Davids Engineering, Inc. · 1 week ago
Water Resources Engineer/Scientist/Project Manager
Chico, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$40/hr - $70/hr
5+ years expDavids Engineering (DE) is seeking exceptionally qualified and motivated candidates for a role in water resources. The position involves strategic project planning, workflow development, and delivering water management planning efforts, along with water resources modeling and environmental monitoring responsibilities.
Civil EngineeringInfrastructureWater
Responsibilities
Experience with strategic project planning, workflow development, technical analyses, and project/task management and delivery, including prior work on synthesizing water systems-related data, engineering principles, and project-specific information into models, databases, reports, studies, specifications, and other technical deliverables
Proficiency with Excel and other Microsoft Office Suite programs required
Strong interpersonal skills and motivation to collaborate and proactively communicate with a diverse project team and colleagues in both in-person and virtual settings
Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially relating technical/engineering topics and analyses
Experience with (or connection to) irrigated agriculture and/or environmental monitoring in California a major plus
Proficiency with water budget approaches, including understanding monitoring and measurement principles and methods for typical flows in the surface water system (e.g., stream flows, diversions, precipitation, evapotranspiration)
Experience with water resources and water management planning efforts, such as Groundwater Sustainability Plans or Agricultural Water Management Plans, or with water use efficiency and water conservation studies
Theory and practice of at least one of the following: finite element (e.g., DWR Integrated Water Flow Model (IWFM)), finite difference (e.g., MODFLOW), hydrodynamic (e.g., HEC-RAS), or rainfall-runoff (e.g., HEC-HMS) modeling
Experience with data assembly, QA/QC, analysis, visualization, statistics, and reporting
Most working hours will be at a desk in front of a computer. Position anticipated to occasionally require travel, off-site field visits, and overnight stays
Qualification
Required
Experience with strategic project planning, workflow development, technical analyses, and project/task management and delivery, including prior work on synthesizing water systems-related data, engineering principles, and project-specific information into models, databases, reports, studies, specifications, and other technical deliverables
Undergraduate and/or graduate degree in engineering, data science, environmental sciences, or another related field
5-10 years of experience in water resources engineering, environmental monitoring, water systems modeling, and data science (Note: Pursuit of a graduate degree will be considered as years of experience)
Proficiency with Excel and other Microsoft Office Suite programs required
Strong interpersonal skills and motivation to collaborate and proactively communicate with a diverse project team and colleagues in both in-person and virtual settings
Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially relating technical/engineering topics and analyses
Proficiency with water budget approaches, including understanding monitoring and measurement principles and methods for typical flows in the surface water system (e.g., stream flows, diversions, precipitation, evapotranspiration)
Experience with water resources and water management planning efforts, such as Groundwater Sustainability Plans or Agricultural Water Management Plans, or with water use efficiency and water conservation studies
Theory and practice of at least one of the following: finite element (e.g., DWR Integrated Water Flow Model (IWFM)), finite difference (e.g., MODFLOW), hydrodynamic (e.g., HEC-RAS), or rainfall-runoff (e.g., HEC-HMS) modeling
Experience with data assembly, QA/QC, analysis, visualization, statistics, and reporting
Preferred
Proficiency with Python and/or SQL a plus
Experience with (or connection to) irrigated agriculture and/or environmental monitoring in California a major plus
Company
Davids Engineering, Inc.
Since 1993, Davids Engineering, Inc.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase