Entry-level Water Resources Engineer/Hydrogeologist (Sacramento, CA)

Woodard & Curran, Inc.•Sacramento, CA

37d•$75,000 - $85,000•Remote

About The Position

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet. Overview: We currently have an exciting opportunity for a full-time water resources engineer or hydrogeologist interested in developing innovative solutions to challenging groundwater-related projects. The preferred location for this position is our Sacramento, CA office but we are also open to our other office locations in CA. As a key member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively on a wide array of integrated water resources modeling and planning projects and provide services to local, state, and federal clients throughout California and beyond. Office location is flexible and a virtual work arrangement can be accommodated.

Requirements

BS in Water Resources Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Hydrology, Hydrogeology, or a related field, MS/PhD preferred.
The candidate must be a proactive communicator, both internally and externally, and work with both junior and senior project staff.
Excellent organizational, writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Experience in working on water resources, groundwater and/or closely related projects; specific experience with local and regional modeling is highly desirable.

Nice To Haves

Current or prior knowledge of California regulations is desirable.
Experience with hydrologic modeling platforms such as CA Department of Water Resource's Integrated Water Resources Model (IWFM) and/or US Geological Survey's MODFLOW models is desirable.
Experience with programing languages such as Python for data analysis is desirable.

Responsibilities

Actively develop, calibrate, and apply hydrogeologic conceptual and groundwater flow models to support policy and regulatory processes.
Support a wide variety of groundwater management and planning activities related to SGMA implementation, water supply assessment and management studies, and conduct groundwater analysis in support of environmental permitting and regulatory compliance.
Conduct complex data analysis related to water resources management, including:
Compile, review, process, and analyze hydrogeologic data using spreadsheets, databases, GIS, graphing software, and computer programming.
Evaluate land surface operations, including land use data analysis, and quantify agricultural and urban water supplies and demands.
Prepare data summaries and graphics, presentations, technical reports and memoranda.
Develop tools using codes such as Python or other programming languages to support and analyze groundwater modeling projects.

Benefits

Retirement Savings:
401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: The company matches 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed
Time away from work:
Observed holidays: Choose up to 9 holidays to observe annually
Vacation: Accrued based on years of experience and calculated on hours worked
Sick time: Paid sick time for non-work related illness or injury.
Parental leave: Up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding
Coverage and support for your needs and well-being:
Disability: Paid short and long term disability
Health: Medical plan options; plus dental and vision plans.
Life: Basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employees and families is available through Sun Life.
Wellbeing: DarioMind assistance program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing resources.