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Job Description
Pay Range: $65,563 - $85,232 annual compensation
Job Posting Closing on: Monday, April 6, 2026
Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Some evening/weekend 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 Fort Worth Water Safety Section is seeking a Safety Specialist / Occupational Health & Safety professional to help protect a workforce of more than 1,000 employees operating in water and wastewater treatment plants, construction environments, laboratories, and field operations across the utility. This high-visibility Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) role partners with frontline employees, supervisors, and leadership to strengthen a proactive safety culture, reduce workplace injuries, and ensure compliance with OSHA and other safety regulations.
The Safety Specialist serves as the subject matter expert for workplace safety, conducting hazard assessments, incident and near-miss investigations, safety training, and safety program development. This role also analyzes injury and safety performance data, develops procedures and work instructions, and collaborates across divisions to improve safety practices. The ideal candidate brings experience in construction safety, utility operations, or environmental health and safety, strong communication and relationship-building skills, and the ability to work independently while reinforcing safety standards that protect the employees who maintain Fort Worth's essential drinking water and wastewater infrastructure.
Additional job information:
- This is a Full-Time position working 40 hours a week.
- Work Schedule is Monday - Friday, with the possibility of on-call during emergencies.
- Primary work location will be at the New City Hall.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Safety Management, Occupational Health and Safety, Business or Public Administration or related field
- At least (3) three years of increasingly responsible experience in conducting safety and health audits and/or inspections
- Valid Driver's license
Preferred Qualifications:
- ASP certification or other related certifications. If no certification, must be able to obtain a safety certification within 1 year of hire (ASP, CSP, CHST, CSM etc.)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Extensive presentation and/or safety training experience
- Previous incident investigation experience
- Ability to organize and analyze data
The Safety Specialist job responsibilities include:
- Establishes a lead role in key utility-wide safety and environmental health projects, including identifying and planning strategic program needs, leading and training Water personnel, and identifying leading illness, injury, and loss priorities
- Researches and interprets proposed and existing safety and environmental standards, policies, and practices to determine impact on the utility
- As directed by management, oversees and conducts divisional safety and health program audits to ensure the consistent implementation of safety and health programs. Tracks and ensures corrective actions are implemented
- Conducts and provides research into safety training requirements and assists with the development of effective safety and health training. Assists with planning the efficient delivery of value-added safety training throughout the entire utility
- Conducts in-depth illness, injury, and vehicle incident data analysis and assists with preparing reports
- Assists with the identification and development of database information and manages data/reporting software systems
- Leads departmental workgroups in drafting operating procedures and participates in design reviews
- Represents Fort Worth Water's safety and health interests in peer/community/industry groups
- Maintains and continually implements federal emergency response plans and assists in coordinating Water emergency response exercises and drills
- Identifying potential hazards in the workplace through regular inspections, risk assessments, and audits at each center and inspections
- Conducting thorough investigations into accidents, injuries, and near-misses to determine root causes and prevent recurrence
Working Conditions and 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 and balancing.
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.
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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