Associate Water Resources Hydrologist
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Employer: Salinas |
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Job location: County of Monterey USA |
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Apply before: Not specified |
Summary
The ideal candidate must be able to navigate complex situations with professionalism; be able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing to diverse audiences; and organize information, resources, and people to drive projects of varying scope to completion. The candidate must be able to review land use development proposals to ensure adherence to professional standards, codes and department specifications; develops resource allocation plans; and performs other related duties as assigned.
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Examples of Duties
Paramount duties include:
Supervises and participates in the work of professional hydrology staff responsible for the planning, design, development, operation and maintenance of the department or agency capital improvement projects including flood control, water quality and water supply, storage, treatment and distribution facilities and systems; ensures work quality and adherence to professional codes, standards and department or agency specifications; may provide supervision over assigned maintenance or operations functions.
Counsels employees, appraises performance, prepares documentation, recommends merit increases, and issues discipline; provides for or participates in employee training and development; conducts interviews and recommends selection of candidates; may provide direction on personnel issues to subordinate maintenance and operations supervisors; coaches and mentors subordinate staff.
Performs the more complex, difficult and large scale hydrologic and hydrogeologic planning, specification, feasibility analysis and calculations for water resources related projects; functions as an expert in assigned area of expertise; prepares conceptual designs and supervises detail design of project phases by other staff and engineers
Represents the department or agency in meetings or presentations to the general public, customers, consultants, vendors, contractors, advisory and legislative bodies of federal, state and local agencies as assigned; prepares materials for public meetings and hearings; interacts with the public and answer questions on technical, environmental, economic and social issues of an assigned project.
Reviews and evaluates groundwater and surface water supply, availability and/or quality, as well as trends over time; maintains water quality assurance documentation; supervises the operations/evaluation of conservation release program.
Oversees the operation and maintenance of water quality, hydrologic, hydrogeologic, land use, or groundwater extraction reporting database; graphs and charts data; prepares maps.
To view the complete job description, visit the Monterey County website: https://www2.co.monterey.ca.us/pages/hr/class-specs/41C14.pdf (Download PDF reader)
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
Will have a proven track record demonstrating the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Thorough knowledge of: Methods, procedures, analysis and equipment used in either water quality, hydraulic, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), extraction reporting and water conservation, or hydrologic data collection; Principles, practices and theories used in floodplain management, hydrology, hydrogeology, geology, hydraulics, water quality, irrigation water and nitrate water quality management; Principles and issues of surface and groundwater hydrology, groundwater modeling, management, water quality, chemistry, hydrogeology and geology; principles of groundwater protection including well standards; Basic administrative principles and methods including planning and monitoring expenses, contract development and management, and purchasing and requisitioning; Computer usages including the following software: Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint, as well as Internet research methods; Word processing, spreadsheet, and data base management methods; Geographic Information Systems [GIS]; Global Positioning Systems (GPS); and Web-based applications; Methods used in surface water and ground water hydrologic analysis or sampling.
Working knowledge of: Principles and practices of personnel and program management; Advanced water resources program management and planning methodologies.
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