Geostatistician - California

Woodard & Curran•San Diego, CA

6d•$80,000 - $120,000•Hybrid

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. Woodard and Curran is currently seeking a dynamic, detail-oriented, and client-focused Professional Engineer (PE), Professional Geologist (PG), Certified Hydrogeologist (CHG), and/or Professional Geophysicist (PGP) to join our Water Team as a Project Engineer/Geologist. In this role, you will collaborate with our state, federal, and local clients to develop, execute, and deliver a variety of water resources modeling and planning projects across California. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Hydrogeologist or Geophysicist interested in developing innovative solutions to challenging groundwater-related projects and managing successful project teams. The location for this opportunity is flexible; Sacramento, California, is preferred, but we are open to other locations. The selected candidate will have experience in the water resources field, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to interact with clients, stakeholder groups, and project teams. Offering a flexible hybrid work schedule for those near the Sacramento office; other California locations are negotiable. Travel up to 20% within California

Requirements

3-7 years of professional experience in geology, hydrogeology or geophysics
BS in Geology, Hydrogeology, Geophysics, Water Resources Engineering, Civil Engineering, Hydrology, Environmental Science, or a related field; MS and/or Ph.D. preferred.
Strong programming skills in Python (highly preferred), R, Fortran, or other similar languages.
Experience building 3D geologic and geostatistical models, including texture models and hydrogeologic conceptual models.
Experience processing, interpreting, and modeling with geophysical survey data (e.g., airborne electromagnetic data, downhole geophysics logs, seismic data)
Excellent organizational, writing, communication, and interpersonal skills

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with ParaView, VTK, or other 3D visualization software or APIs is a plus.
Experience building and tuning machine learning models is preferred.
Familiarity with geostatistical methods (e.g., kriging, variogram analysis) and related software or libraries is a plus
California registration as a Professional Geologist, Certified Hydrogeologist, Professional Geophysicist, or Professional Engineer is preferred.
Experience with DWRâs Integrated Water Resources Model (IWFM) and/or USGSâs MODFLOW model is a plus
Experience with GIS software to perform mapping and data processing tasks
Experience or familiarity with Californiaâs Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and its implementations is a plus

Responsibilities

Developing hydrogeologic conceptual and geostatistical texture models to support groundwater projects and groundwater models.
Interpreting geologic and geophysical data and integrating it into hydrogeologic and geostatistical frameworks to support basin characterization, managed aquifer recharge, subsidence mitigation, interconnected surface water and groundwater modeling projects.
Developing code, analysis tools, and machine learning models to support local- and regional-scale basin characterization efforts
Creating and maintaining code to support and analyze modeling projects
Performing data analysis and management with an emphasis on water resources
Supporting development and implementation of integrated surface water-groundwater models
Interpreting model results to support policy and regulatory processes
Providing technical leadership and support for a wide variety of water resources planning and management activities related to water supply, water source vulnerability, groundwater basin characterization, and hydrogeologic field investigations.

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 8 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.