Sr. Capital Projects Officer

Pay Range: $122,187 - $158,843 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 📅

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 Sr. Capital Projects Officer position is available with the City of Fort Worth Transportation and Public Works (TPW) Department. The Capital Delivery Division is seeking a highly qualified professional to serve in this key leadership role.  The position is responsible for building leaders and working across the organization to drive innovation and develop best practices and standards for capital delivery. 

The successful candidate will lead the Construction Services team, providing strategic oversight of construction management, public infrastructure inspection, surveying of public right-of-way and City-owned land and easements, infrastructure warranty work, materials testing, and overall project delivery.  The Construction Inspection section includes 85 employees (full-time and contractors) who deliver over $766 million annually in capital improvement infrastructure projects. The projects include Developer funded Community Facilities Agreement (CFAs) as well as City capital initiatives supporting Transportation & Public Works, Property Management, Water Utility, Park and Recreation, and Aviation departments.  The section is also responsible for citywide inspections of pavement markings, traffic signals, and streetlight installations, as well as water and wastewater capital projects.  As a member of the Department’s Management Team, this position reports to the Capital Delivery Assistant Director and plays a vital role in guiding and shaping the City’s public works program.  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in project/program management, engineering, landscape architecture, planning, public administration, business administration, or a related field
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible administrative experience preferably within a local government environment
• Possession of or ability to obtain a valid Texas Driver’s License

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint skills
• Leadership skills in developing talent and building high performance internal and external teams
• Demonstrated success in planning, implementing and delivering large horizontal capital infrastructure programs through best practices
• A variety of contract methodology and administration experience
• Knowledgeable in the development and administration of public budgeting for program implementation

The Sr. Capital Projects Officer's job responsibilities include:

• Assumes management responsibility for all required services and activities; recommends and administers policies and procedures related to the City's coordination and facilitation of the high-profile project/program assigned.
• Directs and manages the development and implementation of project/program goals, objectives, policies and priorities for the City in coordination with the responsible City departments and/or partner agencies.
• Establishes, within City policy and plans, appropriate service delivery and staffing levels; monitors and evaluates the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures; works with departments and partner agencies to ensure that resources are allocated accordingly.
• Plans, facilitates, directs and coordinates City and partner agency staff; assigns projects and programmatic areas of responsibility as required; meets with key staff to identify and resolve problems.
• Oversees and participates in the development and administration of the City's budget as it relates to the assigned project/program; approves the forecast of funds needed for the staffing, equipment, materials and supplies; approves expenditures and implements budgetary. adjustments as appropriate and necessary to the implementation of the project/program.
• Reviews all significant reports, plans, and documents drafted by staff members, partner agencies or outside agencies; coordinates with these groups to implement plans, capital improvements and report recommendations.
• May provide infrastructure-related and/or administrative/technical support to executive management staff such as the City Manager, Assistant City Managers or elected officials as requested by the assigned Department Director.

Working Conditions and Physical Demand

• Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions
• Light Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly having to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated Light Work.

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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.