TRAFFIC SERVICES MANAGER IV - 55008408

State of Florida

12d

About The Position

This position will serve as the District’s lead authority on access management policies, standards, and practices with primary responsibility for reviewing and participating in meetings associated with permit submittals affecting access to the State Highway System. Key responsibilities include managing and overseeing the District’s Access Management Program, providing technical guidance and policy interpretation regarding driveway connections, median openings, spacing standards and alternative access solutions, as well as reviewing and evaluating access permit applications that impact the State Highway System.

Requirements

Knowledge of traffic engineering principles and practices.
Knowledge of management principles and practices.
Knowledge of traffic operations analysis and study techniques.
Knowledge of FDOT Design Standards.
Knowledge of Traffic signal timing and phasing.
Skills in effective oral communications.
Skills in effective written communications.
Skills in problem solving.
Skills in use of personal computers and ability to use Microsoft Office.
Skills in interpreting and disseminating traffic engineering related data.
Ability to read and interpret plans, specifications, design standards and manuals.
Ability to collect, analyze, and interpret engineering data.
Ability to manage workload to produce on time resolutions to problems.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Ability to effectively supervise others.
Due to the nature of this position, incumbent must respond to emergencies.

Responsibilities

Supervises employees spending the majority of the time communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees, and planning and directing employees’ work.
Has the authority to effectively recommend the hiring, transferring, suspension, lay off, recall’s, promotions, discharges, assignments, rewards, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action.
Plans and directs workloads, deadlines, work objectives and time utilization with subordinate staff.
Provides direction and ensures that all subordinates receive training and instruction in methods and techniques necessary to safely perform their assigned tasks.
Performs engineering review and analysis of applications for access permits and associated traffic Impact studies for compliance with Florida Statues 335-18, Rules 14-96 and 14-97, and state manuals, specification, and policies.
Reviews and recommends the need for turn lanes, signals and/or other improvements related to the traffic generation of a development.
Reviews state projects during design and construction to incorporate access management features consistent with Rules 14-96 and 14-97.
Represents Traffic Operations at public meetings and serves as a liaison between Production and Traffic Operations on access management issues.
Provides 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, Access Management Department design standards and engineering judgment.
Includes accepting/rejecting the responses to those comments.
Participates in meetings, on committees, task teams and other groups with internal and external customers to represent Traffic Operations functions.
Includes, providing useful commentary and review of work products as well as developing correspondence and follow-up contact as needed.
Assists the Traffic Services Program Engineer in implementing 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-bound) objectives in staff expectations, and identifying and making resource recommendations.