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Job Description
Engineer In Training - Stormwater Infrastructure
at The City of Fort Worth
Transportation Public Works
Pay Range: $65,563 - $85,232 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Exciting Opportunity Awaits!
Are you ready to make a true impact on the community? Are you looking for a job that offers the perfect balance between work and life? Look no further! The City of Fort Worth is hiring, and we want you to be part of our amazing team.
An Engineer in Training job is available with the City of Fort Worth Transportation and Public Works Department Stormwater Management Division. This division is responsible for protecting people and property from harmful stormwater runoff by maintaining the City's existing stormwater infrastructure, mitigating hazards through capital projects, warning residents about the hazards and reviewing development for compliance with City standards.
Perks & Benefits:
- Career Pathway for this role: Engineer in Training➡️Professional Engineer ➡️Sr. Professional Engineer ➡️Engineering Manager ➡️Sr. Capital Projects Officer
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Top-Notch Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- 3 Weeks' Vacation Time
- Robust Pension Plan
- Voted Best Place for Working Parents 2025
- Professional Development Opportunities
- And Much More!
Why Fort Worth?
Join the fastest-growing big city in the U.S. We're committed to serving over 1,000,000 residents.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or other engineering discipline from an accredited college or university
- The possession of registration as an Engineering-In-Training in the State of Texas; or, if licensed in another state, continued employment will be contingent upon obtaining registration as an Engineering-In-Training within the State of Texas within six months of employment
- Valid Texas driver's license
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience and certification with CCTV inspection standards (e.g., NASSCO PACP/MACP)
- Experience in contract administration and budget tracking.
- Proficiency in GIS applications, Microsoft Office Suite, and ability to learn asset management software.
The Engineer in Training job responsibilities include:
- Serve as primary point of contact for the Storm Drain Rehabilitation Program. As part of this program, City performs condition assessment of storm drainpipes using CCTV inspections and then reviews them to flag the defects. The defects are then reviewed to provide recommendations for the potential projects for operations and capital delivery team.
- Review CCTV inspection videos and reports prepared by the in-house Operations Team, Stormwater Development Services, and Capital Delivery Team.
- Oversee and administer the Reactive CCTV Inspection Contract, ensuring quality deliverables, timely performance, and compliance with City standards.
- Monitor and track the contract budget, including expenditures and forecasting.
- Conduct post-inspection reviews of videos and data to ensure accuracy to make sure the start and end points are correct and the inspection reflects the correct asset and other elements.
- Relay inspection findings to the consultant to provide recommendations to Operations and Capital team based on the type of defect, including recommendations for cleaning, maintenance, or addressing missing access points.
- Support process improvements, best practices, and standardization of inspection review procedures and contribute to long-term planning strategies for storm drain rehabilitation.
Working Conditions and Physical Demands
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.
Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
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
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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