SURVEY PARTY CHIEF

Requisition No: 883189


Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: SURVEY PARTY CHIEF - 55005146

Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 55005146


Salary: $62,197.14 - $80,490.41


Posting Closing Date: 09/14/2026


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State of Florida Department of Transportation

Job Posting Description

259 / Survey & Mapping

Internal Agency / Pending Classification Update

Only current Department of Transportation employees will be considered for this position

Select Exempt Service

Full-Time

Contact Person: Ellen Stanley

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Contact Email Address: View email address on click.appcast.io

Hiring Salary Range:

$2,392.20 - $3,095.79 /Biweekly Range

$62,197.14 - $80,490.41 /Annual Range

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.

To ensure honesty and transparency, all applicants must provide their own work. Unless explicitly requested, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist with qualifying questions, work samples, or interviews is strictly prohibited, and any breach of this requirement will lead to the applicant being removed from consideration.

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

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:

Survey Party Chief

District Two

Surveying & Mapping

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:

710 Lake Jeffery Rd

Lake City FL 32055

Annual Salary Range:

$62,197.14 - $80,490.41

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Directs and supervises the activities of the Field Survey Subsection to successfully achieve a coordinated effort leading all field related activities of the group. Supervises employees by spending the majority of the time communicating with regularly, motivating, training, evaluating, planning and directing employees' work. Has the authority to effectively recommend the hiring, transferring, suspension, layoff, recalls, promotions, discharges, rewards, or disciplinary action for subordinate employees. Discusses plans, goals, schedules, and issues regularly with the District Land Surveyor and District Location Surveyor. Maintains appropriate work environment for employees 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. Provides direction for all activities related to employee relations and personnel actions. Keeps supervisor apprised of such activities. Administers, supervises, develops, and manages the resources (staff, equipment, and materials) of field survey unit. Assigns all work to the field survey unit.


Oversees and directs survey crews in the following types of surveys: horizontal control, vertical control, alignment retracement, right of way surveys, aerial photography control, topography, profiles, cross sections and digital terrain models, storm sewers and drainage systems, underground utilities, bridges, outfalls and water retention areas, jurisdictional wetlands, construction surveys, retracement of original boundaries in the re-establishment and replacement of lost or obliterated government land corners, retracement of subdivision boundaries, right of way by maintenance, parcel staking for right of way encroachments, appraisals and acquisition, final monumentation of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) right of way. Tracks the crew's progress, maintains project status reports, and updates project schedules for all survey assignments, notifies customer and affected property owners before commencing survey of private property, notifies customers of adjustments to the project schedule. Assists in developing, documenting, and maintaining strategies for the district's data collection and processing activities consistent with the department's established procedures and handbooks.


Coordinates with other department disciplines to provide information pertaining to design survey and right of way surveys. Obtains survey requests. Establishes the scope of work, limits of survey and list of deliverables for design surveys and right of way surveys, researches available records such as right of way maps, acquisition deeds, title information, subdivision plats, certified corner records, existing horizontal and vertical control and earlier construction plans, performs survey calculations and establishes the crew's approach to the project, guide the survey crew on site, and as necessary, ensures that all field surveys are performed in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, and technical standards pertaining to safety and accuracy.


Provides assistance to other departmental units in solving survey related issues. Attends meetings and seminars as deemed necessary to stay up to date of changes to the policies and procedures of the Department of Transportation and to ensure the district's field surveying are consistent, predictable, and repeatable.


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

Knowledge of:

• Knowledge of the concepts, terminology, principles and analytical techniques of an engineering specialty area (Surveying).

Skills in:

• Skill in using engineering/surveying tools, equipment and/or instruments.

Ability to:

• Ability to supervise people.
• Ability to determine work priorities, assign work, and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
• Ability to communicate engineering/surveying information effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Other Job-Related Requirements:

This position is required to respond before, during, and following emergency situations. A valid Class "E" driver's license is required. Obtains and maintains certification in Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) - Intermediate Level.


This position requires a valid Class E driver license with an acceptable driving record in accordance with the Department's Driver's Record Requirements Policy. An unacceptable driving record is defined as any of the following:

1. three (3) or more moving violations in the past three (3) years that accumulate three (3) or more points per violation;
2. any two (2) convictions of reckless driving in the past three (3) years;
3. a suspension or revocation of the driver license for moving violations in the past three (3) years; and
4. a suspension or revocation for refusal to take a sobriety test, or any suspension or revocation for a DUI conviction, in the past four (4) years.

Your driving record will be reviewed and the status of your driver license confirmed.

To be considered for employment, applicants must meet the qualifications outlined in Title 49 CFR Part 391.11.

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
• 10 paid holidays a year

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

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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 View phone number on click.appcast.io for assistance.


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 View phone number on click.appcast.io). 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.

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