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Job Description
Pay Range: $28.62/hr. - $35.78/hr.
Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Workdays & Hours: Field Operations Division is a 24/7 Operation - weekend work may be required. These positions are a first responder’s in severe weather conditions and 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 City of Fort Worth Water Department is seeking highly skilled and motivated individuals for multiple Utility Operations Specialist positions within the Field Operations Division in Wastewater Collections System. As the largest division within the Water Department, the Field Operations Division operates 24/7 and plays a crucial role in the maintenance and efficiency of Fort Worth's infrastructure. These positions are essential to the daily operations of the division and plays an integral role in the department's overall success.The Utility Operations Specialist will perform complex technical work, providing critical support in the areas of engineering plan review, design specification review, and recommendations. This position also involves mapping, research, and data analysis in support of wastewater collections operations. As part of the team, you will provide valuable technical assistance to management staff to ensure the efficient and effective operation of wastewater collection systems.
Incumbents must have advance knowledge of construction, maintenance, and repair activities; method and technique of maintaining and repairing water/wastewater systems. Including documented intermediate knowledge of an understanding of design and construction theory; engineering principles and design standards; methods and techniques of advance report writing; applicable laws, regulations, codes, department policies, governing assigned technical engineering duties. The ability to lead, oversee and train assigned staff; interpret, and apply field notes in the performance of inspection duties; compile rough technical data and prepare statistical and narrative reports from field studies and have working knowledge on various materials, methods, practices, tools and equipment used in water/wastewater system.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Minimum of Five (5) years of experience in water or wastewater utilities
- Possess a valid Texas driver’s license and an acceptable driving record
- Possession of or ability to obtain a Wastewater Collection System Maintenance or Wastewater Preventive Maintenance; a minimum TCEQ Type I Wastewater Collection System Operator license will be required within twelve (12) months of hire.
- Must be able to pass a physical and drug screen testing
Preferred Qualifications:
- TCEQ Wastewater Type II license
- Familiarity with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) like Maximo or Cityworks.
- Previous experience using visualizations tools (Looker, Power BI) to monitor maintenance activities.
- Proficiency in extracting and analyzing data using tools like Excel Pivot Tables or SQL.
- Experience working with geographic information systems (GIS) like ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Pro.
- Familiar with water utility infrastructure condition assessment practices.
Utility Operations Specialist job responsibilities include:
- Leads, reviews, and trains assigned staff members in work areas including proper construction methods, design specifications for water and wastewater infrastructure, inspections, research, data analysis, etc.
- Performs research on existing and proposed city infrastructure projects for consultants, contractors, engineers and management.
- Provides administrative assistance to management; prepares spreadsheets and graphs; prepares and presents reports; provides statistical information for management.
- Develop project improvement, data analysis, and research techniques using feedback from management. Uses improved techniques for reporting requirements including, but not limited to schedules, compliance with approved specifications, and analytics
- Performs technical and complex tasks of the work unit including reviewing engineering projects, research of new and existing water and wastewater infrastructure and data analysis, creating GIS maps, and submitting updates to Water IT for GIS updates.
- Performs inspection and contract administration of water and wastewater infrastructure.
- Reviews and evaluates a variety of engineering and construction documents, including drawings, plans, designs, contract documents, technical specifications, cost estimates, environmental documents, and reports.
- Prepares studies, and analytical and statistical reports concerning water and wastewater infrastructure. Submits and presents reports to management.
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, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting.
Physical Demand:
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
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
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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