Water Conservation Supervisor

The Water Conservation Supervisor plays a key role in our goal to protect and sustain water resources for our community. This position provides direct supervision to data analysts and water conservation specialists while working closely with customer service team. Our team uses data and data science to understand and interpret water use, support financial decisions, and design concierge-style communication with customers You will guide these efforts to support conservation goals, create water-saving strategies, manage programs across customer types, and influence customer communications. If you thrive on analysis, enjoy collaborating with diverse teams, and want to create lasting change, this role may be a great fit.

Why work for us? The work you do will directly shape a sustainable future for our community where we live, work, and play. We offer excellent health benefits, a housing program, and opportunities for training and development.

Day-to-Day:

• Oversee daily operations and activities of the water conservation data and outreach teams to ensure efficient and effective implementation of conservation programs. Foster a productive and positive work environment by providing guidance and training and monitor progress on initiatives to ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Support data analyses, QA/QC, and data presentation work in collaboration with IT, finance, and other departments as appropriate to ensure correct and timely data are used to support all District operations and communications.
• Partner closely within Water Conservation and with other departments to provide consistent and positive customer experience. This includes coordinating communication on water conservation programs, billing and rate structure questions, and other initiatives.
• Lead data analysis, evaluation, visualization, and data management efforts by applying statistical and data science methods to understand water use and customer behavior, while developing interactive dashboards, charts, and reports in Power BI and Shiny to communicate key findings for both internal decision-making and public engagement.
• Apply best practices in water conservation and data-driven rate structures with strong documentation skills for maintaining reports, records, and files.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with significant course work in environmental science, conservation, biological science, data analysis, or related fields, and minimum of two years of professional experience in a data analysis-heavy field, or any combination of experience and training that would provide the required knowledge and abilities.
• People Leadership: Two years of experience supervising or leading staff, including formal or informal lead roles with responsibility for providing work guidance to others
• Communication & Customer Service: Ability to explain complex technical information to general audiences, experience developing communication strategies that support cultural or behavioral changes, and experience in customer support, including de-escalation and service recovery.
• Data & Programming: Proficiency in querying, extraction, transformation, and statistical evaluations. Experience using data to evaluate and understand scientific information, especially for using data to inform policy and communications approaches.
• Preferred skills: Experience with modeling, including complex joins, stored procedures, views, and validation. Experience with R (R Studio, VS Code, dplyr), Python (pandas), statistical analysis, understanding of APIs for data integration, and Git for reproducible workflows and collaboration. Strong Excel skills (Pivot Tables, Conditional Formatting, Index Match, Data Validation).

The Schedule

This position is expected to work a hybrid schedule, working on-site 2-3 days per week at our office in Vail, Colorado.

Salary Range

The pay range for this role is $97,718 – $146,556 annually. Starting salary depends on qualifications but generally falls within the minimum and midpoint of the pay range.

Benefits

At ERWSD, we value life-work balance and are leaders in the industry with our holistic benefits package, which includes but is not limited to:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employee housing or $522 monthly housing stipend
• Wellness program
• Retirement savings plans (414h and 457)
• 5 paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance (if applicable)
• $700 annual recreation benefit
• Tuition reimbursement
• Loan programs (ski pass, computer, EVs)

All District employees must submit to a pre-employment drug screen and extensive background check including an educational verification and reference check. For a full description of the role including work environment and physical demands, email erwsdjobs@erwsd.org.  

All applicants must apply online at www.erwsd.org by September 21, 2025.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.