Watershed Progressive is hiring a Water Resource Field Specialist to join our team! As a Water Resource Field Specialist at Watershed Progressive, you will play a crucial role in advancing our mission of “connecting communities with their watersheds through integrated strategies for a healthy, resilient future” through your skills, expertise, and contribution to a dynamic team. Your responsibilities will encompass a wide range of tasks related to landscape construction and planning. Your work will contribute to the development and implementation of projects that engage communities in building local climate resilience. This position offers an opportunity to expand your career in building creative, integrative water solutions for healthy communities.
Who Should Apply:
We recognize that environmental challenges, social and economic inequity, and environmental racism are intrinsically linked, and therefore, marginalized communities must be centered in the work we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. Women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other people from communities traditionally underrepresented in the environmental sectors, are encouraged to apply. Even if you do not meet all the criteria described above, we encourage anyone who is interested in this opportunity to apply. We seek dedicated people who believe they have the skills and ambition to succeed at Watershed Progressive to apply for this role.
GENERAL JOB DUTIES:
- Assist with installation of greywater, stormwater, rainwater and other Low Impact Design (LID) and ecological design landscape/green infrastructure projects at residences, commercial and public spaces.
- Data collection and file sharing management.
- Provide training and support to interns, co-op, CCC and other volunteer groups.
- Perform education and outreach activities for clients, public and peer groups at various scheduled events.
- Tool management and safety.
- Team building and communication development.
- Lead and train project teams on installation of greywater, stormwater, rainwater and other low impact design and ecological design landscape/green infrastructure projects at residences, commercial and public spaces.
- Perform installations based on preliminary concepts, sketches, engineering calculations, specification sheets and other field derived data.
- Act as quality control lead on various assigned tasks and projects.
- Perform site ecological assessment and evaluation, including planning schematics for Water Resource Planning/Drafters/Engineering and adaptive field decisions.
- Material and bid sheet generation.
- Three of the following advanced certifications (or equivalent): ARCSA, QWEL, PDC, Water-Pro, ALDA, QSD
- Two years’ adaptive field management, quality control supervisory experience.
- Experience in construction cost estimates, site grading and drainage plans, utility design including hydrology/hydraulics, and stormwater treatment design.
- Experience managing installations for commercial or public LID/Green infrastructure projects.
- Experience with onsite LID water resource and/or watershed based calculations.
- Creative, integrative and constructive positive approach to work ethic, time management, team building and client output.
- Detail-oriented, highly self-organized and able to meet deadlines consistently.
- Must be a team player and willing to contribute to a fast-paced, dynamic, creative environment.
- Good listener, able to take and follow directions, as well as coordinate identified subtasks to others.
- Must be able to travel for short and extended periods through California.
- Must be a self-starter and work independently with conflicting deadlines.
- Must have some general knowledge and/or certification of water conservation, greywater, rainwater, watershed hydrology and stormwater systems.
- Able to generate clear, professional planning schematics for water assessment planning.
- Able to generate schematic details not included on existing drawings to accurately reflect as-installed field conditions based on direction provided by lead drafters, designers and engineers.
- Familiarity and practical experience with practices and trends in water supply, development and management of water in California. Understanding of regulatory framework for green infrastructure water, wastewater, groundwater, storm water, or recycled water issues
- Experience with installing and/or designing greywater, rainwater or stormwater systems is desirable, while must have some general knowledge and/or certification of water conservation, greywater, rainwater, watershed hydrology and stormwater systems
- Experience working on installations for commercial or public Low Impact Design/Green infrastructure projects
- Experience installing irrigation systems
- Experience planting native trees
- Experience with water resource monitoring data collection and metadata organization
- Excellent, professional, oral, and/or written communication skills
- The following advanced certifications (or equivalent): ARCSA, QWEL, PDC, Water-Pro, ALDA, QSD, Aquascape, Grey Water Action
- Experience living in or working with marginalized communities
- Bilingual
Level II (In addition to above):
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Two years of relevant coursework or practical experience in water, wastewater, groundwater, stormwater or recycled water fields performing professional-level resource planning, modeling, legislative or regulatory analysis, or project management is preferred.
Level II:
REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES
Level II (In addition to above):
HIGHLY DESIREABLE
Any of these additional skills and experience are a plus:
Rainwater harvesting system design and construction
Greywater system design and construction
Lawn/Turf Removal
Lawn/Turf Irrigation Systems
Extensive knowledge of CA native plants
