Engineer Trainee
Job Location:
DeLand, FL - USA
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Job Summary
Requisition No:884606
Agency: Department of Transportation
Working Title: ENGINEER TRAINEE -
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number:
Salary: $59273.75 - $76707.20
Posting Closing Date: 10/07/2026
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Professional Engineer Training Program
Do you have the desire to be a leader in an innovative organization
Do you have a passion for improving your community and protecting the environment
The four-year Professional Engineer Training Program offers exciting career path opportunities to professional registration and advancement to leadership in the Florida Department of Transportation. The first 18 months provides practical hands-on exposure to major disciplines such as Planning Traffic Operations Structures Design Construction and Maintenance. Depending on your performance and availability you could be placed in the technical area of your choice where your passion and the Departments needs come together to prepare you to successfully attain your license. Opportunities for the program exist in all the Departments seven districts the Turnpike Enterprise or Central Office.
The anticipated bi-weekly salary is $2682.07 ($69733.82 annually) with increases at 12 24 36 and 48 months contingent upon satisfactory performance and available funding. An additional increase may be granted upon attaining a Florida Professional Engineer License. We offer an excellent benefits package including paid holidays vacation and sick leave low premium healthcare options retirement plan options deferred compensation plans tuition waivers and many training opportunities for professional growth and development. For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees go to OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION
Cost Center 556 / Professional Engineer Training Program
OPEN COMPETITIVE
CAREER SERVICE
FULL-TIME
CONTACT PERSON: Kristin Johnson
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS:
ANTICIPATED BI-WEEKLY HIRING SALARY: $2682.07 ($69733.82 /annually)
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 states economic competitiveness prioritizes Floridas environment and natural resources and preserves the quality of life and connectedness of the states 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:
Engineer Trainee - District Five -Professional Engineer Trainee
This position will rotate through major disciplines shadowing and assisting professional and technical staff competing assigned technical engineering tasks observing and participating in project leadership and management activities and meetings.
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 agencys learning management system you have access to hundreds of computer-based training and instructor-led courses.
Where You Will Work:
District Five
719 S. Woodland Blvd.
DeLand FL 32720
Annual Salary Range:
$59273.75 - $76707.20
Your Specific Responsibilities:
Engineer trainees rotate through major disciplines shadowing and assisting professional and technical staff completing assigned technical engineering tasks observing and participating in project leadership and management activities and meetings.
Maintenance Phase: Performs technical engineering tasks of gradually increasing complexity in Field Operations Warehouse Repair Shops and Maintenance Systems.
Construction Phase: Performs technical engineering and construction contract administration tasks of gradually increasing complexity in Roadway Drainage Traffic Control Devices and Structures.
Design Phase: Performs technical engineering tasks including sample projects of gradually increasingly complexity in Roadway Design Drainage Design and Traffic Design.
Traffic Operations Phase: Performs technical engineering tasks of gradually increasing complexity in Signing Pavement Marking Operations Analysis Signalization and Signal Systems and Highway Safety.
Survey & Mapping Phase: Performs technical surveying tasks of gradually increasing complexity in Base Line Control Design Survey and Right of Way Survey.
Planning and Environmental Management (PLEMO) Phase: Receives instruction and performs technical planning tasks in Transportation Statistics Multi-Modal transportation Planning Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Five Year Plan Project Evaluation and System Planning. Receives instruction and performs technical engineering tasks in Impact Research Contamination Assessment & Mitigation Permitting and Compliance.
Materials Phase: Receives instruction and performs technical engineering tasks in Structural Materials & Research Field Operations & Certification Bituminous Materials & Research Pavement Evaluation Soil Materials & Research Aggregate Control and Chemical Materials & Corrosion Research.
Right of Way Phase: Receives instruction and performs engineering tasks in Drafting Legal Description and Right of Way Computations.
Structures: Receives instruction and performs engineering tasks in Bride Design Retaining Walls Sign Structures Box Culverts Traffic Signal Structures Plan Reviews and Shop Drawing Reviews.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Knowledge of transportation engineering concepts terminology principles and analytical techniques. Skilled and proficient in the use of computers. Ability to solve problems relating to engineering. Ability to plan organize and coordinate work assignments and projects. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to establish effective working relationships with others.
OTHER JOB-RELATED REQUIREMENTS: For continuing eligibility all trainees must obtain the Fundamentals of Engineering certificate within twelve (12) months of appointment. Failure to do so will result in the trainee being removed from the program. This program is not open to registered professional engineers or candidates with more than two years of post-graduation engineering experience. Successfully complete the Professional Engineering Training Program Maintenance Construction Design and Traffic Operations Phase Exams. May be required to respond to emergencies.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: A Bachelor of Engineering or Bachelor of Science in Engineering Degree from a university accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) or through an equivalent accreditation as described in Chapter 471 Florida Statures and Chapter 61G15 Florida Administrative Code or receive degree within four months of entering the program. Proof individual has taken or is registered to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination as administered by the Florida Board of Professional Engineers or the equivalent examination administered by another state prior to appointment.
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.
The States total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
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For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees visit: 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 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 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 Transportations 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 Transportations Human Resources Office at for assistance.
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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-). 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 Statutescandidates 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 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.
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