WATER RESOURCE CONTROL ENGINEER

State of California•Sacramento, CA

31d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Board) provides regulatory oversight of a wide variety of activities that pose a threat to the quality of the region's surface and ground water. The Board's Redding office has a tight-knit management team and highly capable staff that together aim to influence practices and policies statewide. We are looking for a motivated candidate to fill a staff Water Resource Control Engineer position responsible for providing regulatory oversight of challenging cannabis cultivation activities in the Cannabis Regulatory Unit. The incumbent will perform staff level activities associated with the evaluation, inspection, regulation, and remediation of cannabis cultivation activities to integrate engineering expertise in the identification and treatment of water quality threats associated with cannabis cultivation. The incumbent will successfully work with a variety of parties from diverse backgrounds and education, including engineers, geologists, environmental scientists, scientific aids, clerical staff, managers, and legal counsel. The position is located at 364 Knollcrest Dr. Ste 205, Redding, CA 96002. Under the general direction of the Senior Engineering Geologist, the incumbent will participate in the following components of the Cannabis Regulatory Program: Permitting/permit compliance Outreach Enforcement

Requirements

Must have Water Resource Control Engineer list, transfer, or reinstatement eligibility and be reachable on the certification list. Here is the link to the exam: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=2925.
An applicant with a college degree obtained outside the United States that does meet accreditation standards must have education records evaluated by a credentials evaluation service. Evaluation of education records will be due during final minimum qualification evaluation of candidate(s). A link of accepted evaluation agencies can be found here: https://www.naces.org/members.
Electronic submittal of applications and attachments through jobs.ca.gov is preferred.
Emailed or faxed applications will not be accepted.
You are required to complete employment history on the application form (STD. 678), including work experience, dates, hours worked, contact names and phone numbers of supervisors on the state application. Applicants who fail to submit a completed STD. 678 may be disqualified.
In the hiring interview, the panel will consider education, experience, personal development, personal traits and fitness for the job.
In appraising experience, more weight may be given to the breadth of pertinent experience and evidence of the candidate's ability to accept and fulfill increasing responsibilities than to the length of his/her experience.
For additional information, you may refer to the class specification.
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.

Nice To Haves

Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
Experience in and ability to conduct physically demanding field investigations during all weather conditions that may exceed eight hours in a day.
Experience in environmental investigations including fate and transport of chemicals.
Knowledge or experience of water quality issues.
Customer service or public interface experience.
Experience working with a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency professional team.
Interagency coordination experience.
An understanding of environmental regulation.
Knowledge or experience with cannabis operations/regulations.
Experience in site assessment.
Fieldwork or sampling experience.
Ability to organize and set priorities on assignments and meet deadlines.
Applicant must also have the ability to work both in a team environment and independently; effective communication skills; good organizational and interpersonal skills; data analysis experience; technical writing experience; and a working knowledge of and/or training or experience with computer applications (such as GPS, ArcGIS, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point).

Responsibilities

Reviewing technical documents including results of impact investigations
Conducting inspections
Assessing potential impacts to the beneficial uses of water quality from cannabis cultivation activities and developing recommendations for management measures to be implemented
Drafting correspondence and waste discharge requirements
Responding to related inquiries
Conducting sampling/monitoring and participating in meetings with representatives of governmental agencies and regulated dischargers and the public
Using best professional judgment to assure that cannabis cultivation activities are being performed in a manner that will avoid negatively effecting sensitive beneficial uses of water quality such as anadromous salmonid habitat and domestic water supply
Make presentations to interested parties, agencies, local government representatives and the Regional Water Board
Provide technical assistance to agencies and the public to improve project implementation for water quality benefits
The position requires the exercise of professional judgment in performance of duties and the preparation of written and oral reports for staff managers, other agencies, responsible parties, and the Regional Water Board.