DescriptionThis Opportunity
WSP is seeking an Associate Consultant Water Resources Scientist or Engineer to help implement our growing storm water consulting projects in San Diego, Orange, and Los Angeles counties. Bachelor's Degree in natural or physical sciences or related engineering field is required, with a minimum of 1 year of experience in surface water quality monitoring or a closely related field. The ideal candidate will help maintain and grow our environmental consulting business and be passionate about the monitoring and implementation aspects of storm water management, TMDLs, indicator bacteria, water quality resources, environmental permitting, and municipal, commercial and industrial NPDES compliance. Specifically, the ideal candidate should have experience working in the field implementing stormwater monitoring and related monitoring projects. Successful candidates will have the ability and desire to implement the technical aspects of stormwater monitoring as well as provide data management, support data analysis and project reporting tasks. The ideal candidate should have a strong attention to detail and organizational skills, and experience in generating high-quality data and reporting work products for clients. .
Your Impact
- Assist in implementing stormwater monitoring projects of varying size, including field installations, field monitoring, data management, and reporting
- Grow toward leading field teams
- Travel to project(s) as needed for the execution of project goals
- Coordinate and communicate project schedules and staffing requirements with other project managers
- Support technical work scope development
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Water Resources Engineering or Science (or related field)
- 1-3 year of relevant experience in the stormwater or surface water monitoring field, preferably in municipal permit compliance or a closely related area
- Technical expertise in stormwater or surface water sample and data collection
- Demonstrated ability to successfully deliver on tasks and assigned responsibilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Maintain flexibility with respect to assigned tasks due to changing deadlines, deliverables, and priorities.
- Determined, thorough, and organized
- Positive, team-oriented, and self-motivated
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience implementing stormwater and/or related monitoring projects
- Knowledge of local (southern California) water resource market
- M.S. in Water Resources/Environmental Science (or related field)
