Associate Civil Engineer (Water Supply Improvements Division)

Advance your career as an Associate Civil Engineer in the Water Supply Improvements Division (WSID) in the Water and Natural Resources Department at the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD). In this role, you will contribute to high priority projects focused on studying, planning, and developing supplemental and drought water supplies that strengthen EBMUD's long term water supply resiliency. There are currently two openings in WSID: one in the Water Transfer section and another in the Regional Projects section. Reporting to a Senior Engineer, the Associate Civil Engineer is a registered professional engineer level position on the EBMUD civil engineering career ladder.

Water Transfers: This section focuses on water transfer related supplemental supply projects. The Associate Civil Engineer in this section will focus on securing water transfers during droughts as a supplemental supply, monitor and maintain relationships with local, state, and federal agencies, and represent EBMUD in forums related to Central Valley Project water supplies, water transfers, and banking.

Regional Projects: This section leads efforts in developing water storage projects and groundwater management. The Associate Civil Engineer in this section will play a key role in advancing an innovative groundwater banking project in collaboration with partner agencies, ensuring sustainable groundwater management in compliance with state law, and strengthening regional resiliency to benefit EBMUD and partner agencies in preparation for droughts.

Within WSID, engineers are occasionally matrixed to the Division's three sections, depending on project needs. Besides Water Transfers and Regional Projects, the Associate Civil Engineer may also work on projects within the Office of Water Recycling (OWR). Key responsibilities in OWR may include purified water education, recycled water user site retrofits, and recycled water/non-potable reuse project expansion and water quality studies.

Specific responsibilities may include:

*Conducting environmental assessments and preparing environmental documentation to comply with the water supply project and water transfer requirements of CEQA and NEPA

*Performing complex engineering studies and technical analyses

*Developing costs, benefits, and yields of future supplemental water supply projects

*Developing, negotiating, and managing agreements and contracts with partner agencies, state and federal agencies, cities, counties, and other entities to develop and implement water supply projects

*Analyzing potential future water supplies and water transfer projects

*Understanding and analyzing EBMUD's water supply system to develop water conveyance solutions

*Managing project budgets and schedules

*Administering outside consultant and general service contracts

*Leading and directing inter-disciplinary project teams

*Presenting project findings and results to the Board, management, staff, other agencies, and the public

*Representing EBMUD in meetings with outside agencies/forums

*Reviewing proposed regulations and legislation to determine technical accuracy and potential fiscal impact on EBMUD, then making appropriate recommendations

The ideal candidate will have experience related to water transfers, groundwater, multi-agency collaborative work, working with and securing permits from state and federal agencies, environmental documentation and processes, and representing EBMUD in a variety of forums. In addition, technical experience related to water resources planning, including technical analysis of water supply, water demand, and future water needs; creating technical reports; project management; giving technical presentations, and working with other water agencies or state and federal water-resources related agencies.

As appropriate to the assignment, the ideal candidate will demonstrate proficiency in: project planning and management; oral and written communication skills; working and maintaining collaborative relationships with other agencies, experience with environmental documents and complex reports; and engineering analyses for a variety of projects.

Flexible/hybrid work from home schedule may be available for some positions in this job classification.

The salary range is $12,842 per month increasing to $13,484, $14,158, $14,866 and $15,609 after 6, 18, 30, and 42 months, respectively.

EBMUD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, gender identity (including transgender status), gender expression, marital or registered domestic partnership status, age for individuals age forty or older, national origin, ancestry, disability (mental or physical), medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, sexual orientation, military and veterans status, family or medical leave status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical condition), pregnancy disability leave status, domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and other categories protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

Any combination of education and experience that has led to the acquisition of the knowledge and abilities indicated above. Typical means of acquiring the essential knowledge and abilities is a combination of training and experience equivalent to:

1.A bachelor's degree in an ABET-accredited civil (or closely related) engineering curriculum OR a California EIT Certificate;

2.Four years of professional civil and/or closely related engineering experience (subsequent to obtaining the degree), which is equivalent to two years of experience at EBMUD's Assistant Engineer level; AND

3.California registration as a Professional Civil Engineer.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered. To be considered under the "equivalent combination of education and experience" provision, it is your responsibility to include in your application materials written evidence of employment performed at the level of the typical duties of this position and/or coursework in subject areas directly related to this position. For more information, see our FAQ page at http://www.ebmud.com/jobs/job-resources/job-faqs-frequently-asked-questions/.

1.Submit a completed EBMUD application and the required supplemental question responses online at www.ebmud.com by 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 6, 2026. Only application materials submitted online during the filing period will be accepted.

2.Candidates must achieve a passing score on each test part in order to advance to the next step in the selection process.

3.All qualified applications and supplemental responses will be competitively evaluated, with those candidates receiving a passing score to be invited to a panel interview tentatively scheduled for April 2026.

4.Successful candidates will be placed on the hiring list, based on rank, for further consideration to fill the current regular vacancy, as well as others occurring over the next 12 to 24 months.

5.The probation period for this position is 12 months. For those holding civil service status the probation period is 6 months.

6.All employment offers are conditional, pending the results of a Live Scan background screening. All selected finalists must participate in the Live Scan background screening process to remain in consideration for EBMUD employment.

As the first step in the selection process, responses to the supplemental questions must be submitted online with the regular EBMUD application. Please provide thorough, accurate descriptions of assignments you have personally performed. Should you respond with comments such as "see application" or "see resume" instead of addressing the questions directly, your application may not be considered.