TRAFFIC DESIGN ENGINEER II - 55003840
Apply NowCompany: State of Florida
Location: Bartow, FL 33830
Description:
Requisition No: 850790
Agency: Department of Transportation
Working Title: TRAFFIC DESIGN ENGINEER II - 55003840
Pay Plan: SES
Position Number: 55003840
Salary: $98,635.76 - $127,646.28
Posting Closing Date: 05/11/2025
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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION
152 / Design
OPEN COMPETITIVE
SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE
CONTACT PERSON: Xiaoxue Peng
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 863-519-2528
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: xiaoxue.peng@dot.state.fl.us
ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $4,194.53 /biweekly ($109,057.78 /annual)
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 one FDOT 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 Design Engineer II
Director of Production/Design/Roadway Design
This position will manage the development of traffic design plans, including their signing and sealing, in compliance with FDOT Standards. It will also provide technical expertise support to other FDOT Units to help create a well-structured transportation network that promotes economic growth while striving to reduce congestion and fatalities.
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 trainings and instructor led courses.
Where You Will Work:
District One / Director of Production
801 N. Broadway Ave.
Bartow, FL, 33830
Anticipated Pay:
$4,194.53 /biweekly
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 Traffic Design production, including traffic plans production, project management, value engineering, quality control plans review and scope development. Supervises the assigned Traffic Design staff and is engaged in the preparation and review of traffic 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 staff in the assembly of traffic design plans, signing and pavement marking, signalization, and lighting plan packages, scopes of work, design exceptions and variations, and utility conflict reports to be used in phase reviews and other submittals on designated projects. Supervises personnel involved in quality control, value engineering, drafting/plans preparation and scope development.
Provides guidance and extensive knowledge of all applicable design standards and traffic plans design criteria. Performs independently in the development and preparation of detailed component plans and specifications for signing and pavement markings, signalization, Lighting, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Plans. Includes the design of signal head assemblies, railroad preemptions, signal system layouts, No Passing Zone Studies (NPZ), and overhead and ground-mounted signs with the use of utility conflict reports in phase reviews. Assists engineers and designers in plans preparation using computer aided drafting and design (CADD).
Oversees designers and prepares highway signing and pavement marking, signalization, and lighting component plans. Utilizes current Department highway design, signing and pavement marking, signalization, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), and lighting software, standards, and criteria. Performs Quality Assurance/Control reviews as required to ensure plans have been developed in accordance with appropriate design criteria, policy and procedures.
Coordinates all activities required to design traffic control devices, traffic signal systems, lighting, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) systems. Responsible for acquiring all necessary information needed to select acceptable and economically feasible solutions and identifies potential problems as well as providing solutions to those problems. Obtains input pertinent to local requirements and ordinances from municipalities and other governmental agencies. Assists in field reviews and field evaluation, data collection, Local Agency Program (LAP) reviews, and customer service request documentation.
Guides and monitors the work of designers within Traffic Design. Coordinate tasks accordingly to distribute workload within Traffic Design. Provides training to the Office of Design in the design and development of complex signing and pavement marking, signalization, lighting, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) plans. Provides designers with guidance in the designing of overhead guide signs and ground mounted signs using appropriate computer software. Trains Design staff in the design of Traffic Management Sites and multi-post signs. Represents supervisor concerning design related issues as needed and provides guidance.
Provides technical knowledge and expertise of the design process as a senior member in a design group to in-house and consultant designers. Guides and directs junior engineers in the completion of engineering assignments related to design processes, criteria evaluation scope development and accurate estimate creation. Reviews shop drawings thoroughly and maintains shop drawing files. Signs and seals plans and documents as needed. 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 scope of services and staff hours negotiations.
Licensure/Registration/Certification:
Registration as a Professional Engineer, in accordance with Chapter 471, Florida Statutes.
Other Job-Related Requirements
Employee will be required to be responsive to emergency situations within a very short timeframe and serve on the Transportation Emergency Management Team.
The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
Skills in:
Ability to:
The State's total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
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.
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.
