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State of Florida · 3 months ago

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SUPERVISOR II - 55013684

Miami, FL

Contract

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$98K/yr - $127K/yr

The State of Florida Department of Transportation is dedicated to improving safety and mobility within the state's transportation system. The Project Development Supervisor II will oversee project development and environmental management programs, ensuring effective coordination among various departments and stakeholders to enhance project outcomes.

Government Administration

Responsibilities

Directs and supervises the District’s Project Development and Environmental Management Programs, Resurfacing, Restoration, and Rehabilitation (RRR) Program and Value Engineering Program, including the Project Development unit activities to successfully achieve a coordinated effort among various Department Offices and Metropolitan Planning Organization

Discusses Department's Project Development and Environmental goals, schedules, issues, and resolutions regularly with stakeholders

Administers, develops, and manages the resources (staff, equipment and materials) of the unit

Supervises employees by communicating regularly, motivating, training, evaluating, planning, and directing employees’ work

Maintains an appropriate work environment through effective communications, adherence to best management practices, and the Department's policies and procedures

Promotes the Department's business model and contributes to the success of the Department's mission and vision

Develops, documents, and maintains project development strategies for the District's production activities and the unit

Motivates and evaluates employees on the performance of their duties

Provide procedural and technical training

Participate in applicant selection and hiring process

Provide employee orientation, training, counseling, and disciplinary actions and prepares employee performance evaluations

Manage complex, multi-modal planning and project development studies, utilizing best practices in the specialty areas of travel demand and traffic forecasting, traffic operational analysis, and micro-simulation analysis

Make multi-modal recommendations to supervisors and District management

Analyze costs, benefit, and return on investment

Reviews PD&E engineering documents and roadway plans for consistency with the standards of the PD&E Manual, FDOT Design Manual (FDM), Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Device (MUTCD), and American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Guidelines

Develop scopes of work, schedules, and staff hour estimates, manage consultants, administer consultant contracts, and perform quality assurance reviews to carry out these tasks

Manage consultants and/or in-house engineering projects

Sign and seal plans, engineering documents, and reports for the Department

Develop or review, evaluate and/or approve the design of typical sections, as well as corridor and master plan alternatives for major highway plans

Perform professional engineering analysis and technical engineering reviews, while considering socioeconomics and environmental impacts, cost, right-of-way requirements, traffic patterns, maintenance of traffic, safety, operational characteristics, permitting issues, and other pertinent factors

Participate in public involvement activities, including attendance at public meetings as well as preparation of displays and literature

Ensure compliance with the appropriate Quality Assurance Review requirements for all assigned projects

Notify Supervisor of all schedule delays and coordinate meetings to discuss the solutions to issues causing the delays

Participate in all necessary coordination and communication with partner agencies, including but not limited to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Rail Administration

Provides technical support to the District in areas related to engineering analyses and considerations, alternatives analyses, transportation aspects to specific projects

Prepare monthly project status reports for all responsible projects and technical studies

Prepares Project Development & Environment (PD&E) Scoping Report, Resurfacing Scoping Reports, and Multimodal Planning Reports, by performing field reviews, recommending engineering design of alternatives to correct deficiencies, and cost analysis

Present findings to the Scoping Committee, Planning and Environmental Management Administrator, and/or District Directors

Monitors the Title VI Program and related statutes in all functional areas of the District including Planning, Environmental, Design, Right-of-Way, Construction, Maintenance, and Public Transportation

Coordinates Central Office and FHWA review of District Title VI program, provides Quarterly Title VI Reports, and attends a minimum of one public meeting/hearing per quarter to monitor compliance with Title VI and related statues

Handles and if possible, resolves informal Title VI complaints, and refers unresolved informal and all formal complaints to the State Title VI Coordinator

Schedule and conduct meetings such as Scope of Services, Negotiations, Notice to Proceed, Kick off, etc

Assist in the consultant selection process by reviewing Technical Proposals and making recommendations

Negotiate staff hours and fees with the consultant

Prepare contracts and/or supplemental agreements

Coordinate the reviews of the consultant packages with District reviews and provide technical engineering comments to the consultants

Monitor the consultant's project schedule

Evaluate consultant performance

Recommend payment or non-payment of consultant invoices depending on the quality and quantity of work and on the overall progress of the project

Approve or reject invoices as procedurally required

Qualification

Professional Engineer registrationProject managementTransportation project developmentHighway design principlesTeam supervisionData analysisPublic involvementEffective communicationLeadership