TRAFFIC SERVICES PROGRAM ENGINEER - 55011837 1

Requisition No: 880102 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: TRAFFIC SERVICES PROGRAM ENGINEER - 55011837 1

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55011837 

Salary:  $118,296.09 - $153,089.06 

Posting Closing Date: 07/27/2026 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

762 / TRAFFIC OPERAIONS

OPEN COMPETITIVE / PENDING VACANCY

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

FULL-TIME

CONTACT PERSON: Yulanda Allen

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 813-975-4216

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

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $ 4,549.85 – $5,888.04 / biweekly range

                                            $ 118,296.09 - $153,089.06 / annual range

ANTICIPATED ANNUAL SALARY: $138,577.92

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.

To ensure honesty and transparency, all applicants must provide their own work. Unless explicitly requested, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist with qualifying questions, work samples, or interviews is strictly prohibited, and any breach of this requirement will lead to the applicant being removed from consideration.

Candidates must be United States (U.S.) citizens, or lawfully authorized alien workers. Visa sponsorship is not available.

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 Services Program Engineer / 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:

Directs and supervises staff and provides advanced engineering and technical guidance for the District Traffic Operations Office Traffic Services Section.  Meets regularly with employees to assign work, establish work objectives and timelines to ensure working objectives are met.  Evaluates employee’s performance, during established time frames, throughout the year and at formal review periods.  Motivates and trains and/or ensures required training is available for staff.  Communicates regularly with direct reports, both individually and in staff meetings.  Ensures that all the paperwork required for processing pay documents and personnel matters, including performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, filing vacant positions and separations, are completed accurately and processed in a timely manner.

Develop and implement Traffic Services business and related plans to guide resource allocation and achieve unit performance targets. Includes collaborating with others in plan development, reporting plan results, linking performance targets to SMART (Specific, Measureable, Achievable, Realistic and Time/cost/quality-based)  objectives in staff expectations, identifying and making resource recommendations.

Participate in meetings, on committees, task teams and other groups with internal and external customers to represent Traffic Services interests. Includes providing useful commentary and review of work products. Includes correspondence and follow-up contact as needed.

Develop and manage consultant contracts and other types of agreements that support Traffic Services functions and/or relate to performance targets. Includes developing documentation for contract funding, request for proposal (RFP) and related documents, participation on technical review committees (TRC), evaluation of contract work products, consultant evaluation and invoice processing approval.

Perform engineering review and analysis of data and/or work products. Including documentation of findings and conclusions, participation in meetings and presentation of reviewed data and analysis. 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 principles and practices.
• Knowledge of Management Principles and Practices.
• Knowledge of Traffic Operations Analysis and Study Techniques.
• Knowledge of Florida Department of Transportation Design Standards.
• Knowledge of Traffic Signal Timing and Phasing

Skills in:

• Effective oral communication.
• Effective written communications.
• Interpreting and disseminating traffic engineering related data.

Ability to:

• Collect, analyze, and interpret engineering data.
• Manage workload to produce on time resolutions to problems.
• Counsel and plan employee career development.
• Supervise people.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Lead, manage, and work with diverse groups of people.

Licensure/Registration/Certification Requirements:

Registration as a Professional Engineer with accordance with Chapter 471, Florida Statutes, or able to obtain registration by endorsement as a Professional Engineer in the State of Florida under Chapter 471, Florida Statutes, within six months from your appointment date.  

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.  

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.