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Are you looking for a fulfilling career protecting California’s waters for the benefit of current and future generations? Are you looking for a chance to work with technical experts and expand your management and leadership skills? If so, then this is the position for you.

The California Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s, Rancho Cordova Office has an opening for a Supervising Water Resource Control Engineer (WRCE) overseeing key permitting activities for Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program and Nonpoint Source Program. The position is located at 11020 Sun Center Drive, Rancho Cordova, California 95670.

Duties:

The Supervising WRCE will serve as the Program Manager for the Central Valley Water Board’s Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program and as a Section Chief for staff working in the Region’s Rancho Cordova office. Section Chief responsibilities include organizing, coordinating, and directing the work of three major functional units of Regional Board staff. These units include: the Irrigated Lands Compliance and Outreach Unit, the Monitoring and Implementation Unit, and the Nonpoint Source Planning 303(d) Unit. Work in these units consists of conducting detailed technical reviews of water quality reports, review of monitoring data, implementing permit requirements, conducting field visits, and enforcement of regulations. The Supervising WRCE will also serve as the region’s Irrigated Lands Program Manager and will be responsible for ensuring region-wide consistency in the implementation of program requirements.

The Supervising WRCE will work closely with executive management and legal staff to interpret regulations and policies to ensure Irrigated Lands Program requirements are consistent with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies. The Supervising WRCE will be required to utilize project management tools to assist Senior staff with maintaining project milestone schedules, and to coordinate work tasks with federal, State, and local agencies, stakeholders, and staff. The Supervising WRCE will be required to ably represent the Central Valley Water Board in public hearings and in meetings and will be responsible for developing briefing materials on emerging issues and program performance for the Board and for the members of the Executive Management Group, which consists of the Executive Officer, the four Assistant Executive Officers, and the Board’s Administrative Officer.

Please review the attached Duty Statement for description of roles and responsibilities.

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.

If the position requires driving, you must possess a current and valid driver’s license. Please Do Not include full Social Security Number, method of eligibility, and LEAP information in your application package.

Salary information – CalHR salary rules allow appointment at the entrance rate (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, § 599.673) of a classification. For classes with alternate ranges, placement is based on education/experience.

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You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $12,196.00 - $15,266.00 per Month

The Water Resources Control Board is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSFL) Qualified Employer.