Pay Range: $89,975 - $116,968 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, August 15, 2024 Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required.
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
The Water Department is seeking a Senior Professional Engineer. This position will report to the Senior Capital Projects Officer within the W/WW Planning and Horizontal Asset Management section. The Planning and Horizontal Asset Management section primarily supports growth related initiatives, including development review. The primary tool used by the section to determine capacity is a water and sewer model (InfoWater). The job requires the ability to communicate clearly and quickly with development inquiries and efficiently manage the workload in a fast-paced environment.
Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited college or university with major course work in Civil Engineering or Environmental Engineering related field plus
- Six (6) years minimum experience in either development, design, or operation of water or wastewater systems
- Some proficiency with water or sewer models (prefer InfoWater, WaterGEMS, or EPANET).
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word
- Strong Interpersonal Assets - Listening, Professional Manners, Problem Solving, Self-Management, Responsibility and Accountability
- Excellent communications skills. Unique ability to present concepts clearly and effectively, both verbally and written, with the development community and internal City staff
- Possession of registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. If licensed in another state, continued employment will be contingent upon obtaining registration as a Professional Engineer within the State of Texas within six months of employment.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience as a supervisor or manager with direct reports.
- Experience with Municipal Government
- Exceptional customer service, time management, communication, and writing skills are essential to address telephone, email, and walk-in public inquiries.
The Senior Professional Engineer job responsibilities include: - Reviewing developer studies for adequate capacity in the water and sewer system
- Water and sewer modeling in support of development and wholesale customer growth
- Wholesale water and sewer capacity analysis
- Assist in updating, maintaining, and improving the horizontal asset Risk Based Assessment model
- Analyzing specific regions to determine ultimate needs and layout of water or sewer lines
- Project management or assistance in planning related projects, including Master Plan updates and Impact Fee studies
- General trouble-shooting or analysis for internal stakeholders. This includes collaborating with Capital Delivery to ensure projects are appropriately designed. Collaboration with Field Operations will require pulling existing SCADA or flow meter data to perform I&I analysis and solve unstructured problems.
- Provide guidance for development to external stakeholders
- Supervise direct reports. This position is expected to manage one engineering technician. Guidance to non-engineering staff and graduate engineers is also expected.
Working Conditions - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing and balancing.
Physical Demands - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly having to move objects.
Conditions of Employment The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
