Parking and Traffic Logistics Coordinator

University of Florida•Gainesville, FL

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About The Position

The Parking and Traffic Logistics Coordinator schedules and manages parking control equipment deployment and retrieval for events, construction projects, and maintenance activities. The coordinator ensures timely closure and reopening of parking spaces, communicates with stakeholders to minimize disruptions, maintains equipment and signage inventories, and manages a deployment calendar. The role responds to on-site operational issues and coordinates parking and transportation impacts associated with university capital projects, including parking relocations and route modifications. The coordinator helps maintain safe, clean parking facilities by reporting hazards and other issues through work orders, scheduling facility closures for repairs, tracking work-order progress, and auditing signage and space assignments across lots and garages. The role coordinates signage updates and works with the ADA office on disabled reserved parking requests. For large-scale campus events, the coordinator plans parking coverage and closures, secures residential and ADA spaces, reserves event parking, positions blockades to support traffic flow and pedestrian guidance, relays parking capacity information to Police, and assists with parking for high-profile dignitaries at the request of UF Police. The coordinator also facilitates semester-start occupancy counts and reporting, monitors departmental KPIs, serves as the department’s asset custodian, and supports enforcement operations and parking-equipment access and troubleshooting. The position is classified as Essential Personnel and is on-call 24/7. The normal schedule is 7:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with some nights and weekends for special events.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area and three years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Valid Class E Driver’s License.
Criminal background check required.
Some nights and weekends are required for special events.
Classified as Essential Personnel and on-call 24/7.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing parking and transportation operations for large-scale events with 5,000 or more attendees.
Detailed experience managing parking and transportation operations at a large public university.
Knowledge of industry parking software applications.

Responsibilities

Schedule and manage deployment and retrieval of parking control equipment for events, construction projects, and maintenance activities.
Coordinate timely closure and reopening of parking spaces and communicate with stakeholders to minimize disruptions.
Maintain inventories of signage and field equipment and ensure equipment is available and in suitable condition for deployment.
Maintain a deployment calendar and communicate in a timely manner with affected departments and vendors.
Respond to on-site operational issues, including signage discrepancies, blocked spaces, and vehicle-related concerns.
Track university capital projects and coordinate parking or transportation impacts with PDC, including parking-space relocations and route modifications.
Report hazards, debris, and graffiti through work orders; schedule parking facility closures for maintenance repairs and track work-order progress.
Report inconsistencies in signage and parking-space allocations and recommend solutions.
Audit parking signage across lots and garages against the digital inventory and space assignments; coordinate signage updates, replacements, or removals.
Work with the ADA office to manage disabled reserved parking requests.
Coordinate parking coverage for large-scale campus events involving multiple parking and roadway closures.
Secure residential and ADA parking spaces during events and reserve event parking, including deployment of cones and barricades.
Position blockades in lots and garages to support vehicular traffic flow and pedestrian guidance.
Relay parking capacities to Police during events and assist with parking for high-profile dignitaries at UF Police’s request.
Facilitate parking occupancy counts at the start of each semester and prepare a comprehensive report from collected data.
Monitor departmental KPIs and recommend continuous improvement measures.
Serve as the department’s asset custodian.
Support enforcement operations, facilitate access to gates, investigate reported parking-equipment issues, and identify and implement prompt solutions.
Perform other duties as assigned.