Water Resource Field Specialist I​/II

### Water Resource Field Specialist I/IISave Job Watershed Progressive Groveland,California|  |  || --- | --- || Job Type | Permanent || Salary | $25 - $35 per hour || Benefits | Paid Vacation & Holidays Training, Wellness, and Health Stipends 401(k) Match Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Insurance Options Life, Dental, and Vision Insurance Options || Min. Experience | 2 - 4 years |Watershed Progressive is hiring a Water Resource Field Specialist to join our team!

As a Water Resource Field Specialist at Watershed Progressive, you will play a crucial role in advancing our mission of “connecting communities with their watersheds through integrated strategies for a healthy, resilient future” through your skills, expertise, and contribution to a dynamic team. Your responsibilities will encompass a wide range of tasks related to landscape construction and planning. Your work will contribute to the development and implementation of projects that engage communities in building local climate resilience.

This position offers an opportunity to expand your career in building creative, integrative water solutions for healthy communities.

** GENERAL

JOB DUTIES:

*** Assist with installation of greywater, stormwater, rainwater and other Low Impact Design (LID) and ecological design landscape/green infrastructure projects at residences, commercial and public spaces.
* Data collection and file sharing management.
* Provide training and support to interns, co-op, CCC and other volunteer groups.
* Perform education and outreach activities for clients, public and peer groups at various scheduled events.
* Tool management and safety.
* Team building and communication development.
** Level II (In addition to above):
*** Lead and train project teams on installation of greywater, stormwater, rainwater and other low impact design and ecological design landscape/green infrastructure projects at residences, commercial and public spaces.
* Perform installations based on preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets and other field derived data.
* Act as quality control lead on various assigned tasks and projects.
* Perform site ecological assessment and evaluation, including planning schematics for Water Resource Planning/Drafters/Engineering and adaptive field decisions.
* Material and bid sheet generation.
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* EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

*** Two years of relevant coursework or practical experience in water, wastewater, groundwater, stormwater or recycled water fields performing professional-level resource planning, modeling, legislative or regulatory analysis, or project management is preferred.
** Level II:
*** Three of the following advanced certifications (or equivalent): ARCSA, QWEL, PDC, Water-Pro, ALDA, QSD
* Two years’ adaptive field management, quality control supervisory experience.
* Experience in construction cost estimates, site grading and drainage plans, utility design including hydrology/hydraulics, and stormwater treatment design.
* Experience managing installations for commercial or public LID/Green infrastructure projects.
* Experience with onsite LID water resource and/or watershed based calculations.
** REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES:
*** Creative, integrative and constructive positive approach to work ethic, time management, team building and client output.
* Detail-oriented, highly self-organized and able to meet deadlines consistently.
* Must be a team player and willing to contribute to a fast-paced, dynamic, creative environment.
* Good listener, able to take and follow directions, as well as coordinate identified subtasks to others.
* Must be able to travel for short and extended periods through California.
* Must be a self-starter and work independently with conflicting deadline
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