Dams and Canals Engineer, Water Resources
Job Description and Duties
The Geotechnical Sciences Section (GSS) is seeking a creative, motivated, and talented Civil Engineer to work on exciting and challenging design projects. Work includes the design of large civil engineering projects associated with dams, the California Aqueduct, levees, and other water infrastructure. Work also includes involvement during construction.
Under the direction of a Senior Engineer, WR, the incumbent will work in a collaborative environment to perform civil and geotechnical engineering analyses, studies, and investigations, and prepare reports, presentations, designs, drawings, quantities cost estimates, and specifications for a variety of State Water Project facilities and other water infrastructure such as earthen dams, canal embankments, pipelines, and other hydraulic structures and water infrastructure. Work products include stability and seepage modeling, engineering analyses, and design calculations. The incumbent will prepare written responses to a wide variety of communications and will support construction activities by making site visits, providing construction inspections, working on change orders, and answering submittals and requests for information. In addition, GSS Engineers may work as first responders during floods and other State Water Project facility emergencies and are often requested to assist with construction inspection on their projects.
Department Information
Division of Engineering, Geotechnical Services Branch, Geotechnical Sciences Section/Soils Unit, Sacramento
Department of Water Resources (DWR) was established in 1956 by the California State Legislature. We manage California’s water resources, systems, and infrastructure, including the State Water Project, in a responsible sustainable way.
At DWR, we are embedding climate change response into every project we undertake. We have set standards to help evaluate how each project incorporates climate resilience principles and ensure consistency across the Department. Our mission is to sustainably manage the water resources of California, in cooperation with other agencies, to benefit the state’s people and protect, restore, and enhance the natural and human environments.
DWR also strives to create a trusting and welcoming workplace where employees embrace diverse viewpoints and treat each other with civility and respect. An important component of DWR’s equal employment opportunity program centers around justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Department Website: https://water.ca.gov.
Free virtual career consultation services including one-on-one DWR career consultations, application/resume review, tips for applying, and mock interviews, provided by DWR’s Recruitment and Workforce Planning section can now be scheduled via https://water.ca.gov/About/Careers.
Minimum Requirements
You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.
