Sr. Professional Engineer - Water Modeler

Pay Range: $107,610 - $135,682 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Monday, March 23, 2026 📅

Sign on Incentive Verbiage: $9,000 sign on incentive *** 50% paid after the completion of first pay period, 50% paid after the completion of 6 months of employment. ***

Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; Remote work may be available after one year of service.

🚀 Shape the Future of Fort Worth!

Are you ready to make a real impact in one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S.? Looking for a career that blends purpose, innovation, and work-life balance? Look no further — the City of Fort Worth is hiring a Sr. Professional Engineer - Water Modeler and we want you on our team!

We are seeking a Sr. Professional Engineer - Water Modeler to develop and maintain hydraulic and hydrologic models supporting planning, operations, and capital improvement decisions for our water/wastewater systems.

Why Join Us? 🌆

We're more than just a workplace — we're a mission-driven team building infrastructure for over 1 million residents. When you join us, you’ll enjoy:

• 11 Paid Holidays

• 3 Weeks’ Vacation Time (plus sick time)

• Top-Notch Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

• Robust Pension Plan

• Voted Best Place for Working Parents 2025

• Growth – Focused Environment – with ongoing professional development opportunities

• Stable utility career path

About the Role:

As a Sr. Professional Engineer - Water Modeler you’ll play a critical role in planning and growing out the city’s water infrastructure. Your work will ensure Fort Worth remains sustainable, efficient, and future-ready by being our strategic navigator to help us predict problems before they happen and guide the utility in making smart decisions.

Projects our team has contributed to in the past include:

• Water Master Plan

• Wastewater Master Plan

• Impact Fee Study

🎓 What We’re Looking For:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in civil engineering or a related field

• Three (3) years of professional civil engineering experience as a registered professional engineer of which two years must be within or related to the area of assigned responsibility

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with water/sewer modeling software (InfoWater, WaterGEMS, or EPANET)

• Six (6) years in design, development or operation of water/wastewater systems

The Sr. Professional Engineer - Water Modeler job responsibilities include:

• Shape the future of our community’s water systems by evaluating developer studies and ensuring our water and sewer capacity keeps pace with growth

• Leverage cutting-edge modeling tools (InfoWater, WaterGEMS, EPANET) to plan for expansion and optimize system performance

• Drive big-picture planning through wholesale capacity analysis and long-term infrastructure strategies

• Solve real-world challenges by troubleshooting complex issues using SCADA data and flow meter insights to calibrate and validate models

• Work as a connector across departments, collaborating to deliver smart, sustainable, and resilient water solutions

• Make an impact on major projects by supporting Capital Delivery, Master Planning, and Impact Fee studies. Help decide pipe sizes, pump capacity, storage needs, treatment plant expansions, and capital improvement priorities

• Prepare technical summaries and present findings to engineers, operations staff, and leadership

• Serve as a trusted advisor by providing expert technical guidance to both internal teams and external partners

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.