Water Resources Project Manager

What You’ll Do

The Project Manager will help move KWUA projects and Association priorities from planning through implementation. Responsibilities will include:

• Manage and coordinate water resource, infrastructure, energy, and natural resource projects.
• Develop and track project schedules, budgets, scopes of work, milestones, and deliverables.
• Coordinate directly with irrigation districts, agricultural producers, agencies, consultants, contractors, and other project partners.
• Support grant‑funded projects, including applications, administration, reporting, invoicing, and compliance.
• Track regulatory, policy, technical, and operational issues affecting KWUA members.
• Prepare project updates, reports, presentations, policy and technical briefing materials, and other communications.
• Organize and participate in meetings, workshops, public meetings, and stakeholder discussions.
• Assist the Executive Director with special projects, policy and advocacy efforts, and implementation of Association priorities.
• Represent KWUA at meetings, technical forums, and stakeholder discussions as appropriate, with opportunities to travel in support of Association projects and advocacy priorities.

A degree in engineering, natural resources, agriculture, public administration, business, or a related field; or a combination of education and relevant professional experience. We value demonstrated ability, initiative, judgment, and a willingness to learn.

• Experience in project management, program coordination, natural resources, agriculture, infrastructure, government, or a related field is helpful.
• Strong organizational and time‑management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work both independently and collaboratively.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, sound judgment, initiative and willingness to learn.

Experience in any of the following areas would be helpful, but we do not expect applicants to have experience in all
-or even most- of them:

Western water issues or the Klamath Basin

• Agriculture or agricultural organizations
• Infrastructure projects
• Grant or contract administration
• Natural resources or environmental programs
• Federal, state, tribal, or local government
• Regulatory or permitting processes
• Stakeholder or public engagement

The Klamath Basin is nationally known for the complexity and significance of its water issues. That complexity also makes it one of the most interesting places in the West to build a career in water and natural resources. Agriculture, wildlife, tribal interests, federal and state policy, infrastructure, energy and rural communities all intersect here – and collaborative innovative solutions can have significance far beyond the Basin.

The person who joins KWUA will be part of that work, not watching it from a distance. You will work directly with the farmers, ranchers, irrigation district managers and directors whose livelihoods depend on the Klamath Project, as well as agencies, technical professionals, policymakers and other partners. KWUA’s members are practical, knowledgeable people who cared deeply about agriculture, water, and the future of their communities- and they are a rewarding group of people to represent.

This is a position where an early‑or mid‑career professional can gain experience, relationships and responsibility that may take much longer to develop in a larger organization. KWUA is engaged with decision‑makers and partners at the local, state, and federal levels, and the person in this role will have opportunities to contribute to projects and policy discussions with real consequences for the Klamath Project and the West.

Klamath Falls offers something…