TWDB - Municipal Water Conservation Specialist​/Water Loss Specialist; Program Specialist III

TWDB - 26-97:
Municipal Water Conservation Specialist/Water Loss Specialist (Program Specialist III)

The mission of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is to lead the state's efforts in ensuring a secure water future for Texas. Our mission is a vital part of Texas' overall vision and the state's mission and goals that relate to maintaining the viability of the state's natural resources, health, and economic development.

The TWDB's main responsibilities are threefold: collecting and disseminating water-related data; assisting with regional water supply and flood planning that contributes to preparing the state water plan and state flood plan; and administering cost-effective financial programs for constructing water supply, wastewater treatment, flood control, and agricultural water conservation projects.

Performs complex (journey-level) consultative services and technical assistance work. Work involves assisting utilities across the state with their water loss audits, water loss audit validations, or water conservation plans and annual reports and providing training on completing and submitting audits, plans, and annual reports. Reviews and analyzes the water loss audits or water conservation plans and annual reports for data errors and statutory and loans applications requirements.

Provides technical assistance to all stakeholders and supports activities of the Municipal Water Conservation Department. May train others. Works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Reports to the Municipal Water Conservation Department Manager.

Essential job functions include serving as primary support staff members for water loss or water conservation plans and annual reports, reviewing municipal water conservation plans and annual reports for utilities, conducting water loss audit reviews and validations for utilities, analyzing water loss audits or water conservation plans and annual reports for data errors and fixes them, reaching out and meeting with utilities to discuss their water loss audits and validations or water conservation plans and annual reports, providing technical assistance and training to water utilities on how to complete and submit a water loss audit or water conservation plan and annual report, following process documents for water loss validation and completing and saving proper documentation, preparing summary reports for water loss audit validations, tracking and reporting lessons learned for water loss validations conducted over the year, using Microsoft Bookings and Planner to manage and track water loss validations, using Microsoft Teams to conduct water loss validation meetings, filtering excel sheets to obtain water loss audit submittals, completing summaries of water conservation plans for TWDB loan applications, calculating water loss thresholds and completing water loss documentation for TWDB loan applications, maintaining and updating process documents relating to conducting validation of water loss audits and reviews of water loss thresholds, waiver requests, water conservation plans and annual reports, being proficient with the online application used by utilities to submit audits, plans, and reports, recommending improvements to the online application based on user and stakeholder input, completing user authorized testing for application enhancements and new year setup, maintaining inventory of leak detection equipment including tracking units loaned to water utilities, maintaining confidential and sensitive information, ensuring individual and team files (electronic and hard versions are appropriately maintained and timely disposed of in accordance with the agency's records retention procedures and schedule, maintaining require certifications and licenses and meeting the continuing education needs and requirements of the position to include, attending mandatory training courses, being required to operate a state or personal vehicle for business purposes, and performing other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications include graduation from an accredited four-year college or…