ROADWAY ENGINEER SUPERVISOR III - 55003838

Requisition No: 861173 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: ROADWAY ENGINEER SUPERVISOR III - 55003838

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55003838 

Salary:  $103,654.37 - $134,140.95 

Posting Closing Date: 09/28/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

744 / DESIGN ADMINISTRATION

ANTICIPATED VACANCY

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON: Mishana Davis

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 813-975-6780

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: mishana.davis@dot.state.fl.us

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $3,986.71 – $5,159.27/biweekly range / $103,654.37 - $134,140.95/annual range

ANTICIPATED BIWEEKLY SALARY: $4,775.45

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:

Roadway Engineer Supervisor III / District Design

This position will manage the Roadway Design Department, staff and consultants. Direct the workflow and promote the core values of FDOT. 

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 by communicating regularly, motivating, training, evaluating, planning and directing employees’ work. Motivates and evaluates employees on the performance of their duties. Develops procedural and technical training. Participates in applicant selection and hiring process. Provides employee orientation, training, counseling and disciplinary actions and prepares employee performance evaluations. Performs supervisory and management roles related to highly technical work in roadway design production, including roadway and traffic plans production, project management, value engineering, quality control, plans review, and scope development. Supervises the assigned roadway design staff and is engaged in the preparation and review of roadway design contract plans, contract documentation and computations to ensure that these documents are produced in compliance with current criteria, safety standards, economic feasibility and sound engineering judgment. Supervises the assembly of roadway design plans, signing and pavement marking plans, signalization plans, lighting plans, No Passing Zone studies, and typical section packages, scopes of work, design exceptions and variations, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), and utility conflict reports to be used in phase reviews and other submittals on designated projects. Supervises personnel involved in quality control, value engineering, consultant acquisition, drafting/plans preparation support and scope development.

Oversees the preparation of highly complex roadway design projects requiring determination of geometric design, plan quantity calculations, cost analysis, pavement design, and interpretation of engineering policy, overall plans preparation and project management. Oversees the development of special designs as required for intersections, maintenance of traffic, profile grades and other roadway design components. Oversees the preparation and evaluates technical engineering reports, pavement design packages, typical section packages and design variations/exceptions. Performs quality control reviews of in-house roadway design projects to ensure that the project is adequately engineered and follows Florida Design Manual procedures, state and federal design criteria standards and policies. Ensures that quality assurance, quality control (QA/QC) processes have been followed for projects.

Signs and seals contract plans and technical engineering reports, pavement design packages, typical section packages and design variations/exceptions as needed. Attends public meetings, presentations and hearings as needed and performs presentations as required. Assists in field reviews and field evaluation, data collection, and customer service request documentation.

Develops and monitors production schedules to ensure timely completion of plans and establishes and tracks quality control measures within the section in support of Design's business plan activities. Updates production staff hours and project schedules in keeping with overall work program goals for all projects within section. Coordinates and assists in various phases of work between disciplines (Right of Way, Testing Lab, Traffic Operations, Planning, Drainage, etcetera) to maintain scheduled production and letting dates. Monitors project costs and performs updates to assure conformance with the department’s work program. Obtains necessary project information from other departments, agencies, individuals, etc., to minimize project delays. Schedules meetings, facilitates consensus building and ensures success by careful proactive communication with all affected.

Provides professional technical engineering knowledge, support and direction to design engineers and technicians. Reviews and approves roadway plans and documents prepared by other design engineers and technicians. Evaluates design changes proposed by contractors. Provides technical expertise and support to Design, Construction, Maintenance, Local Agency Program (LAP) reviews, Eminent Domain and other units to meet department needs and goals. Serves on Technical Review Committee (TRC) in consultant acquisition and Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for consultant design bid build, design/build projects, and alternative contracting. Assists in the development of scopes of services and staff hour negotiations. Manages consultant services on internal design projects. Represents District Roadway Design Engineer concerning design section related issues as needed and provides guidance.

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

Knowledge of:

• Concepts, terminologies, design principles and analytical techniques of highway design.
• Computer aided drafting and design (cadd) tools and automated office products.
• Project engineering, scheduling, planning, supervision, and assigning and prioritizing work assignments.
• Management, supervisory, and leadership principles and practices.

Skills in:

• The engineering process for design and production of roadway plans.
• Communicating technical information verbally and in writing.
• Planning, organizing, and managing multiple work assignments.
• Interpretation of roadway design standards, specifications and criteria established or adopted by Florida department of transportation.

Ability to:

• Establish and maintain effective internal and external working relationships.
• Apply engineering quantitative techniques in the area of highway design.
• Solve engineering related problems.
• Manage people, lead people, lead change, communicate and build coalitions.
• Supervise personnel.

Licensure/Registration/Certification Requirements:

• Registered as a Professional Engineer in accordance with Chapter 471 of Florida Statutes.

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.