Water Resource Control Engineer (JC-426714) 04/26/24

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Link: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=426714

Note: This position will no longer be available on CalCareers after the job closes on 04/26/2024. No applications will be accepted after the job closing date.

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Are you interested in helping to put California’s surface water resources to their fullest use, while protecting existing diverters and instream resources? Join our permitting team to help process water right applications on high priority groundwater recharge and other large surface water diversion projects in California’s Central Valley and other parts of the State. The State Water Resources Control Board's Division of Water Rights has an opening for a permanent, full-time Water Resource Control Engineer in the Permitting Section’s Recharge and Major Projects Permitting Unit. The position is located at 1001 I Street, 14th Floor, Sacramento, right in the heart of downtown next to light rail stations and other public transportation.

Duties:

The incumbent performs professional engineering work related to the administration of water rights laws, regulations, and policies of the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board). Incumbents at the higher levels of the classification are expected to apply independent judgment and may act as leads for projects of higher difficulty or be assigned staff specialist responsibilities in support of project managers or other technical or programmatic functions. Incumbents who possess a valid certificate of registration as a civil or professional engineer issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers assume the highest level in the classification. The incumbent primarily performs complex and varied assignments related to the processing of water right applications, petitions, registrations, and other processes related to administration of the State Water Board’s water rights permitting authority.

Additional information:

Candidates must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class.

If the position requires driving, you must possess a current and valid driver’s license. Please Do Not include full Social Security Number, method of eligibility, and LEAP information in your application package.

Salary information – CalHR salary rules allow appointment at the entrance rate (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, § 599.673) of a classification. For classes with alternate ranges, placement is based on education/experience.
 

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Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $6,175.00 - $11,567.00 / month

The Water Resources Control Board is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSFL) Qualified Employer.