Über diese Sr. Customer Service Representative Stelle bei The City of Fort Worth
Pay Range: $21.26 – $26.57/hr.
Job Posting Closing on: Sunday, September 6, 2026 📅
Workdays & Hours: Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Some evening/weekend work required. This position does not offer remote work opportunities.
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 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. Customer Service Representative job is available with the City of Fort Worth Development Services Department. The Development Services Department seeks to make the City of Fort Worth the most livable city in Texas by promoting orderly growth and development, safe construction and neighborhood vitality. The Customer Service section helps complete this mission by functioning as the front line for the department.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Three (3) years of directly related customer service experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Municipal customer service or permitting experience
- Queue management system experience
- GIS, Accela Automation, Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel skills
- Advanced customer service experience, building internal & external relationships
- ICC certified as a Permit Technician
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Knowledge of the City’s permit processing procedures
- Knowledge in accordance with releasing records under the Public Information Act
- Bilingual skills: English/Spanish
The Sr. Customer Service Representative may be assigned to assist customers in the call center, in person or via electronic communications. The Sr. Customer Service job responsibilities include:
- Operates as a Subject Matter Expert on processes and procedures to provide assistance to staff, alliance partners, internal customers and external customers
- Monitors the status of permit and registration applications and follow-up as needed to assist customers with various permit issues
- Assists customers in all functions within the Development Support Division
- Explains applicable codes, ordinances, policies and procedures via phone, electronic communication and face-to-face interactions
- Reviews, updates and issues registrations, licenses, and permits in accordance with applicable codes and ordinances; and assesses applicable fees
- Responds to customer inquiries and complaints in a timely and efficient manner; resolves problems related to registration, building permits and other permits
- Researches and prepares letters and correspondence to customers with delinquent accounts and revokes permits
- Processes specialized permits such as gas compressor site, moving/wrecking, door to door, and alarm. Research and processes transactions for waived fees by determining validity of accounts, availability of funds or exemptions based on City agreements
- Other duties as assigned in support of department goals
Working Conditions and Physical Demand
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting.
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.
