Southwest Florida Water Management District
Tampa, FL, USA
Sep 12, 2024
Full Time
Essential Functions
Develops and manages water resource projects to support development of management strategies and regulations, including minimum flows and levels, to protect and recover lakes, wetlands, springs, freshwater river segments, estuarine river segments and aquifers.
Is familiar with the District’s hydrogeology and conceptual understanding of aquifers and confining units.
Develops scientific methods to support minimum flows and levels establishment and assessments, and other water resource projects, and assists other District staff with water use permitting and planning or oversees consultants selected to perform these efforts.
Conceptualizes and constructs numerical groundwater and integrated surface water/groundwater models; compiles, analyzes and evaluates required data; calibrates models and conducts sensitivity analysis; modifies, runs and post-processes predictive simulations for MFL assessment, water supply planning and assistance to District regulatory staff.
Summarizes and interprets hydrologic and geologic data, develops related recommendations, and performs statistical analysis of hydrologic data.
Ability to analyze model output; lead and respond to peer reviews and make recommendations regarding alternatives evaluated to solve complex water management issues.
Performs field-reconnaissance surveys in support of modeling efforts, technical methods development and application, and other water resource projects.
Writes technical reports and project/study summaries and participates in meetings and provides oral presentations of project/study findings to District peers, management, and Governing Board, as well as external stakeholders, including the general public, permittees and other regulated individuals and organizations, local, state and federal agencies and others.
Project management duties to include contract management and budget development and tracking.