Hydrogeologist

Woodard & Curran • Phoenix, AZ

1d • 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 & Curran offers a unique opportunity to join our team in providing high-quality hydrogeologic services to federal, state, local, and private clients throughout California and beyond. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work directly with a diverse and tremendously talented pool of senior and staff-level geologists, engineers, scientists, and planners. Woodard & Curran is seeking a motivated Technical Hydrogeologist with an entrepreneurial spirit and a willingness to be part of a well-respected team of well-known professionals.

Requirements

• B.S. (M.S. desirable) in geology, hydrogeology, civil engineering, or water resources-related field.
• 4-8 years of professional experience with an engineering consulting firm, public agency, or otherwise within water resources, groundwater, or closely related fields.
• California and/or Arizona registration (preferred) as a geologist-in-training, professional geologist, certified hydrogeologist, or professional engineer.
• Experience designing or overseeing installation of monitoring, production, and/or ASR wells
• Experience establishing monitoring networks or supporting investigations through hydrogeologic fieldwork, data visualization programs (e.g., GIS, Logplot, Leapfrog) and related analytical analysis (e.g., AQTESOLV, Petra, MODFLOW, Javelin Pro+).
• Knowledge of California and/or Arizona regulations and permitting requirements.
• Experience in well or recharge project siting, design, construction, and testing.
• Excellent organizational, writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. desirable in geology, hydrogeology, civil engineering, or water resources-related field.
• California and/or Arizona registration (preferred) as a geologist-in-training, professional geologist, certified hydrogeologist, or professional engineer.

Responsibilities

• Collect groundwater, surface water, and soil samples for laboratory analysis; coordinate with laboratories; and organize data.
• Collect, manage and evaluate hydrogeologic data in support of groundwater supply and groundwater management projects.
• Communicate and coordinate with subcontractors, contractors, and clients to promote project success.
• Deploy, operate, and maintain groundwater and surface water monitoring instrumentation.
• Develop borehole lithology logs and as-built well construction diagrams.
• Develop hydrogeologic conceptual models based on data from state managed databases, aquifer tests, and published/unpublished reports.
• Oversee drilling contractors during water well drilling, monitoring well drilling, and aquifer testing.
• Prepare reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant information.
• Responsible for completing work in safe manner in accordance with company Health and Safety Plans
• Support and coordinate with geophysical subcontractors for surface and downhole geophysical surveys.

Benefits

• 401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: The company matches 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed
• 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
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees