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Job Description
Capital Delivery Professional Engineer
at The City of Fort Worth
Water/WW
Pay Range: $90,075 - $101,824 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Friday, October 31, 2025
Sign on Incentive Verbiage: $5,400 *** 50% paid after the completion of first pay period, 50% paid after the completion of 6 months of employment. ***
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. Find Out More!
Shape the Future of Fort Worth!
Are you ready to make a real impact in one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S.?
Looking for a career that blends purpose, innovation, and work-life balance? Look no further - the City of Fort Worth is hiring a Civil Engineer, and we want you on our team!
Our Capital Delivery Section leads the review, design, and construction management of water and wastewater pipeline improvement projects. We're looking for a driven, detail-oriented engineer with strong technical knowledge of water/wastewater design who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Why Join Us?
We're more than just a workplace - we're a mission-driven team building infrastructure for over 1 million residents. When you join us, you'll enjoy:
- 11 Paid Holidays
- 3 Weeks' Vacation Time (plus sick time)
- Top-Notch Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Robust Pension Plan
- Voted Best Place for Working Parents 2025
- Growth - Focused Environment - with ongoing professional development opportunities
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in civil engineering or related field.
- Four (4) years of increasingly responsible civil engineering experience as a registered professional engineer, including two (2) years performing project management that includes design and contract administration of water and wastewater projects.
- 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 Professional Engineer within the State of Texas within six months of employment.
- Possession of, or the ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid Texas driver's license.
Preferred Qualifications:
- The candidate should have strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, and strong reporting skills, both written and verbal.
- Municipal government experience related to development.
The Capital Delivery Professional Engineer job responsibilities include:
- Shape the future of Fort Worth! Review construction plans for new neighborhoods, commercial developments, and major industrial projects that keep our city growing.
- Lead projects from start to finish. Manage complex water and sewer projects-from early design through final construction-while working closely with developers, engineers, and city teams.
- Apply your technical expertise. Interpret and implement design standards established by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to ensure top-quality infrastructure.
- Be a mentor and leader. Provide technical guidance and support to engineering technicians and other staff involved in water and wastewater engineering.
- Drive daily operations. Oversee meetings, plats, zoning cases, and site plans that shape Fort Worth's landscape.
- Solve real challenges. Analyze development issues, recommend smart solutions, and see them through to success.
- Collaborate in the field. Work hand-in-hand with Operations teams to address construction challenges and keep projects running smoothly.
Apply Now! Come be part of something special in Fort Worth.
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.
Closing Date/Time: Friday, October 31, 2025 -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Fort Worth
Show moreThe Community
The City of Cowboys & Culture is known for its Texas hospitality. The stunning and sprawling City of
Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. And it’s no wonder — With great neighborhoods, scenic terrain and a rich history of arts and culture, paired with world-class opportunities for business and education, it’s not only fun to visit Fort Worth, it’s even more rewarding to call it home.Fort Worth truly offers all the benefits and amenities of a bustling metropolitan city, while keeping the small- town charm that keeps it unpretentious and charismatic in all the right ways. Designated as one of America’s “Most Livable Communities” by the Partners for Livable Communities, the city truly offers a melting pot of culture, commerce, community and yes, cowboys.
There are over a dozen remarkable districts full of treasured history among modern luxuries and unique places to have fun, making it the No. 1 tourist destination in Texas and welcoming more than 9.4 million visitors annually.
Being one of the fastest-growing among large cities in the country, Fort Worth has received multiple accolades, including number one downtown (Livability), and the second-best City in the nation for job seekers (Forbes). Our employees serve the needs of over 900,000 residents representing culturally diverse communities.
Exciting Growth & Future Development
One of the most fascinating aspects of the City of Fort Worth is its almost unprecedented growth over the past several years. Both in terms of population and industry, and as the 12th largest city in the United States, Fort Worth is truly booming — which presents both challenges and opportunities to truly develop this city in the right way. Every 30 minutes a new person moves to Fort Worth, so we’re looking for candidates who can embrace an evergrowing and changing environment and improve on it with solutions that work for the entire community of Fort Worth.
Mission
We are working together to build a strong community that others can look to as a pillar of unity and excellence. Through grassroots efforts within the community, and large scale construction and transportation plans that continue to add the infra- structure a growing city like Fort Worth needs, we’ll provide the public services our community requires to continually cultivate the unique city we call home.
Vision
Fort Worth’s vision is to be the most livable and best managed city in the country. We’ll do this by taking care of our citizens, implementing the highest quality standards in our schools, continually improving the neighborhoods we thrive in and the facets of the city that make our town so unique.
Benefits That Are Well Worth It
The City of Fort Worth continues to be dedicated to its employees’ well-being by providing competitive health benefits, a well-rounded wellness program and a Zero Accident Philosophy® workplace. All regular full-time employees and those employees who work 30–39 hours per week are eligible for all City of Fort Worth Benefits. Part-time employees who work 20–29 hours per week are eligible for dental, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 457 Deferred Compensation plan and other voluntary benefits.
Medical Program
The City offers two plan options through Meritain Health, an Aetna company.
The Health Center Plan – Offers employees and their family’s
primary health care services that are 100% completely free and unlimited. Employees can visit any one of the three City of Fort Worth Employee Health Centers and receive guaranteed same or next day appointments for sick visits. Also, services are available at any one of the five satellite locations that serves employees across the city.
The Consumer Choice Plan – Is offered to employees at no cost or low monthly premiums to cover eligible dependents and provides the financial benefits of a Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Preventative services are covered at 100% on both plans.
• Prescription Drug coverage including mail order pharmacy are also included.Vacation
Eligible for 3 weeks of vacation: After successful completion of probationary period (usually
6 months), employees may take time off for rest, relaxation, vacation, illness, religious observances, and personal business.Holidays
Available on the first day of employment, the city provides employees with paid holidays, including two personal holidays.
Wellness Program
The city’s Healthy Challenge Wellness Program rewards all full-time, benefit-eligible employees on the city’s health insurance. The Healthy Challenge Program utilizes a points system. Participants may earn points throughout the year (Jan. 1-Dec. 15) for completing specific program activities and participants can redeem points at the end of the year for a cash reward. By participating, individuals can earn $150, $200 or $250 by accumulating program points.
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