Water Resource Control Engineer
The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has an opening for a permanent, full-time Water Resource Control Engineer position in the Toxics Cleanup Division.
The position is located at 1515 Clay Street, Suite 1400, Oakland, CA 94612.
Duties:
Under the close supervision of a Senior Water Resource Control Engineer in the Toxics Cleanup Division, the incumbent will manage regulatory oversight of investigation and remediation projects, perform environmental engineering and other technical work, and implement State environmental laws and programs.
Specific duties include:
Prepare written requirements, comments, and approval letters for reports and information relating to investigations, remediation, and monitoring to assess potential impacts to water quality and human health and demonstrate regulatory compliance. Review and evaluate reports involving the environmental engineering and mathematical, physical, chemical, and geologic engineering sciences relating to subsurface investigation and soil and groundwater remediation. Participate in technical and policy meetings to coordinate and communicate regulatory input for optimal project management and regulatory oversight. Attend public meetings that may be held during or after regular business hours. Prepare fact sheets and other public announcements. Prepare tentative orders and informational items for Board consideration. Update required fields and enter site-specific records in the GeoTracker database. Perform site inspections to review compliance with requirements. Maintain appropriate health and safety training and comply with applicable health and safety procedures. Identify instances of significant non-compliance and recommend enforcement actions. Provide Site Cleanup Program management support.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
Additional information:
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.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Equivalent to graduation from college with a bachelors or advanced degree curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology with major work in environmental, chemical, sanitary, mechanical, agricultural, geotechnical, or civil engineering, or a related engineering discipline. (If the Accreditation Board accredits any engineering curriculum for Engineering in the institution from which the degree is earned, all engineering curricula from that institution will be considered accredited.) Possession of equivalent qualifications may be demonstrated by graduation from an unaccredited curriculum in any of the above specialized engineering fields, which includes the basic engineering courses normally covered in a standard four-year course, and by qualifying in a written examination covering water quality control engineering. (Registration as a Senior or graduate student in any of the above specialized engineering fields will admit the applicant to the examination, but they must produce evidence of graduation before they will be considered eligible for appointment.)
Desirable Qualifications:
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
Coursework/Experience in:
- Environmental, civil, or chemical engineering; organic chemistry; hydrogeology; water resources management; and/or soil science
- Design and construction of soil, groundwater, and soil vapor remediation or mitigation systems
- Assessment and mitigation of vapor intrusion of chemicals from the subsurface to indoor air
- Assessing environmental contamination including development of work plans, collection of environmental samples, and preparation of reports
- Making accurate tests, observations, and measurements
Licensure:
- Registered California Professional Engineer
Familiarity with:
- GIS, contour maps, and other data plots and charts
- Laws and regulations related to water quality protection and cleanup
Knowledge of:
- Fundamental engineering principals
- Environmental sampling methodology, survey techniques, and mapping
Ability to:
- Manage and prioritize multiple tasks/projects
- Complete work commitments
- Write clearly and concisely
- Effectively analyze problems, consider alternatives, and make recommendations