Title: Associate Water Resources Specialist/Environmental Scientist
Location: San Jose, CA, 95118
Duration: 6 months
Position type: Onsite
Payrate: $51.86/hr on w2 without benefits
Job Description:
- This is the fully competent level within the professional water resources specialist class series. Incumbents are responsible for a broad range of assignments, projects, analyses and modeling, and studies. Incumbents use independent judgment and decision-making authority to resolve complex problems. Work is typically reviewed upon completion for technical soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements and the methodology used in arriving at the end results is not reviewed in detail. This class is distinguished from the Senior Water Resources Specialist in that the latter serves as lead on the most technically complicated water resource projects and/or programs at the District, requiring a greater level of independence and decision-making authority
- Receives general supervision from assigned supervisory and managerial staff. Employees within this class have assigned duties that require the exercise of judgment or choice among possible actions, sometimes without clear precedents and with concern for the consequences of the action. Employees may or may not work in proximity to their supervisor.
- May exercise lead direction or full supervision over assigned staff.
Role & Responsibilities:
- The duties specified below are representative of the range of duties assigned to this class and are not intended to be an inclusive list. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this position. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions.
- Some positions may plan, organize, schedule, assign, review, supervise and evaluate the work of assigned staff.
- Manage assigned projects and programs; lead and guide project teams and assigned staff in the execution of projects/programs; develop work plans consisting of mission, objectives, scope of work, budget, schedules, and baseline requirements; identify strategic, project/program management, and external issues, recommend solutions, and under guidance of more experienced staff implement solutions to manage risks and issues
- Serve as a technical resource in a specific field/specialty of water resources including formulating projects, assessing program effectiveness, and analyzing a variety of unusual conditions, problems, or questions; oversee quality assurance and quality control activities within area of expertise.
Initiate solicitations, including requests for proposals and sole source requests to provide materials and services; coordinate and participate in the evaluation of submittals; negotiate and execute contracts; prepare and submit Board Agenda items for contract approval; administer and manage contracts ensuring compliance with all requirements. - Conduct studies, investigations, and analyses, such as water supply planning, numerical modeling and analysis, forecasting and risk analysis, hydrogeological studies, feasibility studies, water resources systems simulations, water quality and chemistry studies, financial analyses and pricing scenarios, and other statistical analysis; apply water resources principles and practices to varied problems; recommend and implement best management practices; research, collect, and analyze scientific, engineering, hydrogeologic, and financial data, statistics, and surveys.
- Analyze proposed and current legislation and government policies, rules, standards, and regulations and develop recommendations; serve on various technical advisory committees; review environmental and regulatory reports and engineering designs, plans, and specifications.
- Prepare and negotiate water supply contracts, imported water delivery schedules, construction plans, designs, and specifications, and other agreements related to assigned projects and programs.
- Prepare and review technical and regulatory reports regarding issues such as water supply operations and management, groundwater monitoring, contamination, and protection, surface water and groundwater quality, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) permit compliance, and long-term water supply modeling and analysis.
- Develop and review staff reports related to water resources projects and programs; present to various commissions, committees, and boards; may present information to the Board of Directors.
Serve as a liaison for the assigned projects and/or area of responsibility to other District units, divisions, and outside agencies; represent the project/program/unit with outside agencies and community groups; participate in negotiation and resolution of significant and controversial issues. - Negotiate and administer agreements between the District and other public agencies and private parties; represent the District on water resource protection and management issues.
- Attend and participate in professional group meetings; stay abreast of and interpret new trends, laws, regulations, and innovations in the related field of water resources, science, and/or engineering and their impact on the District; develop and recommend compliance strategies.
- Oversee the development and maintenance various databases and computer files and use specialized software.
- Pursuant to California Government Code Section 3100, all public employees are required to serve as disaster service workers subject to such disaster service activities as may be assigned to them by their supervisors or by law.
- Employees have a responsibility for safety; for following safety regulations and safety policies and procedures applicable to their work.
Training and Experience:
- The following combination represents the minimum training and experience requirements for this classification:
Training - Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in water resources management, natural resources management, planning, civil or other field of engineering, geology, physical sciences, earth sciences, natural sciences or a field related to assigned functional area(s).
Experience - Four (4) years of professional level experience with responsibility for compliance with environmental permitting, water supply planning or distribution, groundwater management, mitigation of natural resource impacts, or hydrogeology.
License or Certificate:
- Possession of a valid California Driver's License and a satisfactory driving record may be required at the time of appointment and as a condition of continued employment, but only when driving is an essential function of the position. If the Driver's License requirement applies to a particular classification, it will be clearly stated in the job posting.
Some positions may require registration with the State of California as a Professional Geologist (PG) or Professional Engineer (PE).
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22nd Century Technologies, Inc.
Payrate: $51.86/hr on w2
Feb 03, 2026