Principal Hydrogeologist | Water Resources

A well-established, employee-owned environmental and water resources consulting firm is seeking a Principal Hydrogeologist – Water Resources to lead and expand hydrogeologic consulting services throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. This is a senior technical and client-facing leadership position for an experienced hydrogeologist with deep knowledge of Colorado water rights, groundwater resources, water supply planning, and groundwater modeling
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Reporting to the Regional Director, the Principal Hydrogeologist will lead complex technical projects, develop and mentor hydro-geologists and groundwater modelers, strengthen client relationships, and help grow the firm's water resources practice in Colorado.

Projects may include:

• Groundwater management and development
• Basin and aquifer characterization
• Groundwater flow and numerical modeling
• Water supply planning and development
• Integrated water supply strategies
• Managed aquifer recharge
• Well design, construction, and testing
• Groundwater sustainability planning
• Expert testimony and litigation support

• Lead complex hydrogeologic and groundwater resource investigations throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West.
• Direct the development of conceptual hydrogeologic models, groundwater budgets, numerical groundwater models, and water resource assessments
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• Lead projects involving Colorado water rights, groundwater development, water supply planning, and integrated water resource strategies
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• Oversee groundwater well design, construction, development, testing, and performance evaluation.
• Provide senior technical review and establish appropriate quality assurance and quality control standards for projects, reports, and proposals.
• Support technical evaluations associated with groundwater sustainability, managed aquifer recharge, reuse, and long-term water supply.
• Serve as a technical expert on complex regulatory, legal, and water-resource matters.
• Provide expert testimony and litigation support when required.
• Monitor regulatory, technical, and market developments affecting groundwater and water resources in Colorado.

• Develop, maintain, and expand long-term relationships with municipal, public-sector, industrial, legal, and private-sector clients
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• Identify new project opportunities and expand services within existing client relationships.
• Lead or contribute to proposals, scopes of work, project approaches, fee development, and contract pursuits.
• Demonstrate a successful record of winning consulting work and expanding client accounts
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• Represent the organization at client meetings, conferences, professional associations, industry events, and technical committees.
• Help define and execute growth strategies for the Colorado and Rocky Mountain water resources market.

• Recruit, mentor, and develop early- and mid-career hydro-geologists, engineers, scientists, and groundwater modelers.
• Provide technical guidance and professional development to project teams.
• Strengthen groundwater and water resources capabilities across the organization.
• Support strategic planning, resource planning, and regional growth initiatives.
• Promote collaboration across multidisciplinary offices and project teams.

• Bachelor's degree in Hydrogeology, Geology, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Hydrology, Earth Sciences
  , or a closely related discipline.
• 15+ years of professional hydrogeology experience
  , with significant experience supporting water resources projects.
• Demonstrated hands‑on knowledge of Colorado water rights, water planning, groundwater management, and water development
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• Strong background in groundwater resource evaluation and hydrogeologic consulting.
• Proven success…