Job Summary:

This is a mid to senior level engineering position, which will provide project management of simple to complex water distribution and transmission projects concurrently. Areas of responsibility include the planning, budgeting, permitting, design, and construction of the city’s water distribution and transmission system with significant input on expansion and rehabilitation of the system. This position will also work with operations and engineering staff to optimize the water distribution system to improve water quality, pressures within each zone, fire flows, storage reservoirs, pump stations, and long-term buildout of system.

Deadline: none specified. 

Job Summary: 

Western Resource Advocates (WRA) is hiring a Western Lands Outdoor Equity Attorney (Outdoor Equity Attorney) to join their team. The Outdoor Equity Attorney will be responsible for developing, enacting and enforcing policies that promote outdoor equity and protect equitable, sustainable outdoor recreational access to public lands and waters in the West. The Outdoor Equity Attorney will work closely with the Western Lands Director to ensure that WRA’s goal to protect 50% of Western lands from development is also ensuring that recreational access to public lands and waters is equitable, sustainable, and not based on personal wealth, or privilege.

Deadline: Open until filled

Job Summary: 

As an Engineer on Colorado Springs Utilities’ Water Infrastructure Planning team, you will support the raw water system depended on by the Pikes Peak region. This system originates from snowmelt in the watersheds high in the Rockies consisting of the Arkansas Basin, Colorado Basin, and South Platte River Basin. More information on our water system can be found here.

Deadline: Not specified 

Job Summary: 

Western Resource Advocates (WRA) is seeking an enthusiastic and analytical individual to join their Healthy Rivers Team. The Water Policy Fellow will support a variety of research priorities for WRA’s Healthy Rivers Team. These include, but are not limited to, researching state‐level water policies and programming and working with communities in Colorado and Utah to design and implement local integrated water and land use planning policies. The Fellowship lasts for the term of one year and is an excellent opportunity to learn and grow while working with other water policy and conservation professionals.

Deadline: Monday, January 16. 

Northern Water is seeking a Water Efficiency Specialist to assist municipalities, water districts, HOAs, businesses, and other allottees in their water efficiency efforts. This individual will help us create new landscape models that use less water, adapt to climate stress, provide public value, and support ecosystem services. The Water Efficiency Specialist will collaborate with stakeholders, strategic partners and the water efficiency team as well as assist with education events, training classes, irrigation audits, grants, consultations, outreach and more. This person will also perform annual maintenance on new and renovated small and large-scale demonstrations. Our Conservation Campus is pursuing LEED certification and Sustainable SITES, and we need your help to get there by tracking and benchmarking water use data with water meters, irrigation, troubleshooting, repairs, upgrades, and operating controllers and irrigation components. The successful candidate will care about conservation, must have excellent project management and customer service skills and a passion for implementing water conservation solutions. The candidate must be hard working, reliable, flexible, trustworthy, willing to learn, self-motivated, organized, and work well in a team environment. This position involves time in the office at a computer and in the field and will be part of a dynamic team assisting a range of customers to use water wisely. 

Aurora Water is seeking a Water Conservation Specialist  - Conservation Analyst to join their team. Aurora’s Water Conservation team implements over 20 water conservation programs focused on promoting water efficiency. This position is responsible managing and analyzing program data, developing script using R, Python and VBA. Candidates must also be well versed in ArcGIS and Excel. This position supports all conservation programs and is tasked with driving projects through their understanding of data potential.  

For additional information and to apply, click here.

Position Overview:
Castle Rock Water is seeking to fill a Water Efficiency Technician position. This position is responsible for field work performed in support of the water conservation/efficiency program including education and outreach, landscaping and irrigation best management practices, inspections, enforcement, and continuous program improvement. Work also involves assisting customers in reducing overall consumption. They will perform duties in a manner consistent with the stated values of the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts landscape and irrigation inspections which includes but is not limited to, review of approved plans, pre-construction meetings with installation contractors, soil inspections, sub-surface irrigation inspections, site visits, landscape inspections, and irrigation inspections.
• Conducts customer assistance with sprinkler system assessments and irrigation controller programming.
• Verifies compliance with Water Efficiency Plans through performing indoor and outdoor inspections.
• Maintains current and accurate records of inspection results using Town forms and record keeping software.
• Prepares periodic reports of inspection activities and enforcement action.  
• Provides support for Water Use Management Plan implementation, compliance, and enforcement, to include education, watering schedule, and water waste.  
• Provides support and assistance as a resource to the Town for landscaping and irrigation best management practices.  
• Supports the implementation of initiatives as detailed in the Town's Water Efficiency Master Plan.  
• Responds to inquiries for information as it pertains to our customer assistance program and water efficiency efforts.
• Assists with the mandatory Town Registration for Landscape Professionals program. 
• Assists in the development, implementation, and evaluation of specific water conservation and efficiency measures, including additional rebate programs, cooperative conservation efforts with home builders, development of educational materials for the conservation website, and demonstration gardens.
• Assists with the development of new water efficiency strategies.
• Assists with the documentation and presentation of annual water conservation goals and metrics.
• Participates in water conservation efforts with other Front Range water providers through organizations like the South Metro Water Supply Authority Conservation Sub-Committee, Rocky Mountain Section of the American Water Works Association Conservation Sub-Committee, and Colorado Water Wise.
• Performs inspections as assigned through Castle Rock Water to support the meter services, stormwater, and code enforcement programs.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

This position will remain open continuously until filled.

The full job posting can be found at www.crgov.com/jobs.

Job Summary: 

The Outdoor Equity Attorney will be responsible for developing, enacting and enforcing policies that promote outdoor equity and protect equitable, sustainable outdoor recreational access to public lands and waters in the West. The Outdoor Equity Attorney will work closely with the Western Lands Director to ensure that WRA’s goal to protect 50% of Western lands from development is also ensuring that recreational access to public lands and waters is equitable, sustainable, and not based on personal wealth, or privilege.

Deadline: Open until filled

Left Hand Water District is currently seeking the right candidate for a front line, working Distribution Supervisor. The ideal candidate would have a minimum of seven years of experience working in water distribution system operations and maintenance, and a minimum of five years’ experience working in a lead or supervisory role. Under the direction of the Distribution Manager, this position is responsible for the daily operations of the distribution workgroup, providing technical leadership, and performing a variety of semi-skilled and skilled tasks related to the operation of water distribution facilities.

Excellent benefits & pay; Colorado Class A CDL, Colorado Distribution Operator Certification IV, and experience operating excavating equipment preferable. This position requires employees to respond to after-hours callouts and emergencies in a timely manner. Normal working hours are 8-430 pm, M-F. Candidates must be willing and able to work nights, weekends, holidays and be on-call on a rotating basis. An application can
be downloaded from our website: lefthandwater.org.

Send completed application and resume to:

Email: lhwdhr@gmail.com

Or mail to:
Left Hand Water District
PO Box 210
Niwot, CO 80544
Phone: 303-530-4200

Job Summary:

The City of Fort Collins, Colorado, is seeking a new Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) to lead the Sustainability Service area and support organizational policies, goals, and objectives established by City Leadership. They are looking for a collaborative, human-centered leader to embrace the commitment to equity and inclusion and support the triple-bottom-line approach by leading and directing the three departments of Economic Health, Environmental Services, and Social Sustainability.

Deadline: November 15, 2022.