Senior Water Resources Engineer — Hybrid, Impactful Projects

State of California; California; Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Water Resources seeks a Senior Engineer, Water Resources to lead the System Support Unit within the State Water Project Analysis Office in Sacramento. This permanent, full-time role focuses on supervising staff and ensuring robust project management, cost control, and SAP/CAB/BI support for portfolio operations.

You will work in a hybrid telework environment, contribute to end-user training, coordinate with business managers, and help deliver water resources projects that

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge and experience in project and program planning, cost estimations and allocations, and reporting activities with SAP (or similar) systems.
• Experience or knowledge in the SWP operations for water and power, management of the development and financing of SWP system facilities and understanding of the SWP program control processes and master data.
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills, management skills such as organization, project management, prioritization and coordination, and strong problem-solving skills.
• Work cooperatively with others, maintain consistent attendance, and exercise good judgment.
• Applicants should possess strong research, analytical, and solution development skills, and the ability to train system users.

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff providing project management and technical and functional assistance supporting operations and maintenance of SAP CAB systems and BI/CMR tools.
• Assist in creating training end-user materials, system testing procedures and best practices.
• Maintain and validate master and interface data, coordinate enhancements and defect tracking, and document system processes.
• Coordinate meetings for system Business Managers and support consultant contract management.

Skills

Project planning

Cost estimation

Reporting

SAP

Communication skills

Team coordination

Tools

SAP

BI/CMR

Project management software

Job description

The Department of Water Resources seeks a Senior Engineer, Water Resources to lead the System Support Unit within the State Water Project Analysis Office in Sacramento. This permanent, full-time role focuses on supervising staff and ensuring robust project management, cost control, and SAP/CAB/BI support for portfolio operations.

You will work in a hybrid telework environment, contribute to end-user training, coordinate with business managers, and help deliver water resources projects that