Requisition No: 802068
Agency: Department of Transportation
Working Title: PASSENGER OPERATIONS SPECIALIST IV – 55010913
Position Number: 55010913
Salary: $58,409.34 – $75,588.56
Posting Closing Date: 05/26/2023
STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
429 / Modal Development
PENDING CLASSIFICATION UPDATE / OPEN COMPETITIVE
CAREER SERVICE
CONTACT PERSON: Lisa Maack
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 954-777-4683
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: lisa.maack@dot.state.fl.us
ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $2,642.96
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
- Health insurance (over 90% employer paid)
- $25,000 life insurance policy (100% employer paid)
- Dental, vision and supplemental insurances
- State of Florida retirement package
- Generous vacation and sick leave
- 10 paid holidays a year
- Career advancement opportunities
- Tuition waiver for public college courses
- Training opportunities
- Flexible work schedules and telework (for designated positions)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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!
For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, go to https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You may 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 located at 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, or call (850) 414-5300 for assistance.
POSITION DESCRIPTION: Manages and coordinates federal and state transit programs in five counties. Assists other staff with state or federal grant programs or projects, and Transit Projects in the Transportation and Regional Incentive Program. Disseminates grant program information to agencies, coordinates the review and selection process for projects and implements projects. Maintains monitoring systems for transit funding programs to ensure all projects are included and Grant Program funding balances and funding matches the Department’s five-year work program. Provides for and participates in grant workshops to assist agencies with submitting project requests. Annually updates status of Transit Agencies’ direct Federal funding to ensure consistency with the five-year work program and the Metropolitan Planning Organizations’ five-year
Transportation Improvement Programs. Manages the transit agency Toll Revenue Credit soft match requests with Central Transit Office. Coordinates with Central Office staff and Office staff to provide quality assurance, monitoring, and control over Federal and State programs, as appropriate. Provides grant and funding assistance to agencies and Metropolitan Planning Organizations including the development and review of Transit Development Plans, Long Range Transportation Plans, and other technical studies. Participates in technical advisory groups and committees and reviews technical studies, as needed.
Manages the District’s Express Bus Program. This includes the coordination of operating and capital funding with District Work Program and Central Office Toll Finance / Work Program, service planning and implementation, bus fleet management, park-and-ride lot development and management, contracting and performance monitoring, complaint processing and tracking, and informing District management of opportunities, challenges, and service needs. Planning new transit services any expanded or new express lanes projects and ongoing operations planning for the existing express bus services. This program does not come with defined program funding and duties include:
- Working with Central Office’s Systems Implementation Office and Comptroller Office on toll and Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) funding and the District Work Program Office.
- Coordinating with district Right-of-way Office on property for new or expanded park-and-ride facilities.
- Coordinating with district planning consultants on conceptual design of facilities. * Coordinating with district planning, traffic operations, and design offices and their committees on new and expanded facilities.
- Coordination with district construction office on implementation/management of facility construction projects.
- Serves as District representative for grant application modifications and /or policy updates. Reviews and approves transit agencies’ National Transit Database (NTD) performance measures for local publication.
Serves as District representative for grant application modifications and /or policy updates. Reviews and approves transit agencies’ National Transit Database (NTD) performance measures for local publication. Utilizes the Department’s Financial Management Systems to develop, encumber, execute, and manage Public Transportation Grant Agreements (PTGAs) for transit. Prepares annually a transit grant agreement Production Plan showing when funding will be provided to local agencies. Prepares any project information for including projects in the Department’s five-year Work Program. Prepares and processes grant agreements according to procedures, guidelines, and production plan. Uses Department’s web-based grant management system to manage projects. Uses this system and spreadsheets to produce production and management reports. Reviews and processes project invoices and support documentation for payment, while ensuring eligibility of costs and compliance with contractual provisions. Monitors the Department’s five-year work program for changes in transit grant programs affecting projects. Prepares close out documents on completed projects. Manages consultant task work orders related to grant compliance efforts or other program responsibilities.
Interviews transit partners and conducts on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods or equipment. Monitors projects through onsite reviews with follow-up correspondence in compliance with contractual provisions and Department’s procedures. Assists with monitoring audit compliance and coordinating with Department’s Budget Coordinator/Single Audit Officer. Reviews and approves change requests and third-party contracts to ensure consistency with proposed project scope and contractual provisions.
Assists local agencies with the implementation of their projects to insure timely and successful completion. Provides grant and funding assistance to transit agencies, local governments, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and local agencies.
Prepares transit manuals and trains workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures, or equipment according to organizational policy. Confers with transit partners concerned to ensure successful functioning of these newly implemented systems, procedures, or equipment for transit. Maintains the Transit Comprehensive Improvement Program (TransCIP), a web-based grant application, funding, management, and reporting system. Works with consultant on operation and maintenance of system. Performs administrative duties for adding or changing local agency staff and program access in web-based system. Monitors and assists local agencies with the updating of project data and information. Assists in training transit agency staff or providing for training through consultant on the use and function of the system. Represents the Office on statewide grant management system user group. Reviews, analyzes, and researches legislative issues and prepares analysis of the projected effect of any proposed legislation or action for transit.
Manages consultant contracts for transit projects. Prepares scopes of services. Oversees the work of consultant staff. Manages consultant task work orders related to grant compliance efforts and technical assistance.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to use logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weakness of different approaches; Skills at looking at many indicators of system performance, for accuracy; Ability to identify the nature of problems, anticipate risk, and prioritize action; Ability to perform analyses on return on investments; Knowledge of transportation planning process and associated regulations; Ability to interpret and apply transportation regulations; Knowledge of numbers, their operations, and interrelationships including one or more of the following: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications; Ability to communicate complex information.
OTHER JOB RELATED REQUIREMENTS: This position is responsible for adhering to the provisions and requirements of Section 215.422, F.S. related State Comptroller’s rules and Department of Transportation’s invoice processing and warrant distribution procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Professional or nonprofessional experience related in the field of transportation, planning, public administration, engineering or logistics (including internships or co-ops) as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required college education.
AS A CANDIDATE, YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION (I.E. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENCY, COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS, ETC.) TO VERIFY MEETING THESE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS.
A Competitive Area Differential (CAD) additive in the amount of $1,976.00 will be added to the annual salary.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES THE SERVICE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR COUNTRY AND SUPPORTS THE HIRING OF RETURNING SERVICE MEMBERS AND MILITARY SPOUSES. If you are a preference-eligible applicant who receives notice of a hiring decision and believe that you were not afforded employment preference in accordance with applicable Florida law and regulation, you may file a written complaint within 60 calendar days from the date you receive the notice, requesting an investigation to the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Division of Benefits and Assistance, 9500 Bay Pines Boulevard, Room 214, St. Petersburg, Florida 33708.
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.
VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here. All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.