Water Resources Engineer III

SGM is seeking a full-time Water Resources Engineer I or II to reside in either our Glenwood Springs Grand Junction or Durango CO office to support a wide variety of water resource projects. The incumbent will maintain strong working relationships with other SGM disciplines to foster timely execution of other environment civil drinking water and wastewater projects as needed. Work could include collecting various types of water resources and water rights data in the field processing that data interpreting the results of data collected ArcGIS mapping and preparing data and figures for technical reports that summarize project findings. Work may also entail designing data collection programs regulatory permitting support water rights analysis project assets management and grant applications and/or project financial planning.

Job Duties:

• Support the technical needs and execution of projects associated with SGMs water resource services including water supply planning and development groundwater surface water and water quality needs
• Complete project mapping using ArcGIS Pro and/or ArcGIS Desktop software
• Conduct water rights analyses such as: historical consumptive use analyses demand and supply analyses physically and legally available yield analyses groundwater movement analyses
• Communicate effectively with SGM teams and clients
• Strong technical acumen and writing skills desired to prepare figures tables and some portions of project memos and reports portions of the necessary documentation for reports memos client correspondence and other items
• Serve as a technical lead for field investigations data collection and analysis

Salary DOE

Engineer I 0-2 years: $76200-$84500

Engineer II 2-5 years: $80300-$92400

Minimum Qualifications:

• 0-5years of experience in water resource consulting and management including groundwater surface water hydrology water rights and water quality services
• Interest in and desire to learn Colorado water rights and water resource management including local state and federal drinking water wastewater ground and surface water rules and regulations
• Proficiency with ArcGIS Desktop and/or ArcGIS Pro software.
• Technical understanding of the principles of hydrology and ability to independently plan and conduct complex hydrology investigations
• Possess initiative to meet task deliverables and to learn new skills and software relevant to projects
• Able to communicate with staff including project leadership and communication of client needs
• Outgoing and willing to meet and interact with a wide variety of people
• Well-versed in Excel including tracking sorting filtering and manipulating complex datasets; using high level formulas to concisely summarize data (VLOOKUP SUMIF etc.); creating user-friendly tables and charts to visually display complex data
• Strong technical writing skills
• Bachelors degree in civil engineering or related field
• Valid Drivers License

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with permitting and Clean Water Act compliance is preferred but not essential
• Familiarity and working knowledge in the use of AutoCAD

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to travel to various project sites including mountain locations.