Water Agency Engineer

Grow your water resources engineering career with a development opportunity at the Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water).

As a Water Agency Engineer I - Extra Help, you will work independently and collaboratively on projects within Sonoma Water's Environmental Resources and Operations and Engineering Divisions. You will also work on complex water supply planning initiatives with other members of the Resource Planning Section.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Compiling and analyzing hydrologic data from the Russian River watershed
• Preparing system reports for water supply, water rights, watershed planning, and conducting studies, and other submittals
• Contributing to surface water and groundwater quality sampling, stream discharge measurements, and infrastructure assessments
• Supporting Russian River hydrologic and hydraulic modeling

The ideal candidate for this position will have some experience and/or knowledge of how to effectively:

• Analyze complicated hydrologic information using numerical and analytical techniques
• Participate on a project with a diverse team of biologists, engineers, planners, regulators, etc.
• Apply physical and chemical processes to surface, groundwater, and watershed hydrology
• Create and utilize spreadsheets using programs such as Microsoft Excel and Access, SQL, and scripting tools such as Mat Lab and Python/Jupyter Notebook
• Experience at the graduate level or a graduate degree in water resources engineering or hydrologic sciences is highly desirable.

Sonoma Water is a special district formed by the California State Legislature in 1949 and is responsible for providing a safe and reliable water supply to its customers in Sonoma and Marin counties. Sonoma Water also maintains 75 miles of flood control channels and provides sanitation services. Employing approximately 250 employees, Sonoma Water consists of the following divisions Engineering and Resource Planning, Environmental Resources, Community and Government Affairs, Water and Wastewater Operations, Maintenance, and Administrative Services.

Sonoma Water supports the concept of environmental sustainability, focusing on renewable power sources, and strives to be a leader in its water conservation and fishery restoration programs.

Employees of Sonoma Water are employees of a special district and are not subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Ordinance of the County of Sonoma.

Extra-help employees relieve or augment permanent staff. Temporary, extra-help employees are not in the classified civil service and do not have property rights to permanently allocated positions. In addition, they do not receive most employee benefits such as long-term disability insurance coverage, accrual of vacation, participation in the County retirement program, or eligibility to take promotional examinations. Temporary, extra-help employees are limited in their employment to a maximum of one calendar year.

These employees must be off of work for three months before they can be re-employed on an extra help basis. Extra-help employees who meet the eligibility requirements may qualify for a County contribution toward medical coverage.

Sonoma Water is recruiting to fill a temporary, extra-help Water Agency Engineer I position. This employment list may also be used to fill future extra-help (temporary) positions as they occur during the active status of the list.

* Salary is negotiable within the established range.

Experience:

No experience required.

Education:

Any combination of education and training that would provide the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and abilities listed. Normally, graduation from a four-year college or university with major course work in mechanical, electrical, or civil…