TWDB - 26-119 Water Supply Planning Technical Lead (Engineer VI​/Project Manager V

TWDB - 26-119 Water Supply Planning Technical Lead (Engineer VI/Project Manager V)

The Water Supply Planning Division is seeking a motivated, curious, and result-oriented individual to join the Division and play a key role in Texas's water supply planning process. The position will serve as the Water Supply Planning Division Technical Lead, providing technical leadership in support of the cyclical regional and state water supply planning programs. The position will also be a lead role in developing and implementing the early-stage conveyance and coordination requirements of Senate Bill 7 of the 89th Legislature including establishing, convening, and facilitating advisory technical groups to advance early-stage collaboration among key entities and integrating coordination efforts into the state's well-established water supply planning processes.

The ideal candidate brings experience and engineering knowledge of water supply planning at the local, regional, and state levels, project development, hydrologic modeling; demand forecasting, risk assessment, and engineering cost estimation. The candidate is proficient in data management (including GIS), demonstrates strong judgment, communication, and decision-making skills, and can critically assess the credibility of water supply plans and projects. Experience managing technical contracts and overseeing contractors, along with a strong understanding of Texas water resources, is preferred.

Performs highly advanced and/or managerial (senior-level) engineering, project management, and oversight work. Work involves providing technical support, engineering expertise, and technical advisement regarding water supply planning including developing long-range water demand projections to supporting efforts to promote large scale capacity and conveyance projects. The position represents TWDB externally at assigned meetings and engagements, serves as an information source technical expert for Division team members, agency management and leadership, and external stakeholders including the Texas Legislature.

The position may train TWDB staff on related engineering and technical matters. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Reports to the Senior Advisor of the Water Supply Planning Division.

Essential job functions include serving as an advisor and technical expert regarding engineering and technical matters related to the Division including the regional and state water planning program areas, participating in and contributing to the development, writing, review, and communication of the state water plan, establishing, convening, and facilitating advisory technical groups to promote early-stage collaboration among regional and major water providers and river authorities, identifying opportunities to develop excess water supply capacity and advance conveyance initiatives that benefit the state, coordinating all stakeholders, developing meeting strategies and materials, facilitating technical discussions, and managing follow-up actions, implementing and integrating the outcomes associated with the conveyance coordination effort into the regional and state water planning processes, assessing certain technical aspects of project funding applications related to various financial assistance programs, supporting the development, implementation, and enhancement of innovative approaches, tools, and methodologies for the water planning program and State Water Plan, including assessing water supply risk and improving long-term infrastructure planning under uncertainty, producing, reviewing, editing, summarizing, and/or commenting on Divisional draft products, agency documents, external reports, and a variety of other written technical and non-technical materials, interacting with and supporting a variety of stakeholders including regional water planning groups and their technical consultants, identifying technical needs, data gaps, and developing relevant engineering recommendations and guidance to support TWDB's water supply planning program and agency leadership, performing a variety of technical…