{"id":33324,"date":"2020-06-25T15:02:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T22:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=33324"},"modified":"2020-06-25T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T22:02:19","slug":"job-entry-level-water-right-specialist-aspect-consulting-multiple-locations-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-entry-level-water-right-specialist-aspect-consulting-multiple-locations-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Entry-Level Water Right Specialist, Aspect Consulting (Olympia or Yakima, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Preferred Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Yakima, WA; Olympia, WA<br \/>\n<strong>Posted:<\/strong>\u00a0Open<\/p>\n<p>Aspect Consulting, LLC, an earth science and engineering consulting firm, has an exciting opportunity for an entry level water right specialist with experience and interest leading to licensure as a Certified Water Right Examiner. This position will support our growing Water Resources practice on a variety of existing and upcoming projects in 2020. The role is a full-time, career-track position with an initial professional development focus on water right beneficial use investigations, water right transfers, and eventually project and client management.<\/p>\n<h4>Description:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Review and interpret water right files<\/li>\n<li>Review and interpret water use data including aerial photos, metering data, land use, and crop records<\/li>\n<li>Conduct field investigations, including estimation of water use, well inspections, streamflow monitoring, and a range of related activities to support water resource projects<\/li>\n<li>Performing simple to complex quantitative spreadsheet analyses<\/li>\n<li>Presentations of technical information to state and local agencies and the public<\/li>\n<li>Technical report writing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Required Qualifications:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Bachelor of Science degree in geology, engineering, environmental science, environmental planning, geography, or related fields<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Preferred Qualifications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Master of Science degree in qualifying fields<\/li>\n<li>0 to 3 years of experience in conducting water right reviews or water right transfers<\/li>\n<li>Professional certifications (e.g., Geologist-in-Training (GIT), Engineer in Training (EIT), or Certified Water Right Examiner (CWRE))<\/li>\n<li>Ability to collect interpret complex water policy and legal issues, including a high level of attention to detail and thorough documentation<\/li>\n<li>Practical knowledge of GIS\/CAD, data entry and management using excel and database software, and field data collection and analysis methods<\/li>\n<li>Strong quantitative and analytical skills<\/li>\n<li>Clear writing and communication skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Special Requirements:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Valid driver\u2019s license<\/li>\n<li>Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions in rugged and sometimes remote field locations for extended periods of time<\/li>\n<li>Must be able to travel long distances and accommodate occasional overnight travel, travel is most often in central Washington, greater Puget Sound, and northern Oregon<\/li>\n<li>Must be able to operate cars, vans, and pickup trucks in various weather conditions and after dark.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Workplace Setting:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Interactive team of nearly 100 professionals across seven offices in Washington and Oregon. Preferred location is Yakima or Olympia.<\/li>\n<li>Casual, collaborative, and professional office environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apply here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspectconsulting.com\/careers#waterright\">https:\/\/www.aspectconsulting.com\/careers#waterright<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[4,19,16,7,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}