Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist)

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Link: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=445533 

Note: This position will no longer be available on CalCareers after the job closes on 8/27/2024. No applications will be accepted after the job closing date.

Positions at the Water Boards may be eligible for telework with in-person attendance based on the operational needs of the position.

Are you interested in helping to put California’s water resources to their fullest use, while protecting existing diverters and instream resources? Join our permitting team to help process water right applications on high priority groundwater recharge water diversion projects in watersheds throughout California. The State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Water Rights has an opening for a permanent, full-time Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist) in the Permitting Section. The position is located at 1001 I Street, 14th Floor, Sacramento, right in the heart of downtown next to light rail stations and other public transportation.

Duties:

The incumbent is a nonsupervisory specialist that performs professional scientific work related to the administration of water rights laws, regulations, and policies of the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board). The incumbent performs complex, critical, and technical scientific assignments focused on the processing of water right applications, petitions, registrations, and other processes related to administration of the State Water Board’s water rights permitting authority. The incumbent is expected to exercise good judgment independently while reviewing water right applications, petitions, and related matters that are complex, controversial, high priority, and time sensitive.

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.

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

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $7,336.00 – $9,126.00 per month

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No nights
• No weekends

Ability to Commute:

• Sacramento, CA (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sacramento, CA