Hydrogeologist or Engineer
The Southwest Florida Water Management District (District), a leader in protecting Florida’s water resources, is seeking a Hydrogeologist or Engineer to perform complex technical, scientific, and administrative work based on an understanding of natural and physical science in areas such as hydrology, geology, and/or engineering. The successful candidate will gather, interpret, and use hydrologic or hydrogeologic data; plan, coordinate, manage, or assist with research investigations, water resource assessments, resource recovery assessments, or related projects; summarize and interpret data, develop recommendations, and perform statistical analysis of hydrologic data; help prepare and present technical reports; review and evaluate reports; analyze model output; help respond to external peer reviews; make recommendations regarding alternatives evaluated to solve complex water management issues; effectively manage project deadlines and resources; and improve and modernize processes through continual technical assessment, analysis, and program development.
The District strives to hire and retain outstanding talent within an individual’s desired field to successfully fulfill the District’s mission. The District searches for those with extraordinary interpersonal skills, communication skills (both written and verbal), problem-solving skills, and a passion for technical excellence.
The District prides itself in being a science and technology leader in the management of water resources for its sixteen-county coverage area. The District offers work-life balance, collaborative work environment and competitive benefits’ including medical insurance, paid annual and sick leave, Florida Retirement System benefits, just to name a few.
Essential Functions
- Able to work with individuals and multidisciplinary teams in a constructive and collaborative manner.
- Complete technical research and analysis to assess or solve water management issues on assigned projects, including independent modeling (statistical and numerical) of groundwater flow systems.
- Conceptualize and construct regional models; understand underlying governing equations and boundary conditions; analyze and evaluate model inputs and outputs; calibrate models and conduct sensitivity analyses; construct predictive simulations; help respond to internal and external peer reviews and implement recommendations.
- Use principles and practices of groundwater and surface-water hydrology, groundwater quality, water resource development, management, regulation, and geologic principles and practices to develop complex groundwater flow and hydrologic models.
- Summarize and interpret data; develop recommendations; and perform statistical analysis of hydrologic data.
- Help conduct complex research, prepare reports, and credibly present results in oral and written form to audiences that include the public, stakeholders, executive staff, and policy makers.
- Knowledge of computers, computer applications, and software commonly used in the field of water resources.
- Help manage water resource investigations at the conceptual/planning level and help perform advanced level geological, analytical, statistical, and/or modeling analysis.
- Manage projects including: planning, budgeting, setting and meeting milestones, overseeing contractors, reviewing deliverables and invoices, and ensuring projects are completed on-time and within budget.
- Actively manage workload and independently schedule and track ongoing assignments with minimal supervision.
Additional Details
This position is typically scheduled to work 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, out of the Brooksville, FL office. This position is eligible for compensatory time for hours worked over 40 hours, in a week.