Reservoir Management Team Manager - The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - La Verne, CA
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Company: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
The Water Quality Reservoir Management Team Manager is responsible for managing and supervising the reservoir management team of professional limnologists and biologists. Areas of team responsibility include source water monitoring and sample collection; support of operations and engineering by applying the science of limnology to develop water quality design criteria; monitoring of invasive mussels; and response to taste and odor events and emerging public health issues. The team is also responsible for evaluating environmental, climatic, and hydrodynamic impacts on source water quality.
As the Reservoir Management Team Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating the source water activities for compliance, early warning, contamination events, operations, and resource planning. You will act as project manager on source water quality concerns and issues; prepare proposals, administer contracts, work with internal and external partners, manage and direct the preparation of project reports, manage data, and make presentations, as well as assist with developing team, unit policies, methods, and procedures.
This job announcement has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this classification / job.
To view the full job description click here: Limnology and Reservoir Team Manager
EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and eight years of increasingly responsible relevant experience, of which two years must have been in a project management, supervisory, or lead capacity; or an advanced degree from an accredited college or university and six years of increasingly responsible relevant experience, of which two years must have been in a project management, supervisory, or lead capacity.
Increasingly Responsible Relevant Experience is defined as: Any combination of the following which contributes to an advanced knowledge of limnological water quality issues, monitoring, and drinking water reservoir management: applied and theoretical limnology; relevant drinking water treatment processes and regulations; lake profiling for various water quality parameters; effective management of manganese, sulfide, and other anoxia-related issues; nutrient cycling; remote sensing; hydrodynamic modeling; watershed events and impacts on water quality; aquatic biology and problematic organisms; monitoring for cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins; treating lakes to control problematic cyanobacteria; and monitoring for invasive mussels.
CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
License(s): Valid California Class C Driver’s License or equivalent that allows you to drive during your employment is required at time of application
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS
Advanced degree from an accredited college or university with a major in a relevant field such as, but not limited to, limnology, aquatic sciences, environmental science, lake management, aquatic ecology, water resources management, or freshwater sciences. North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) Certified Lake Manager highly desirable.
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Benefits:
• Competitive compensation
• Excellent medical, dental, life, vision plans.
• Deferred compensation in the form of a 401(k) plan (with matching contribution) and a 457 plan.
• Retirement benefits under the California Public Employees' Retirement System
• Tuition reimbursement
• Training and advancement opportunities
• Excellent working environment
• Public transportation reimbursements and van pools
For more information on MWD benefits, please use the following link: Benefits Regular FT PT Employees (Represented)
ABOUT MWD
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a consortium of 26 cities and water districts that provides drinking water to nearly 19 million people in Southern California. Metropolitan’s mission is to provide its service area with adequate and reliable supplies of high quality water to meet current and future needs in an environmentally and economically responsible way. Metropolitan’s facilities include the 242-mile Colorado River Aqueduct, five water treatment plants with a combined capacity of 2.3 billion gallons per day, nine surface water reservoirs, 830 miles of pipeline, and 15 hydroelectric power plants.
MWD is a Federal and State EO employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.
Application Filing Period: Closes at 4:30 pm PT on the date stated in the job announcement. However it may close prior to the filing end date if sufficient applications have been received. If sufficient applications have not been received, then the filing period end date may be extended.
Sponsorship: Applicants for employment with The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (i.e., H1-B or other employment-based immigration case).
Job Status:
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