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• Pay Range: $28.62-$35.78 hr
• Job Posting Closing on: Friday, November 7, 2025📅
• Workdays & Hours: Division is a 24/7 Operation - weekend work may be required. The position is a first responder’s 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. 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. 🌆
• Water Utility Operations • Field Inspections • GIS Mapping • TCEQ Licensed
• Bring your water distribution expertise into a role that goes beyond fieldwork. Fort Worth Water is hiring Utility Operations Specialists to support planning, inspection, and oversight of the city’s complex water infrastructure systems.
• In this role, you’ll use your technical background to evaluate construction plans, analyze data, assist with system modeling, and help ensure every water line, valve, and meter meets the highest standards. You’ll also work closely with crews, engineers, and leadership to improve operations using tools like GIS, Maximo, EPANET, and other industry software.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum of Five (5) years of experience in water or wastewater utilities
• Possession of or ability to obtain a Water Distribution Maintenance; a minimum TCEQ Class D Water Distribution Operator license will be required within twelve (12) months of hire.
• Valid Texas Driver’s License

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with water quality, utility location, and water pressure, repair or construction
• At least one (1) year of previous supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of work order management software.
• Previous experience working with a large water utility.
• Possess a TCEQ Class C Water license or higher
• At least one (1) year of experience using water distribution modeling software (EPANET, WaterGEMS, etc)
• Knowledge of editing maps and layers in ESRI software suite (ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro)
• Experience with using BI tools (Looker, Power BI, etc) to analyze data and create dashboards
• Experience with writing statements in SQL, MySQL, or PostgreSQL
• Experience analyzing data using Python

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.
• Reviews plans for conformance to various construction methods to ensure design specifications for water and wastewater infrastructure projects are met.
• Provides administrative assistance to management; prepares spreadsheet and graphs; prepares and presents reports; provides statistical information for management.
• Develops 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 specification, cost estimates, environmental documents and reports.
• Prepares studies, analytical and statistical reports concerning water and wastewater infrastructure. Submits and presents reports to management.

Working Conditions & Physical Demand

• 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.
• 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.