Engineer Trainee

Requisition No: 867532
Agency:
Department of Transportation

Working Title:

ENGINEER TRAINEE
- Pay Plan:
Career Service
Position Number:
Salary: $59,273.75 - $76,707.20
Posting Closing Date: 01/26/2026

Contact Person:
Anna Birosak, , Anna.

Dunnte.fl.us

The four‑year Professional Engineer Training Program offers exciting career path opportunities to professional registration and advancement to leadership in the Florida Department of Transportation. The first 18 months provides practical, hands‑on exposure to major disciplines such as Planning, Traffic Operations, Structures, Design, Construction, and Maintenance. Depending on your performance and availability, you could be placed in the technical area of your choice, where your passion and the Department’s needs come together to prepare you to successfully attain your license.

The anticipated bi‑weekly salary is $2,682.07 ($69,733.82) annually with increases at 12, 24, 36, and 48 months, contingent upon satisfactory performance and available funding. An additional increase may be granted upon attaining a Florida Professional Engineer License. Benefits include paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, low premium healthcare options, retirement plan options, deferred compensation plans, tuition waivers, and many training opportunities for professional growth and development.

• Maintenance Phase
  :
  Performs technical engineering tasks of gradually increasing complexity in Field Operations, Warehouse, Repair Shops and Maintenance Systems.
• Construction Phase
  :
  Performs technical engineering and construction contract administration tasks of gradually increasing complexity in Roadway, Drainage, Traffic Control Devices and Structures.
• Design Phase
  :
  Performs technical engineering tasks, including sample projects of gradually increasingly complexity in Roadway Design, Drainage Design, and Traffic Design.
• Traffic Operations Phase
  :
  Performs technical engineering tasks of gradually increasing complexity in Signing Pavement Marking, Operations Analysis, Signalization and Signal Systems and Highway Safety.
• Survey & Mapping Phase
  :
  Performs technical surveying tasks of gradually increasing complexity in Base Line Control, Design Survey and Right of Way Survey.
• Planning and Environmental Management (PLEMO) Phase
  :
  Receives instruction and performs technical planning tasks in Transportation Statistics, Multi‑Modal Transportation Planning, FDOT Five‑Year Plan, Project Evaluation and System Planning; performs technical engineering tasks in Impact Research, Contamination Assessment & Mitigation, Permitting and Compliance.
• Materials Phase
  :
  Receives instruction and performs technical engineering tasks in Structural Materials & Research, Field Operations & Certification, Bituminous Materials & Research, Pavement Evaluation, Soil Materials & Research, Aggregates Control and Chemical Materials & Corrosion Research.
• Right of Way Phase
  :
  Receives instruction and performs engineering tasks in Drafting, Legal Description and Right of Way Computations.
• Structures Phase
  :
  Receives instruction and performs engineering tasks in Bridge Design, Retaining Walls, Sign Structures, Box Culverts, Traffic Signal Structures, Plan Reviews and Shop Drawing Reviews.

• Knowledge of transportation engineering concepts, terminology, principles and analytical techniques.
• Proficient computer skills.
• Ability to solve engineering problems.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments and projects.
• Effective communication skills.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with others.

For continuing eligibility, all trainees must obtain the Fundamentals of Engineering certificate within twelve (12) months of appointment; failure to do so will result in removal from the program. The program is not open to registered professional engineers or candidates with more than two years of post‑graduation engineering experience. Trainees must successfully complete the Program Maintenance, Construction, Design, and Traffic Operations Phase Exams.

Trainees may be required to respond to emergencies and serve in the Transportation Emergency Management…