Traffic Safety Program Engineer - 55012757

Traffic Safety Program Engineer

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 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 is to 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 trust, relationships, respect, empowerment, and communication.

Where you will work: Florida Department of Transportation D7 – Headquarters 11201 McKinley Dr Tampa, FL 33612.

Your specific responsibilities include: supervising employees, planning and directing workloads, deadlines, work objectives and time utilization with subordinate staff, providing direction and training and instruction and techniques necessary to safely perform their assigned tasks, advancing the safe system approach to implementing Florida's strategic highway safety plan at the district level, advocating the department's target speed, complete streets, and target zero initiatives, recommending and informing strategic safety investments, and enhancing 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.

The successful candidate will have the following required knowledge, skills, and abilities: knowledge of traffic engineering practices and policies, management principles and practices, personnel policies and procedures; skills in traffic safety analysis and study techniques, collecting, analyzing, and interpreting engineering data, the supervision and instruction of others, identifying and documenting personnel performance, effective communication both in written form and orally, contract management and negotiation, and the use of computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentations applications, email and internet; ability to lead and manage diverse groups of people performing multiple tasks, manage workload to produce on-time resolutions to problems, counsel and plan employee career development, establish and maintain effective working relationships, and 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.

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, and employee assistance program (EAP).