Engineering Technician

Alameda County Water District Technician

The Alameda County Water District located in Fremont, California is seeking detail-oriented applicants with the desire to provide field and office technical engineering support to the Groundwater Resources Division in the Water Resources Department. A Technician performs a variety of technical assignments and does work with established procedures. Supervision is close, and assignments are generally reviewed as the work is done.

In addition, Technicians work primarily in the field in various climatic conditions and terrain. In addition to requiring top communication skills to interface with customers and contractors, the field assignments require the physical stamina and strength to perform assigned tasks. This position performs a variety of field engineering activities including measuring water levels; collecting water samples and performing field analysis;

analyzing field test data; using a Global Positioning System (GPS) to navigate and locate wells.

Ideal candidates will have a degree or coursework in Environmental Science or Engineering, plus technical field experience.

Typical examples of duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Performs field engineering activities, measures and records distances and dimensions in the field, takes water well level and surface water measurements, collects water samples and performs field analysis, collects field test data, assists with specific capacity tests, locates wells, performs stream gauging, conducts fire flow tests and prepares related correspondence, and assists with corrosion control field surveys.
• Collects, summarizes, and reduces data; performs simple to complex engineering calculations; performs engineering design; prepares schematics, plans, detailed drawings and profiles from engineering sketches and/or oral instruction; takes measurements and prepares project documentation and drawings; performs standard drafting and mapping; updates distribution system maps and drawings; uses a computer to enter data into an engineering database system.
• Updates and creates datasets; performs geospatial analysis; ensures the integrity of GIS data; reviews data input for accuracy and compliance with system standards; prepares maps, reports, figures, and exhibits as needed from multiple layers of data.
• Performs customer job order preparation and estimation for District work; coordinates construction and related activities with District Operations and Maintenance Department, developers, external contractors, and other public agencies; may review the work of other technicians.
• Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual and/or triannual drinking water regulatory reports.
• Prepares and maintains record drawings for facilities and infrastructure.
• Provides administrative support to project engineers in managing, tracking, and monitoring budgets and schedules of contracts.
• Effectively provides service to customers and responds to a variety of customer inquiries.
• Reviews elements of engineering drawings and improvement plans submitted by developers, consultants, and other agencies for conformance with district standards to facilitate design; confers and coordinates with vendors, contractors, and/or outside agencies in response to questions; oversees and coordinates work and helps to resolve problems and disputes.
• Maintains engineering files and logs; monitors development project costs and status; maintains procedures for development processes and related work; collects, organizes, files, maintains, retrieves, reproduces, and transmits drawings, maps, logs, reports, and other documents and records as needed; maintains records for District facilities, easements, deeds, annexations, customer job orders, and District projects.
• Performs field surveying and survey verification in support of design and evaluation of capital projects.
• Prepares and reviews easements and property and easement descriptions; prepares utility permits and associated plans and documentation; prepares temporary water service agreements; performs simple research and develops and presents reports; prepares and maintains…