DISTRICT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT MANAGER - 55014480

Requisition No: 860903 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: DISTRICT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT MANAGER - 55014480

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55014480 

Salary: $87,191.57 - $112,836.15 

Posting Closing Date: 09/29/2025 

Total Compensation Estimator

STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

864 / Program Management

ANTICIPATED VACANCY

OPEN COMPETITIVE

SELECTED EXEMPT SERVICE

CONTACT PERSON: Shona Buie

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 407-264-3360

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]

ANTICPATED BI-WEEKLY SALARY: $3,945.32

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

Our Mission

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.

Our Vision

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.

The Work You Will Do:

District Program Management Manager- Turnpike Enterprise- Transportation Development

This position will manage the Scope Development Program through coordination with Professional Services Unit (PSU) to produce high quality scope products that ensure program stability, accurate estimates, and meet customer expectations.

The Difference You Will Make:

Through cooperation, coordination and collaboration among the OneFDOT team, you will be contributing to a strong and empowering culture of TRREC: Trust, Relationships, Respect, Empowerment, and Communication.

How You Will Grow:

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.

Where You Will Work:

Turnpike Enterprise - Transportation Development

N of I-4 on Turnpike, MP 263

Orlando, FL 32835

Annual Salary Range:

$87,191.57 - $112,836.15

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Manage the Scope Development Program through coordination with Professional Services unit (PSU) to produce high quality scope products that ensure program stability, accurate estimates, and meet customer expectations. Work in consultation with multiple Department disciplines, including Work Program, Planning, Preliminary Design and Environment (PD&E), Design, Traffic Operations, Construction, and Maintenance, to ensure interdepartmental concurrence of scope content and timely programming of projects. Review scopes for quality assurance. Supervise direct report.

Manage the technical aspects of the scope process, compile and analyze scope data and project historical data. Work with Design management to implement improvement opportunities for scope and work program development. Assist with the analysis of project-related data for scope production.

Oversee the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Turnpike Enterprise Work Program, through coordination with the Turnpike Enterprise Work Program Manager and Program Management Administrator/Engineer. Coordinate the decision-making process, risk analysis and efforts necessary to include projects in the Work Program. Make Work Program recommendations to maximize the utilization of district allocated resources (funds and budget). Coordinate with the Turnpike Enterprise Work Program Manager to balance financial resources by processing project changes and amendments.

Coordinate with contract and project managers to obtain justification for major variances in contract encumbered funds and to get status of future commitments to provide the most accurate forecast of year end performance metrics. Identify upcoming impacts to both year to date and year end performance, work with contract or project manager for resolutions, if necessary, inform Program Management Office (PMO) Administrator and Director of impacts and provide recommendations for resolution.

Manage prior and current year reports to provide management with up-to-date status on matters related to projects in the Work Program. Manage productions portion of the District's Advanced Production Plan (APP). Manage development of reports and graphics based on data contained in the Work Program for presentation to the District Secretary, directors, local government agencies, and officials.

Oversee the development, coordination, and maintenance of the District's Tentative Five-Year Work Program for the Production department. Coordinate with the Turnpike Enterprise Work Program Manager and District Program Management Administrator/Engineer in the monitoring of projects to maintain balanced levels compatible with the Work Program Budget. Recommend necessary project scope revisions due to changes in funding levels. Participate in all Tentative Work Program reviews.

Serve as a member of Technical Review Committees, including reviewing and evaluation proposals.

The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• project engineering, concepts, terminology, and development process of transportation projects.
• scopes development for transportation projects
• the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Work Program.
• the principles and techniques of effective communication
• management principles and practices
• the Geographic Information System (GIS)
• the production scheduling system

Ability to:

• write technical aspects of transportation project scopes
• determine work priorities, assign work, and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
• communicate effectively
• to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
• understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures
• supervise

The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• Generous vacation and sick leave
• Career advancement opportunities
• Tuition waiver for public college courses
• A variety of training opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, visit:

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number to conduct required verifications. Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion in the Career Service, or appointment in the Selected Exempt Service (SES) or Senior Management Service (SMS), unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES AND SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. In accordance with Section 110.112, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Department of Transportation’s Individuals with Disabilities Affirmative Action Plan, the agency is committed to ensuring affirmative action and equal employment opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities. Upon request and as appropriate, reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities may be provided. Please contact the Florida Department of Transportation’s Human Resources Office at (850) 414-5300 for assistance.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.