Traffic Services Program Manager - 55014827 1

Traffic Services Program Manager

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.

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.

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.

Traffic Services Program Manager/District One/Traffic Operations/Traffic Services

This position will supervise, communicate with, motivate, train, and evaluate employees, and plan and direct employees' work, and has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. This position will direct and supervise staff and provide technical guidance, under the supervision of a registered professional engineer, to the District Traffic Operations Office Traffic Studies and Operations Signing & Pavement Marking Areas.

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.

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.

District One – 801 N Broadway Ave, Bartow, FL 33830

$ 87,452.71 - $ 113,174.09

Spend the majority of their time supervising, communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees, and planning and directing employees' work, and has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. Direct and supervise staff and provides technical guidance, under the supervision of a registered professional engineer, to the District Traffic Operations Office Traffic Studies and Operations Signing & Pavement Marking Areas.

Meet regularly with employees to assign work, establish work objectives and timelines to ensure working objectives are met. Evaluate employees' performance, during established time frames, throughout the year and at formal review periods. Motivate and train and/or ensure required training is available for staff. Communicate regularly with direct reports, both individually and in staff meetings. Ensure that all the paperwork required for processing pay documents and personnel matters, including performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, filling 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, Measurable, 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. Include providing useful commentary and review of work products. Include 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. Include 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.

Assist with technical engineering review and analysis of data and/or work products. Include documentation of findings and conclusions, participation in meetings and presentation of reviewed data and analysis.

Knowledge of:

• Traffic engineering principles and practices
• Management principles and practices
• Traffic operations analysis and study techniques

Skills in:

• Effective oral communications
• Use of personal computers and ability to use Microsoft Office® (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access & Outlook)
• Effective use of written communication
• Interpreting and disseminating traffic engineering related data

Ability to:

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

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/

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 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.