- Salary: $134,568.00 – $163,572.00 Annually
- Location: Oakland, CA
- Job Type: Full-time
- Job Number: 24-118
- Department: Water Operations Dept
- Division: Water Supply Engineering
- Opening Date: 09/16/2024
- Closing Date: 10/4/2024 4:30 PM Pacific
The Position
The East Bay Municipal Utility District’s (EBMUD’s) Water Supply Engineering Section is seeking an Assistant Water Resources Specialist who is a motivated and energetic team player with experience in computer simulations, statistical analyses, field investigations, and evaluation of municipal water structures and facilities.
The Water Supply Engineering Section is within EBMUD’s Water Operations Department and is primarily responsible for:
• Forecasting the water supply and demand for the coming year to guide planning, scheduling, budgeting, and decision-making processes.
• Scheduling operations of EBMUD’s water supply reservoirs, aqueducts, and pumping plants to maximize yield and conform to water rights and contractual agreements.
• Collecting, analyzing, distributing, and archiving EBMUD’s official records on reservoir operation, hydrological data, water production, and power generation.
The Assistant routinely performs a variety of water resources analyses in such diverse areas as hydraulics, hydrology, and statistics related to the planning, design, and operation of water supply facilities. Successful performance requires the ability to work independently on assigned projects and provide reports with quality checked numerical values that are free of errors and omissions.
Typical responsibilities include:
• Using the Water Supply System Operation Model, a Microsoft Excel based mass-balance model, which uses Visual Basic code integrated with EBMUD’s database of historical hydrological data to project water supply.
• Analyzing weather and runoff projections for the purpose of planning and assessing forecast informed reservoir operations, including to schedule the rate and timing of reservoir releases.
• Coordinating facility outages that impact the water supply system operations.
• Scheduling the transfer of water from the Mokelumne System to East Bay Reservoirs.
• Determining the rates and timing of Mokelumne and East Bay Reservoir releases in compliance with existing water rights and EBMUD criteria and agreements.
• Making projections of water consumption and other growth factors by analyzing water use, land use, population, and related data.
• Preparing memoranda and reports documenting the results of technical analyses, conducting presentations to communicate study findings, and maintaining appropriate data and records supporting the analysis.
• Participating in meetings, workshops and conferences, exchanging technical information regarding water supply and water rights issues impacting EBMUD, and assisting in presenting findings and arguments in support of EBMUD initiatives.
The ideal candidate will have:
Knowledge of
• excel or a similar spreadsheet program with a high degree of proficiency.
• principles, practices, and terminology associated with water resources management issues including but not limited to hydrology, hydraulics, fluid mechanics, groundwater, and water quality.
• computer-based numerical modeling and programming techniques.
• the application of mathematics and statistical analysis.
• water management and environmental issues.
Ability to
• quickly learn programming languages such as Visual Basic and Python or R, and software such as Excel and GIS to run, modify and improve computer models used for forecasting water supply operations.
• interpret field hydrographic data and forecasting model results.
• prepare clear, concise, accurate, self-checked reports.
• maintain clear, checkable, back-up records of calculations and work products.
The salary range for Assistant Water Resources Specialist is $11,214 per month, increasing to $11,775, $12,364, $12,982, and $13,631 after 6, 18, 30, and 42 months, respectively.
EBMUD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, gender identity (including transgender status), gender expression, marital or registered domestic partnership status, age for individuals age forty or older, national origin, ancestry, disability (mental or physical), medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, sexual orientation, military and veterans status, family or medical leave status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical condition), pregnancy disability leave status, domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and other categories protected by federal, state and/or local laws.
Requirements
1. A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, water resources management, watershed science, or a closely related field.
2. Two years* of experience in water resources engineering, analysis, or planning that has included significant numerical modeling and computer programming responsibilities.
3. Possession of a valid California driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record.
*A master’s degree in engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, water resources management, watershed science, or closely related field may be substituted for one year of the required experience. A doctorate degree in one of the specified majors or a closely related field may be substituted for 18 months of the required experience.
The Selection Process
1. Submit a completed EBMUD application and the required supplemental question responses online at www.ebmud.com by 4:30 p.m., Friday, October 4, 2024. Only application materials submitted online during the filing period will be accepted.
2. Candidates must achieve a passing score on each test part in order to advance to the next step in the selection process.
3. All qualified applications and supplemental responses will be competitively evaluated, with those candidates receiving a passing score to be invited to a panel interview scheduled for November 2024.
4. Successful candidates will be placed on the hiring list, based on rank, for further consideration to fill the current regular vacancy, as well as others occurring over the next 12 to 24 months.
5. The probation period for this position is 12 months. For those holding civil service status the probation period is 6 months.
6. All employment offers are conditional, pending the results of a Live Scan background screening. All selected finalists must participate in the Live Scan background screening process to remain in consideration for EBMUD employment.
Supplemental Information
As the first step in the selection process, responses to the supplemental question must be submitted online with the regular EBMUD application. Your response to this supplemental application question and your EBMUD application will be evaluated on a competitive basis, and only candidates scoring highest in the competitive review will continue in the selection process. Therefore, please provide thorough, accurate descriptions of assignments you have personally performed. Your responses should demonstrate your ability to write concise and well-organized documents using correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
- Agency: East Bay Municipal Utility District
- Address: 375 11th Street, MS #603, Oakland, California, 94607
- Phone: 510-287-0735
- Website: http://www.ebmud.com/jobs
