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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Onsite
Pay Range: $51.74 - $58.48/hr. | $107,610 – $121,646 annual compensation
** Sign-On Incentive of $5,000 **
Job Posting Closing on: Monday, August 31, 2026 📅
Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8 am – 5 pm; Some evening/weekend work required.
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, and 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. 🌆
A Senior Professional Engineer – Floodplain Management position is available with the City of Fort Worth’s Transportation & Public Works Department, Stormwater Management Division, Floodplain Management Section. This position plays a central role in guiding and supporting the community’s understanding of flood risk and floodplain regulations. In addition to assisting with reviews of hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for public and private development, this role places a strong emphasis on managing the City’s Community Rating System (CRS) program, coordinating with residents, developers, and engineers, and serving as a knowledgeable resource on floodplain requirements. The ideal candidate will be able to interpret and apply floodplain regulations, explain requirements clearly to the public, and help ensure that new development does not increase flood risk to nearby properties or infrastructure.
Beyond development review support, this position will lead CRS program implementation, community outreach, and interdepartmental coordination to support Fort Worth’s flood‑risk reduction goals. The role will include responding to public and industry questions about floodplain regulations, supporting education and outreach efforts, and facilitating communication between residents, consultants, and developers. This position will also support and enforce the City’s floodplain regulations and manage watershed and flood studies that combine planning, technical review, project management, and contract development. The Floodplain Management Section additionally oversees FEMA’s Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) program, which uses grant funding to update flood risk maps and develop new flood‑risk awareness tools—an area this role will help support.
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The Sr. Professional Engineer's job responsibilities include:
Working Conditions and Physical Demand as stated on official City job description
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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.