Location:
Agency: Department of Transportation
Working Title: TRAFFIC DESIGN ENGINEER II - 55003840
Pay Plan: SES
Position Number: 55003840
Salary: $98,635.76 - $127,646.28
Posting Closing Date: 05/11/2025
Total Compensation Estimator Tool
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION
152 / Design
OPEN COMPETITIVE
SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE
CONTACT PERSON: Xiaoxue Peng
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 863-519-2528
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: xiaoxue.peng@dot.state.fl.us
ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $4,194.53 /biweekly ($109,057.78 /annual)
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 one FDOT 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 Design Engineer II
Director of Production/Design/Roadway Design
This position will manage the development of traffic design plans, including their signing and sealing, in compliance with FDOT Standards. It will also provide technical expertise support to other FDOT Units to help create a well-structured transportation network that promotes economic growth while striving to reduce congestion and fatalities.
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 trainings and instructor led courses.
Where You Will Work:
District One / Director of Production
801 N. Broadway Ave.
Bartow, FL, 33830
Anticipated Pay:
$4,194.53 /biweekly
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 Traffic Design production, including traffic plans production, project management, value engineering, quality control plans review and scope development. Supervises the assigned Traffic Design staff and is engaged in the preparation and review of traffic 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 staff in the assembly of traffic design plans, signing and pavement marking, signalization, and lighting plan packages, scopes of work, design exceptions and variations, and utility conflict reports to be used in phase reviews and other submittals on designated projects. Supervises personnel involved in quality control, value engineering, drafting/plans preparation and scope development.
Provides guidance and extensive knowledge of all applicable design standards and traffic plans design criteria. Performs independently in the development and preparation of detailed component plans and specifications for signing and pavement markings, signalization, Lighting, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Plans. Includes the design of signal head assemblies, railroad preemptions, signal system layouts, No Passing Zone Studies (NPZ), and overhead and ground-mounted signs with the use of utility conflict reports in phase reviews. Assists engineers and designers in plans preparation using computer aided drafting and design (CADD).
Oversees designers and prepares highway signing and pavement marking, signalization, and lighting component plans. Utilizes current Department highway design, signing and pavement marking, signalization, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), and lighting software, standards, and criteria. Performs Quality Assurance/Control reviews as required to ensure plans have been developed in accordance with appropriate design criteria, policy and procedures.
Coordinates all activities required to design traffic control devices, traffic signal systems, lighting, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) systems. Responsible for acquiring all necessary information needed to select acceptable and economically feasible solutions and identifies potential problems as well as providing solutions to those problems. Obtains input pertinent to local requirements and ordinances from municipalities and other governmental agencies. Assists in field reviews and field evaluation, data collection, Local Agency Program (LAP) reviews, and customer service request documentation.
Guides and monitors the work of designers within Traffic Design. Coordinate tasks accordingly to distribute workload within Traffic Design. Provides training to the Office of Design in the design and development of complex signing and pavement marking, signalization, lighting, and Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) plans. Provides designers with guidance in the designing of overhead guide signs and ground mounted signs using appropriate computer software. Trains Design staff in the design of Traffic Management Sites and multi-post signs. Represents supervisor concerning design related issues as needed and provides guidance.
Provides technical knowledge and expertise of the design process as a senior member in a design group to in-house and consultant designers. Guides and directs junior engineers in the completion of engineering assignments related to design processes, criteria evaluation scope development and accurate estimate creation. Reviews shop drawings thoroughly and maintains shop drawing files. Signs and seals plans and documents as needed. 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 scope of services and staff hours negotiations.
Licensure/Registration/Certification:
Registration as a Professional Engineer, in accordance with Chapter 471, Florida Statutes.
Other Job-Related Requirements
Employee will be required to be responsive to emergency situations within a very short timeframe and serve on the Transportation Emergency Management Team.
The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of:
- Knowledge of and skilled in the engineering process for production of highway construction plans.
- Knowledge of concepts, terminologies, design principles and analytical techniques of highway design.
- Knowledge of computer aided drafting and design (CADD) tools and automated office products.
- Knowledge of project engineering and scheduling.
- Knowledge of and skilled in interpretation of roadway design standards, specifications and criteria established or adopted by Florida Department of Transportation.
Skills in:
- Skilled in the use of Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
- Skilled in communicating technical information verbally and in writing.
- Skill in planning, organizing, and managing multiple work assignments.
Ability to:
- Ability to establish and maintain effective internal and external working relationships.
- Ability to apply engineering quantitative techniques in the area of highway design.
- Ability to solve engineering related problems.
- Ability to use a personal computer (PC).
- Ability to guide and direct designers in the design process.
- Ability to be an active part of a group.
- Ability to serve as a representative on design issues.
- Ability to supervise.
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.
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.
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