Engineering Geologist

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Are you looking for an exciting and fulfilling career in geology/hydrogeology and agricultural engineering? If you enjoy a career helping others and working in an office and field environment, then this may be the position for you! Apply today and join our team. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board has an opening for an Engineering Geologist (EG) in the Confined Animals Unit. The position is located at 11020 Sun Center Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670, right off Highway 50, which is within a pleasant business park with walking paths and nearby restaurants and shops.

Priority specific EG duties include the following:

• Performs technical assessment of engineering reports and reviews and evaluates water quality data from technical and monitoring reports for assigned facilities.
• Using engineering geologic judgment and technical data from observations, self-monitoring reports, and sampling, ascertains dischargers' compliance with basin plan, waste discharge requirements (WDRs), Regional and State Water Board policies and regulations.
• Reviews groundwater monitoring work plans and monitoring results of assigned cases to determine compliance with WDRs.
• Evaluates environmental and engineering data relating to the design and performance of assigned facilities.
• Evaluates sampling points and laboratory techniques.
• Performs engineering and geotechnical reviews on matters relating to liner and cover construction, soil characteristics, waste constituent loading, groundwater hydrogeology, and receiving water assimilative capacities of assigned cases.
• Using engineering geologic judgment, prepares all necessary documentation such as letters, memorandums, reports, and enforcement orders resulting from evaluation of an assigned technical report.

The applicants can review the Duty Statement attached for more details.

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 drivers 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 .