Traffic Specialist IV – District Five / District Traffic Operations
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The Work You Will Do:
Traffic Specialist IV – District Five / 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
District Traffic Operations
719 S. Woodland Boulevard
DeLand, Florida 32720
Annual Salary Range:
$68,827.93 - $89,071.43
Your Specific Responsibilities:
Perform engineering review and analysis, develop engineering reports and associated documents (work orders, traffic regulations, signal operating plans, benefit/cost analysis, etc.) This includes field assessments, applying engineering principles and judgment to identify operational and safety deficiencies and appropriate remedial action. Coordinate with Department staff, affected external agencies and customers as required. Ensure coordination of resources necessary to implement remedial action.
Assist in development and management of professional and contractual services contracts and other types of agreements that support Traffic Operations functions. 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.
Provide review comments on plan submittals generated by the Department and other entities. This includes developing technical comments directed to the design project manager or design engineer of record based on traffic engineering fundamentals, Department design standards and engineering judgment. Includes accepting/rejecting the responses to those comments.
Participate in meetings and presentations with internal and external customers to represent Traffic Operations interests. Provide useful commentary and review of work products, development of correspondence and follow-up contact as needed.
The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Traffic engineering concepts, terminology, principles, and analytical techniques.
- The Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
- Florida Department of Transportation standards, manuals, guidelines and practices.
- Traffic data collection techniques;(Optional for Access Management).
- Access Management Principles;(Optional for Access Management).
- FDOT Rules 14-96 and 14-97 and their application.
Skills in:
- Problem solving.
- The use of personal computers and a variety of engineering software.
- Communication, including written, verbal and effective listening.
Ability to:
- Read and interpret plans, specifications, design standards, and manuals.
- Apply engineering concepts, practices and functions.
- Input and retrieve information from a computer database.
- Collect, analyze, and interpret engineering data.
- Work independently and make decisions.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Other Job-Related Requirements:
- Due to the nature of the position, incumbent must respond to emergencies.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A high school diploma and four years of engineering, traffic studies, or traffic safety experience.
- OR an Associate of Arts or Science degree in engineering technology and two years of engineering, traffic studies, or traffic safety experience.
- OR A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in engineering technology and one year of engineering, traffic studies, or traffic safety experience.
- OR successful completion of the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam and has an Engineer in Trainee (EIT) certification in either Florida or another State.
- OR an active International Municipal and Signal Association (IMSA) Sign and Pavement Marking certification.
The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
- Health insurance (over 90% employer paid)
- $25,000 life insurance policy (100% employer paid)
- Dental, vision and supplemental insurances
- State of Florida retirement package
- 10 paid holidays a year
- Generous vacation and sick leave
- Career advancement opportunities
- Tuition waiver for public college courses
- A variety of training opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, visit: https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/
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.