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Job Description
Pay Range: $128,559 - $145,328 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Friday, November 8, 2024
Workdays & Hours: Shift: Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm.
A 24/7 Operation - weekend work may be required. This position is a first responder in severe weather conditions/emergencies which will be subject to work after hours, emergency call back hours, nights, weekends, holidays and will participate in an on-call rotation schedule.
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 Field Operations Division within the City of Fort Worth Water Utility is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead, manage, and coordinate complex and technically challenging programs and engineering projects from inception to completion. The incumbent will oversee a diverse and highly technical staff responsible for the maintenance, repair, and expansion of the water distribution and wastewater collection system consisting of over 7,000 miles of pipeline. Additionally, this position will consult and coordinate project prioritization, specification, and procedures with the Assistant Water Director for Field Operations, the Water Director, partner divisions, and other city and local agencies. This individual should be an independent, self-starter who has experience in leading complex and highly visible programs and projects in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and deadlines.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in civil engineering or related field.
- Five (5) years of increasingly responsible engineering and construction management experience.
- Two (2) years of administrative and supervisory responsibility required.
- 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 in the State of Texas as a Professional Engineer within six months of employment.
- Possession of a valid driver’s license in the State of Texas.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Five (5) years of increasingly responsible engineering and construction management experience for a large water utility.
- Knowledge and experience in wastewater collection system operation, design, and construction.
- Be knowledgeable about trends affecting water utility business, including regulations. (Understanding of how to utilize AMI data to optimize water operations a plus). Familiar with TCEQ requirements related to water distribution and wastewater collection systems.
- Be an experienced manager familiar with budgeting fundamentals and human resources rules.
- Be able to utilize CMMS tools to assess performance, improve efficiency, troubleshoot issues, and respond to customer complaints.
The Engineering Manager job responsibilities include:
- Ability to utilize water distribution system SCADA data to develop optimization strategies promoting efficient maintenance and optimization of water quality, with a goal to reduce main breaks and water loss.
- Knowledgeable about trends affecting water utility business, including regulations. (Understanding of how to utilize AMI data to optimize water operations a plus). Familiar with TCEQ requirements related to water distribution and wastewater collection systems.
- Familiarity with wastewater models, wastewater metering, and I&I studies so as to utilize data to prioritize work activities and investment that would result in a continued reduction of sanitary sewer overflows and backups.
- Develop and implement policies, standards, and/or procedures for engineering and technical work that drive utility-wide synergy and awareness during routine and emergency operations. Ensure day-to-day operations align with long-term utility strategy as it relates to preventative maintenance, repair, and modernization of assets
- Prepare engineering studies on benchmarked practices, new technology, potential capital improvement projects related to the distribution and collection system, and future expansion/development projects.
- Supervise staff, which include prioritizing and assigning work, performance evaluations, training, compliance with policies and procedures, and ensuring a safe and healthy work environment.
- Ability to create, review and update technical specifications. Familiarity with governmental purchasing requirements. Ability to craft procurement strategies to lower costs and reduce risk to the utility.
- Have demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and experience facilitating group consensus to create solutions and resolve issues during routine and emergency operations.
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. -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Fort Worth
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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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