Valley Water · 1 week ago
Assistant Water Resources Specialist I/II or Assistant Engineer I/II - Civil - Groundwater
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
New Grad, Entry, Mid Level
$125K/yr - $160K/yr
0+ years expValley Water is a public agency focused on sustainable groundwater management and water supply. They are seeking an Assistant Water Resources Specialist or Assistant Engineer to support groundwater supply and planning programs, conduct hydrogeologic analyses, and ensure compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.
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Responsibilities
Conduct groundwater modeling, hydrogeologic studies, and investigations using numerical groundwater models, statistics, or other methods to support water supply operations and planning
Prepare and review reports regarding issues such as groundwater modeling and supply conditions, groundwater monitoring and protection, and surface water/groundwater interaction
Support Valley Water's continued compliance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Analyze proposed projects, land use, regulations, and policies and develop recommendations for groundwater protection
Collect, validate, and/or interpret hydrogeologic data related to groundwater levels, groundwater quality, surface water, seawater intrusion, and land subsidence
Qualification
Required
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in water resources management, natural resources management, planning, civil or other field of engineering, geology, physical sciences, earth sciences, natural sciences or a field related to assigned functional area(s)
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in civil engineering or a field related to assigned functional area(s)
Possession of a valid California Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certificate with two (2) years of associated paraprofessional engineering experience
Registration with the State of California as a Professional Geologist (PG) or Professional Engineer (PE) is a plus
Preferred
Academic projects or research in groundwater management and hydrogeology including issues like groundwater/surface water interaction and/or seawater intrusion
Use of Microsoft Excel, groundwater flow models, geographic information system (GIS), statistics, and computer programming to support academic or research projects
Two (2) years of professional level experience with responsibility for compliance with environmental permitting, water supply planning or distribution, groundwater management, mitigation of natural resource impacts, or hydrogeology or engineering civil
Project based work experience in groundwater management and hydrogeology including issues like groundwater overdraft, managed aquifer recharge, groundwater/surface water interaction, and/or seawater intrusion
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including experience with functions, graphs, and pivot tables in Excel
Proficiency using and maintaining groundwater flow models
Experience using GIS and performing statistical analysis (e.g., trend test), and use of computer programming language
Company
Valley Water
Valley Water is a government agency that provides stream stewardship, water supply and natural flood protection services.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.8MKey Investors
California State Coastal Conservancy
2023-06-28Grant· $3.8M
Leadership Team
Rick Callender
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
San Francisco Chronicle
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