INTERA is seeking a highly motivated, team-oriented Water Resources Specialist to join our collaborative New Mexico Water Resources team. Our ideal candidate will have a strong background in technical writing, Western United States water resources activities, public outreach, hydrogeology, and technical evaluations with a passion for protecting and managing water resources sustainably.
Our corporate purpose is Innovation and stewardship for a sustainable tomorrow.
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Responsibilities:
In this position, you will be responsible for working closely with a collaborative team on a variety of hydrogeology and water resources planning projects. Tasks and responsibilities include:
- Groundwater Sustainability Plan Deliverable Support: Coordinate with multiple authors on California groundwater sustainability plans. Develop executive summaries for these plans to a target audience of stakeholders and decision-makers.
- Stakeholder Outreach: Develop plans for and conduct public outreach to identify and support values, needs, and knowledge of stakeholders in relation to water resource resilience decision support.
- Water Rights Adjudication Support: Support aspects of water rights adjudication services including but not limited to hydrographic surveys, water use analysis, and hydrologic investigations.
- Technical Writing: Support proposal development and reporting for project deliverables.
- Data Processing: Collect, manage, and interpret large-scale datasets.
- GIS Support: Conduct spatial analyses and generate figures.
Required Qualifications
- BS in Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Geology, Civil Engineering, or Environmental Engineering.
- 1 – 5 years experience in water resources, preferably in the western United States.
- Highly skilled technical reports.
- Clear, well-rounded communication skills and the ability to maintain strong interpersonal relationships.
- Foundational understanding of Western United States water rights.
- Proficiency with Excel.
- Experience with ArcGIS.
- Ability to collaborate across diverse, multidisciplinary teams.
- Desire to join or be actively involved in professional organizations.
Preferred Qualifications
- MS in Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a water resources related discipline.
- Professional registration or the desire/ability to earn a professional registration (EIT or PE).
About INTERA & Our Benefits
Founded in 1974, INTERA has grown into an international geosciences and engineering consulting firm that helps clients make informed business decisions, mitigate risk, and drive optimal outcomes in a multitude of industries. Building and sustaining a strong company culture is at the heart of INTERA’s practice of good stewardship. We strive to foster an environment where people love the work that they do and the place that they work because we believe that our employees are our most valuable asset. As an employee-owned company, we are committed to investing in our people’s needs for security, health, and well-being with:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance that includes a free health plan option for employee-only coverage;
- Paid parental leave – up to 12 weeks for birthing and non-birthing parents;
- Group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short-term and long-term coverage – paid 100% by the company;
- Paid holiday, vacation, and sick time;
- Opportunities for stock ownership;
- Performance-based bonuses and award programs for technical paper publication and employee referrals;
- Career coaching instead of performance evaluations;
- Tuition reimbursement, financial assistance for professional licensure and registration, and one paid membership to a professional society; and
- Pet insurance, LegalShield, IDShield, and more.
These are some of the reasons why many of our employees have spent 10 to 25 years at INTERA. We love what we do, and it shows.
