TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM ENGINEER - 55012757

Requisition No: 866134 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM ENGINEER - 55012757

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55012757 

Salary:  $110,225.04 - $142,644.17 

Posting Closing Date: 12/10/2025 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

762 / District Traffic Operations

OPEN COMPETITIVE / PENDING VACANCY

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON: Yulanda Allen

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 813-975-4216

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: Yulanda.allen@dot.state.fl.us

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $     4,239.42 - $5,486.31 / biweekly range

                                             $110,225.04 - $142,644.17 / annual range

ANTICIPATED BIWEEKLY SALARY: $5,334.90

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:

Traffic Safety Program Engineer / District Traffic Operations

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 the majority of the time communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees, and planning and directing employees’ work. Has the authority to effectively recommend the hiring, transferring, suspension, lay off, recall’s, promotions, discharges, assignments, rewards, or disciplinary actions for subordinate employees. Plans and directs workloads, deadlines, work objectives and time utilization with subordinate staff. Provides direction and ensures that all subordinates receive training and instruction and techniques necessary to safely perform their assigned tasks.

Advances the Safe System approach to implementing Florida’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan at the District level. Advocates the Department’s Target Speed, Complete Streets, and Target Zero initiatives, recommends and informs strategic safety investments, and enhances the Highway Safety Funds usage by leveraging other fund types to include safety enhancements in projects and implement other innovative safety education and/or enforcement activities.

Develops and implements Traffic Safety business and related plans to guide resource allocation and achieve unit performance targets. This includes collaborating with others in plan development, reporting plan results, linking performance targets to Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound, (SMART) objectives in staff expectations, identifying and making resource recommendations. Ensures funding and resources are utilized in the most cost effective and beneficial manner. Ensures the most current program elements, performance measures and functions are being implemented.

Participates in meetings, on committees, task teams and other groups with internal and external customers to represent Traffic Safety interests. Maintains professional contact with elected officials, private companies, public, government agencies, and officials doing business with the State. Promotes good public relations with the people contacted while maintaining the policies of the department. Provides accurate and timely responses to the public, contractors, and other department personnel. Promotes the resolution of outstanding technical and contractual issues. Advises the District Safety Administrator of such issues.

Develops and manages consultant contracts and other types of agreements that support Traffic Safety functions and/or related to performance targets. This includes developing documentation for contract funding, requests for proposal (RFP) and related documents, participation in technical review committees (TRC), evaluation of contract work products, consultant evaluation and invoice processing approval.

Acts as a technical advisor on the use of traffic engineering/safety standards, policies and best practices to other departments, local governments, and agencies. Advocates for the appropriate traffic engineering countermeasures during the planning, design, and construction phrase of highway projects as appropriate. Participates in committees, task teams and in other groups as needed. Oversees lead team/group activities, documenting results and related presentations as necessary. Signs and seals engineering documents as required 

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

Knowledge of:

• KNOWLEDGE OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING PRACTICES AND POLICIES; KNOWLEDGE OF MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES; KNOWLEDGE OF PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Skills in:

• SKILLED IN TRAFFIC SAFETY ANALYSIS AND STUDY TECHNIQUES; SKILLED IN COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND INTERPRETING ENGINEERING DATA; SKILLED IN THE SUPERVISION AND INSTRUCTION OF OTHERS; SKILLED IN IDENTIFYING AND DOCUMENTING PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE; SKILLED IN EFFECTIVE COMMUNCIATION BOTH IN WRITTEN FORM AND ORALLY; SKILLED IN CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND NEGOTIATION; SKILLED IN THE USE OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS SUCH AS WORD PROCESSING, SPREADSHEET, PRESENTATIONS APPLICATIONS, EMAIL AND INTERNET.

Ability to:

• ABILITY TO LEAD AND MANAGE DIVERSE GROUPS OF PEOPLE PERFORMING MULTIPLE TASKS; ABILITY TO MANAGE WORKLOAD TO PRODUCE ON-TIME RESOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS; ABILITY TO COUNSEL AND PLAN EMPLOYEE CAREER DEVELOPMENT; ABILITY TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS; ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY SUPERVISE OTHERS.

Licensure/Registration/Certification Requirements:

• REGISTRATION AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 471, FLORIDA STATUTES.

Other Job-Related Requirements:

• RESPONSIBLE FOR ADHERING TO THE PROVISIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 215.422. F.S., RELATED STATE COMPTROLLER’S RULES, AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S INVOICE PROCESSING AND WARRANT DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURES. EMPLOYEE WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIMEFRAME AND SERVE IN THE TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM.

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.