Sr. Capital Projects Officer

Gfoat; Fort Worth, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Gfoat in Fort Worth, Texas seeks a seasoned administrator to lead Stormwater Operations, focusing on communication, data management, budgeting, emergency response, and workforce leadership to enhance service delivery.

Responsibilities include representing the division at public meetings, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving innovative solutions to optimize assets and reduce costs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field as listed in the job posting.
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible administrative experience in a local government setting.
• Strong leadership and public engagement skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Represent the division at public meetings and engage with community partners and other agencies.
• Oversee data tracking and reporting to support city-wide Stormwater Operations needs and drive data-driven decisions.
• Guide budget optimization and identify funding opportunities through the City budget process.
• Coordinate emergency management efforts and ensure regulatory compliance for stormwater operations.
• Supervise a large team responsible for storm drain and channel maintenance, including evaluations, training, and staffing coordination.
• Lead strategic planning and pilot innovative Stormwater solutions to improve efficiency and asset lifecycle.

Skills

Communication

Public engagement

Data analytics

Performance reporting

Budgeting

Emergency management

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Workforce development

Strategic planning

Innovation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Job description

• Communication and public engagement duties: attending and representing the division at public meetings, collaborating with other departments and agencies on community-related projects and strategic initiatives, communicating during emergency response, public engagement, group communications through emails and meetings, media involvement, and presentations to city management and external organizations


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  Data and performance management duties: high-level oversight of the groups tracked data and reporting, utilizing group data for reporting up to support city-wide needs, making data driven decisions for Stormwater Operations related to resource limitations to maintaining group goals. Lead the development, refinement, and implementation of data-driven process improvement initiatives, applying business analytics to assess operational workflows, optimize resource allocation, and improve Stormwater Operations service delivery


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  Budget and resource optimization duties: seeking solutions to minimize impacts on operations performance due to increasing prices, providing guidance to superintendents and supervisors to spend our budget most efficiently, and suggesting data driven initiatives to seek additional funding through the City budget process


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  Emergency management response and regulatory compliance duties: coordinating with emergency services and agencies during crisis situations, developing and implementing new emergency response plans for stormwater related incidents including flooding events, and ensuring the department complies with all regulatory and safety requirements


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  Personnel leadership and workforce development duties: supervising a large team group responsible for storm drain and channel maintenance, repair which includes conducting performance evaluations, training, workforce coordination, employee satisfaction/retention, compensation decisions and setting standards for personnel conduct and enforcement


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  Strategic planning and innovation duties: researching, proposing and implementing new and innovative Stormwater Operations solutions that improve customer experience, extend the life cycle of our assets, reduce waste, improve efficiency and/or decrease the cost and duration of construction

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in project/program management, construction management, engineering, landscape architecture, planning, public administration, business administration, or a related field


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  Five (5) years increasingly responsible administrative experience as an employee, consultant, or contractor with a local government entity