Pay Range: $31.52/hr. - $40.98/hr.
Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, June 25, 2025 📅
Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm.
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 nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability. 🌆
A Senior Contract Compliance Specialist job is available with the City of Fort Worth Water Department Plant Operations Division. This position will be responsible for administering and auditing provider services contracts and will actively manage contract requirements including compliance, renewals, rebids, etc. to ensure services provided and funds expended are in compliance with contract specifications.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration, finance or a related field
- Three (3) years of experience preparing and monitoring federal grants or federally funded community programs
- Valid Driver’s license
Preferred Qualifications:
- PeopleSoft Financial Supply Chain Management experience
- Knowledge of City and State Rules, Regulation and Ordinances related to Municipal Purchasing.
- Experience with multi-million dollar contracts, technical specifications and capital projects.
- Strong written and oral communication skills including knowledge of or experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
The Senior Contract Compliance job responsibilities include:
- Write construction and industry specific specifications, develop and amend contract specifications as outlined by subject matter experts in the field, and meet with SME to create the bid package to submit to Purchasing and Legal for approval. Create Vendor Service Agreements and liaise with vendors and legal to ensure all are in agreement of terms
- Research cooperative agreements and/or new vendors for purchasing needs where no current contract exists. Work with Operations, Purchasing and legal staff to implement these contracts as needed
- Provides administrative support to the department; receives and responds to requests for information; compiles year end reports on vendors, and administers, implements and manages contracts and other department initiatives
- Create monthly reports to track spending trends and contract capacity. Identify divisional needs for increased spending authority within a contract, and develop M&C for Council approval as needed.
- Track contracts for renewal and expiration, and ensure no lapse in contract coverage by working with operations, purchasing, vendors and legal to keep all contracts current and in compliance with City regulations.
Working Conditions and Physical Demand
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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
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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.