Fms​/Ams Specialist Iv

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Requisition No: 867138

Agency:
Department of Transportation

Working Title:

FMS/AMS SPECIALIST IV -

Pay Plan:
Career Service

Position Number:

Salary: $71,147.02 - $92,072.61

Posting Closing Date: 01/02/2026

Hirring Salary Biweekly: $3,275.44

Contact Person:
Heather Pollard

Phone:

Email:
Heather.

Pollardte.fl.us

Job Category: 162 / TRAFFIC OPERATIONS

Type: OPEN COMPETITIVE, CAREER SERVICE, FULL‑TIME

Location:

District One – 801 N Broadway Ave., Bartow, FL 33830

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.

FMS/AMS Specialist IV / District One / Traffic Operations will develop and manage professional and contractual services contracts, develop and program FMS/AMS projects that facilitate operation of freeway/arterial management systems and incident management, evaluate and make recommendations relating to the application of new technology to support the Department’s FMS/AMS programs, provide review comments on plan submittals generated by the Department, and perform engineering review and analysis.

• Develop and manage professional and contractual services contracts and other agreements that support Traffic Operations functions, including documentation for contract funding, RFPs, and related documents; participate on technical review committees (TRC); evaluate contract work products; evaluate consultants; and process/approve invoices.
• Develop and program Freeway Management System (FMS)/Arterial Management System (AMS) projects, including project RFPs, technical specifications, concept plans, and identification and programming of project‑related O/M resources.
• Evaluate and make recommendations regarding new technology to support the Department’s FMS/AMS programs.
• Support development of the Department’s Transportation Systems Management & Operations (TSM&O) program at the district, regional and statewide levels, including participation in task teams, input on business/strategic plans, project implementation, meetings, and interactions with CEI personnel, contractors, vendors and FHWA. Provide support during project acceptance testing, develop TSM&O trend analysis and reporting capabilities, and ensure robust scalable solutions using internal and external data sources.
• Provide review comments on plan submittals generated by the Department and other entities, developing technical comments directed to the design project manager or design engineer of record based on traffic operations fundamentals, Department design standards, and engineering judgment, and accept/reject responses to those comments.
• Perform engineering review and analysis, develop traffic engineering reports and associated documents for freeway and/or arterial management, including signal operating plan development, FMS/AMS network maintenance and operations performance reports, data interpretation, statistical analysis, and identification of trends or patterns in complex data sets.

• Traffic engineering concepts, terminology, principles, and analytical techniques
• The Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Florida Department of Transportation standards, manuals, guidelines and practices
• Traffic data collection techniques
• Statistical techniques

• Problem solving
• Use of personal computers and Microsoft Office® (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook)
• Communication, including written, verbal, and effective listening

• Read and interpret plans, specifications, design standards, and manuals
• Apply engineering concepts, practices and…