Hydrologist

Lower Colorado River Authority; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Lower Colorado River Authority in Austin, TX is seeking a motivated earth scientist focused on surface water hydrology. The role involves calculating discharge, maintaining field monitoring equipment, data quality control, hydraulic analysis, and communicating results to decision makers.

Occasional night/weekend work is required within 30 miles of Austin. All levels welcome from junior to senior hydrologists.

Qualifications

• Four or more years of experience in hydrology or related fields (data collection, analysis, or equipment work).
• A degree in hydrology, water resources, electronics, engineering, or as per LCRA guidelines may substitute years of experience.
• Driver's license is required.

Responsibilities

• Collect and monitor hydrologic data (stage/discharge, high water marks, reference elevations).
• Maintain field instruments and calibrate meteorological equipment.
• Analyze hydrologic data and develop rating curves for sites.
• Educate and communicate results to internal and external customers.

Skills

Hydrology principles

Remote data collection

Data systems maintenance

SQL queries

API calls

Field data collection

Education

Hydrology degree

Engineering degree

Water resources degree

Tools

Field instruments

Meteorological equipment

Job description

Here’s The Role

Does working outdoors, collecting and analyzing water data sound like a dream? We are hiring a highly motivated and dedicated earth scientist interested in surface water hydrology and hydrography! In this role, you will apply science and creativity to solve real-world problems and ensure important hydrologic and meteorological data reach our decision makers. You will calculate low flow and flood flow discharge measurements, do routine maintenance on and troubleshoot field monitoring equipment, data quality control, survey, hydraulic analysis, and data analysis. Candidates should live within 30 miles of Austin to be available for occasional night, weekend, and holiday work. Whether you are new, junior, or a senior level hydrologist, we want you!

How You’ll Contribute

• Collect and monitor hydrologic data including but not limited to stage/discharge measurements, reference elevation marks, high water marks, point of zero flow, and channel and control section conditions.
• Maintain field instruments and calibrate meteorological equipment.
• Analyze hydrologic data including development and maintaining rating curves for stream sites.
• Educate and communicate to internal and external customers on lake and river operations and conditions.

How You’re Qualified

• Four or more years of experience in hydrology, such as performing equipment installation/maintenance, hydrologic data collection and hydrologic analysis or relevant experience.
• A degree(s) in hydrology, water resources, electronics, engineering or relevant field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.
• Driver's license

How You’ll Stand Out

• Knowledge of hydrological principles, practices and tools.
• Knowledge of remote data collection systems and how it pertains to meteorological equipment.
• Knowledge of monitoring, testing, debugging, and maintaining hydrology related systems on servers (applications, server operating systems, database, and hardware).
• Knowledge of database management and topology – how data moves between systems including use of SQL queries and API calls.

How We’ll Support You

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Equal Opportunity Employer

• LCRA provides equal employment opportunities and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at LCRA are based on business need, job requirement and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal and state legal requirements governing nondiscrimination in employment.
• LCRA is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact LCRA Human Resources [phone] or email [e-mail]. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.