Groundwater Resources Project Manager

COMPANY OVERVIEW

EKI Environment & Water, Inc. (EKI) is an employee-owned, full service, engineering and environmental sciences consulting firm serving private- and public-sector clients throughout the United States. If you are interested in improving water management strategies and practices, improving the environment and advancing your career, then EKI is the place for you.

The Groundwater Resource Project Manager position reports to the Colorado Regional Director and is responsible for project management and technical oversight of ongoing projects with municipal and industrial water users primarily throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region but will support projects across EKI’s footprint as needed and will be responsible for managing projects from initial project planning through feasibility analyses, design, implementation, and completion.

Projects include Colorado water rights engineering, groundwater basin characterization, water budgets and water accounting frameworks, groundwater-flow and constituent transport modeling, water supply planning, production well design, indirect and direct potable reuse planning, litigation support, and more.

Your responsibilities may include, but will not be limited to the following:

• Plan, organize, and manage the development of project deliverables to ensure timely delivery, technical quality, and within budget
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with critical clients across the Rocky Mountain region
• Support proposal development including developing technical scopes of work and fee estimates to complete
• Oversee the installation of high capacity production wells including the development of specifications packages, driller procurement, well drilling and installation, geophysical logging, well development, aquifer testing, and pump installations
• Oversee development and/or implementation of hydrogeologic conceptual models, water balances, numerical models, well siting, and groundwater recharge studies
• Interpret technical analysis results and form conclusions
• Execute multiple concurrent projects efficiently
• Prepare project deliverables including technical reports and memorandums, PowerPoint presentations, and digital deliverables such as story maps.
• Prepare effective presentations that communicate complex technical problems in an effective and efficient manner to a broad audience
• Coordinate and facilitate meetings with the client and external parties
• Maintain project schedules and budgets, and prepare monthly progress reports and invoices.
• Provide quality assurance and quality control on and review of project deliverables
• Other duties as required

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Hydrology, Geology, Earth Sciences, or related field;
  Master’s degree preferred

• Minimum of six (6) years of experience, with eight (8) or more years desirable, as an engineer or hydrogeologist for water resources projects
• Two (2) or more years of project management experience.
• Master's degree, and Professional Registration, or more than 12 years of demonstrated professional experience where Professional Registration is not available for degree, is desirable
• Technical knowledge in numerical groundwater modeling (e.g., MODFLOW, IWFM, etc.), water resources planning, data management and visualization, ArcGIS, and technical writing
• Proficiency with Python or R, and Surfer is preferred
• Knowledge of Colorado groundwater permitting and water rights frameworks, including Denver Basin hydrology and hydrogeology
• Datacenter water development experience preferred but not required

• Must have effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with clients, subconsultants, regulatory agencies, and members of the public as may be necessary to accomplish assigned objectives
• Must have ability to conduct work in a manner consistent with EKI’s values – Integrated Solutions, Responsiveness, Ingenuity, Quality, Results.
• Must have a current valid driver’s license

• Must be able…