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Job Description
Transportation Impact Fee - Sr Capital Projects Officer
at The City of Fort Worth
Development Services
Pay Range: $64.90 - $7637/hr. | $135,000 to $158,843 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Occasional evening work required
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities. Find Out More!
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
The Development Services Department seeks to make Fort Worth the most livable city in Texas by promoting orderly growth and development, safe construction and neighborhood vitality.
A Sr. Capital Project Officer role is available with the City of Fort Worth's Development Services Department to administer the Transportation Impact Fee Program. The Fort Worth Transportation Impact Fee Program is of great significance to the City and is the largest program of its kind in the State with 19 active service areas. The program represents a budget of over $200M in collected fees used to construct capital transportation projects such as arterials, intersections, and signals in conjunction with high profile projects throughout the City. The City is seeking a seasoned professional who can review building permits, traffic impact assessments, annexations, plats, and site plans to determine traffic land use classifications; manage fee assessment, expenditures, refunds, discounts, credits, exemptions, and account reconciliations; prepare and execute public-private-partnerships and credit agreements; evaluate appeals; apply the governing City Ordinance in accordance with State Law; and identify and prepare ordinance updates when required. This role also leads a team of two and often presents the program's features and benefits to City leadership, City staff, the public, and the development community. The position is the administrator for the Capital Improvement Advisory Committee appointed by the City Council to oversee the program. Responsibilities to the committee include the preparation of bi-annual reports and the presentation of the report's findings to the committee.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in project / program management, engineering, landscape architecture, planning, public administration, business administration, or a related field
- Five (5) years of increasingly responsible administrative experience preferably within a local government environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Two (2) years of supervisory responsibility
- Ten (10) years of increasingly responsible in project / program management, engineering
- Strong customer service skills and strong oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated proficiency in capital project management and development review
- Proficient in PeopleSoft and financial data analytics
- Proficient in the principles, methods, and practices of managing municipal funds
- Experience in Accela Automation and GIS
- Demonstrated knowledge of various municipal and other regulatory requirements related Transportation Impact Fees and public infrastructure projects.
The Transportation Impact Fee (TrIF) Senior Capital Projects Officer job responsibilities include:
- Lead, direct and coordinate activities of the section, which include the assessment and collection of transportation impact fees; determine the appropriate land use classification for projects and evaluate appeals; verify the applicability of discounts; initiate and review agreements for TrIF credit
- Direct and manage the development and implementation of the TrIF program goals, objectives, policies, ordinances, and priorities in coordination with partner City departments, City commissions and committees, the community, and partner agencies
- Perform the more complex and technical studies and evaluation including but not limited to: transportation impact fees study updates and amendments, evaluation of appeals, and working with all stakeholders in the leveraging of transportation impact fees for eligible projects via term sheets and contracts
- Represent and present on the Transportation Impact Fee Program at Pre-Development Conferences and Development Advisory Committee (DAC) meetings; with other departments, developers, outside agencies and the general public; coordinates assigned activities with other departments, outside agencies and organizations; and respond to questions from internal and external stakeholders including developers, city council, and the public
- Ensure fees collected are deposited into the Service Area fund, are spent appropriately in the Service Area, and accounts are reconciled regularly
- Participate in the development and administration of the section's budget; forecasts funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials and supplies; and approves expenditures, as needed
- Supervise staff, which includes the monitoring, assessment, and prioritization of work; conducting performance evaluations; ensuring staff is trained; ensuring employees follow policies and procedures; maintaining a healthy and safe working environment; and, making hiring, termination, and disciplinary decisions or recommendations
Working Conditions and Physical Demands
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
Light Work - 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. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated Light Work
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.
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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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