Sr. Engineering Technician

Job Description:

Sr. Engineering Technician

Description

Pay Range: $59,534 - $74,418 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Monday, May 5 th , 2025

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 nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Sr. Engineering Technician job is available with the City of Fort Worth Development Services Department/Transportation Development Services (TDS). The TDS team reviews plans for all the new development in the City of Fort Worth and surrounding ETJ territories to ensure the plans conform to the City of Fort Worth standards. This includes the preliminary planning, the study phase, through plan reviews as well as coordination with the outside development community and internal City departments. This candidate would be capable of understanding not only the technical aspects but also has the ability to learn and apply the processing side of study and plan submittals.

• The position is full-time and located at new City Hall.
• After just six months, enjoy the freedom of 2 days remote work each week (subject to department approval and based on business needs)
• Depending on the unique design and construction issues, there may be occasional site visits.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible technical engineering experience in areas such as drafting, design, and/or survey.
• Valid Driver’s License.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of work experience in a Municipality of Government agency.
• Working knowledge and experience with ArcGIS.
• Experience with Accela Automation permitting software.
• Customer service experience in a time-sensitive environment.
• Experience in Civil Engineering and transportation engineering.
• Experience with development review (platting, building permits, zoning, site plans, etc.,).

The Sr. Engineering Technician’s job responsibilities include:

• Work with Developers, Consultants, and internal stakeholders to coordinate and assist with the quality and completeness of submittals.
• Understanding or ability to learn and apply basic transportation engineering principles.
• Dealing with any issues, timing, or other areas such as City Ordinances and Standards.
• Strong interpersonal, and excellent communication skills with the unique ability to be able to transfer these concepts clearly and effectively both verbally and written with the development community and internal City staff.

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 Conditions

Medium work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects.

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.