Traffic Specialist Iv-Safety

Requisition Information

Requisition No: 871083
Agency:
Department of Transportation

Working Title:

TRAFFIC SPECIALIST IV-SAFETY
- Pay Plan:
Career Service
Position Number:
Salary: $66,399.20 – $85,928.37
Posting Closing Date: 03/13/2026

Contact Person:
Misleidys Leon
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:
Misleidys.

Leonte.fl.us

Join FDOT and be part of the team that works together to improve safety, enhance mobility, and inspire innovation in the Florida transportation system.

Work for honesty and transparency: applicants must provide their own work. Unless explicitly requested, the use of AI tools to assist in qualifying questions, work samples, or interviews is strictly prohibited, and any breach will lead to removal from consideration.

Candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawfully authorized alien workers. Visa sponsorship is not available.

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 Specialist IV-Safety, District Six Traffic Operations

This position directly contributes to the Department’s mission toward our Target Zero goal. Our mission is to continually improve the safety of Florida's traveling public and FDOT employees by reducing transportation‑related fatalities and severe injury crashes to zero. The role investigates location‑specific and conducts systemic safety analyses to identify safety improvement needs and design countermeasures to reduce the frequency and severity of crashes.

It also collaborates with education, enforcement, and emergency services to increase the effectiveness of our engineering efforts, and works with communities to identify and help resolve traffic safety concerns.

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 Six Headquarters
1000 NW 111th Ave
Miami, Florida 33172

$66,399.20 – $85,928.37
A Competitive Area Differential (CAD) additive in the amount of $1,976.00 will be added to the annual salary.

• Develop and review engineering reports and studies, including preparing and disseminating the Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) tracking reports, study documentation, presentations of findings, and analysis of engineering data.
• Develop and manage professional and contractual service contracts, and other types of agreements that support traffic operations, including project management, procuring contracts, issuing task work orders, reviewing deliverables, processing invoices, coordinating department personnel and agencies, preparing correspondence, maintaining project files, and attending project meetings.
• Participate in meetings, committees, task teams, and other groups with internal and external customers to represent traffic engineering interests and provide commentary and review of work products, developing correspondence and follow‑up contact as needed.
• Assist the District Traffic Safety Program Engineer with coordinating project production with the Department’s Work Program, ensuring project schedule and control are efficiently managed.
• Assist the Traffic Safety Program Engineer in implementing business and related plans to guide resource allocation and achieve unit performance targets, collaborating on plan development, reporting results, linking performance targets to SMART objectives, and making resource recommendations.
• Address complaints and concerns for safety, bicycle, and pedestrian issues and respond to requests for information…