Looking for a job in the Keys? These positions can pay more than $80,000 per year
If you love to visit the Florida Keys, how would you like to work there?
Monroe County and Key West have lots of open government positions, many of which carry salaries of more than $80,000 a year.
Here’s a look at recent public-sector job postings across the Keys. The county career page lists the following jobs with salaries around $80,000 or more:
ASSISTANCE COUNTY ATTORNEY
Description: Responsibilities include providing legal analysis and advice to the Board of County Commissioners, the County’s Administrative Staff and various County-related agencies, boards, and committees.
Salary: $96,904.68 to $155,047.48
Location: Key West
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FLEET MANAGEMENT
Description: Assists the director and business administrator of fleet management with administrative duties.
Salary: $52,025.15 to $80,638.98
Location: Key West
LICENSING COORDINATOR
Description: Responsible for coordinating all aspects of contractor licensing as it relates to state and county requirements for permitting and construction in Monroe County.
Salary: $49,547.76 to $76,799.04
Location: Monroe County
ROAD TECHNICIAN
Description: Responsible for repair and maintenance to county roads, bridges, and rights-of-way using a variety of machines, tools, and equipment.
Salary: $49,547.76 to $76,799.04
Location: Key Largo
CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE
Description: Assists the staff and community with all aspects of permitting (intake, routing for plan review, issuance, and inspections)
Salary: $49,547.76 to $76,799.04
Location: Stock Island, Big Pine Key, Marathon
PROJECT MANAGER
Description: Assists with administration and coordination of county projects from inception through completion, including supervision of staff, and inspection of projects which include reviewing documents and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and codes. Assists with preparing RFQs, RFPs, and Progress Status reports.
Salary: $81,363.04 to $130,180.86
Location: Monroe County
BUILDING INSPECTOR / PLANS EXAMINER
Description: Responsible for inspecting structural and non-structural construction for conformance with plans, specifications, and applicable codes
Salary: $72,412.81 to $115,860.50
Location: Key Largo, Marathon
SYSTEMS ANALYST
Description: Responsible for advanced, higherlevel help desk support to end-users over the telephone or in person in areas of special tasks and training for new users. Receives, configures, installs, and troubleshoots personal computer systems, printers, server applications, network switches, routers, and other electronic devices throughout Monroe County departments.
Salary: $68,313.97 to $109,302.35
Location: Key Largo
NETWORK ENGINEER
Description: Responsible for network engineering, setup, configuration, installation, upgrades, advanced troubleshooting, and preventative/remedial maintenance for enterprise routing and switching environments, virtual private networking (VPN), firewalls, voice communications infrastructure/ systems (including Voice Over IP), and wireless networking and monitoring systems.
Salary: $81,363.04 to $130,180.86
Location: Monroe County
KEY WEST
The city career page lists the following jobs with salaries around $80,000 or more a year:
ADMINISTRATOR COORDINATOR
Description: Secretarial, administrative position requiring confidentiality for
Salary: $69,245 to $90,018
FLEET FOREMAN
Description: Responsible for overseeing all possible repair and maintenance of city-owned equipment and rolling stock. This includes planning, scheduling, and tracking supplies and equipment essential to the daily operations of a city-wide fleet service.
Salary:
$79,980 $61,523 to
HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATIONIST
Description: Responsibilities include technical analysis of Certificate of Appropriateness applications, daily contact with the public regarding historic preservation and development matters that are proposed within the historic zoning districts and buildings, structures, and sites under the Historic Architectural Review Commission.
Salary: $65,270 to $84,851
UTILITIES DIRECTOR
Description: Responsible for the overall planning, organization, and management of all aspects of departmental functions, including general administration, budgeting, capital planning, rate models, and policy development.
Salary: $111,118