Hydrogeologist Associate; Surface Water

DEPT OF WATER RESOURCES Hydrogeologist Associate Statewide Planning & Permitting Division Surface Water Section (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Job Location

Hybrid: remote and 1110 W. Washington St., Suite #310 - Phoenix, AZ 85007

Salary: $70,000 - $90,000

Grade: 25

Closing Date:
Open Until Filled

This position is responsible for providing technical support for the processing, expediting, and approving and/or rejecting surface water right applications and claims, with an emphasis on instream flow and sever and transfer applications. Responsible for ensuring adherence of surface water Department policies, rules, procedures, and State and Federal statutes.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures. A minimum of two days on-site at the ADWR office per week is required.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

The person in this position is responsible for researching, compiling, analyzing, interpreting, and integrating water resource management data through a variety of sources and other program areas; participate in complex inter‑departmental projects that require multi‑disciplinary expertise and written and oral reports and letters. This person will be a team leader for field inspections and investigations of water resource rights/claims to ensure correct procedures and techniques are used, quality of results expected, and project timelines, goals, and objectives are met, in addition to serving as a project leader/liaison for investigating and resolving water resource management issues of a complex, sensitive, and visible nature and preparation of reports with recommendations that may impact multiple water resource management program areas.

This position will also provide technical support related to groundwater/surface water interactions and provide hydrologic reports that will be used in the processing of applicable surface water applications and may act as an agency technical witness in hearings.

Additionally, this position is responsible for assisting in the development and maintenance of Department databases and in the development, maintenance, updating, imaging and preserving of Department records and assisting lower level professional staff regarding procedure and techniques to be used, quality of results expected, and project timelines, goals, and objectives.

Knowledge of:

• Current concepts and practices used in water resource planning and management
• Department policies and procedures and State surface water statutes, rules and direction regarding managing the State's water resources, including current and proposed management plans
• Information sources, research methods and techniques utilized in water resource management
• Agricultural practices as they relate to livestock and irrigation and the methods used to quantify water needs for different uses of water
• Streamflow measurement techniques and the statistical analysis of stream flow data
• Geomorphology as it relates to stream flow, floodplains, erosion and sediment transportation
• Knowledge of the design of dams, ditches, pipelines, canal irrigation systems and reservoirs

Skills in:

• Preparing written and oral reports and recommendations for implementing or impacting multiple water resource management programs; investigating and resolving water resource management issues of a highly complex, sensitive and visible nature
• Establishing, interacting and maintaining effective working relationships with public and State and Federal agencies; responding to oral and written inquiries
• Coordinating multi‑disciplinary projects impacting water resource management program areas
• Identification, evaluation and…