Requisition No: 884616
Agency: Department of Transportation
Working Title: CADD APPLICATIONS SUPPORT SPECIALIST - 55010065
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 55010065
Salary: $78,639.60 - $101,768.94
Posting Closing Date: 10/15/2026
972 / Production Support Office/CADD
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 850-414-4720
HIRING SALARY RANGE: $3,024.60 - $3,914.19/biweekly range
$78,639.60 - $101,768.94/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.
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.
CADD Application Support Specialist /Production Support/CADD
This position is essential to ensuring the effective use, reliability, and continual improvement of the organization’s CADD applications. These tools are used by both internal staff and external clients, making consistent support, training, and maintenance critical to operational efficiency and project delivery. This position provides direct production assistance to CADD users across all supported applications and software. By offering timely troubleshooting, user support, and workflow guidance, the role helps maintain productivity, reduce downtime, and ensure that project teams can meet established deadlines and standards.
In addition to daily support, this position plays a key role in the strategic development and customization of CADD software, procedures, standards, and workflows. It assists with planning and distributing updates, enhancements, and documentation, ensuring that users have access to the most current tools and best practices. This work directly aligns with organizational goals for standardization, quality control, and continuous improvement.
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.
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.
Production Support Office/CADD
605 Suwannee St
Tallahassee, FL 32399
$78,639.60 - $101,768.94
Provide support and training for Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) application used by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). This includes providing production assistance to CADD users of FDOT supported CADD applications. Provide multi-venue training opportunities such as: Teams Meetings, Webinars, Hands-on/On-Site training and Conference/Event training. Support the Department's Digital Delivery processes, including FDOT's document management systems used in CADD production. Report support activities in the appropriate incident log and make reports to management as required.
Assist with the development, customization, planning and distribution of CADD software updates, procedures, standards, and workflows used to define CADD Standards for CADD software and processes. Assist with execution of certification testing of CADD software, which includes working with developers to resolve issues found during testing before the CADD software is released. Also serve as a technical advisor and facilitate discipline-based Technical Advisory Committees (TACs), reporting these activities to management as required.
Assist in the development, maintenance and application of documentation associated with the Department's CADD applications. This includes: the FDOT CADD Manual, Help Files, CADD Office Website and SharePoint Portals. Assist in the review, development, and maintenance of CADD training curriculum including formal training manuals and similar courseware, hands-on/self-serve CADD training guides, and Teams Meeting/Webinar training videos. Report activities and progress to management as required.
Assist with the development and management of technical specifications and requirements for the development of CADD software by either FDOT or contracted developers as requested. This includes monitoring development progress and technical work in accordance with those technical requirements and specifications. Report activities and progress to management as required.
Attend conferences, technical seminars, working sessions, and other venues to acquire knowledge of trends and other developments related to CADD and FDOT's design processes. Perform research of literature, Internet, vendor materials, and other sources to expand personal knowledge of computer hardware, CADD software, and CADD training. Share this acquired knowledge with peers and supervisors, and periodically report developments as required.
The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, visit: https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/
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 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 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.
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.
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