Water Resources Engineer IV

Job Description Summary:

Salary: $87,235.20 - $130,832.00 annually

The Water Resources Engineer IV (WRE IV) is essential for ensuring community safety and resilience through effective flood modeling and real-time flood forecasting. This role involves using advanced software tools for hydrology and hydraulics tasks, monitoring and managing flood conditions, and communicating with the public and partner agencies. WRE IV also assists in planning and monitoring the District’s Water Supply/Transmission System, performs data-related tasks, and manages multiple projects. Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and continuous improvement are key aspects of this position.

Job Description

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. 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. The work performed includes all essential functions of an Engineer III with the addition of the following:

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Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hand to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, talk or hear. Employees must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee typically resides within an office or cubicle and will have fieldwork that may expose the employee to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The employee must be able to work long hours under stress in flood situations.