Please note, the Water Boards do not participate in E-Verify.
Please note: this position is paid on an hourly basis and limited to 1500 hours in a rolling year. The salary range for Scientific Aid is $18.26 - $21.67 per hour.
Are you looking for an exciting and fulfilling career that will put your scientific skills to work? Looking to work with a dedicated team of scientists, geologists, and engineers who are dedicated in protecting the waters of the State? Then a career as Scientific Aid may be right for you. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board has an opening for a Scientific Aid in the Federal/Private Sites Cleanup Unit. The position is located at 11020 Sun Center Drive, Suite #200, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.
Duties:
Under the direct supervision of a Senior Water Resource Control Engineer (Supervisory) and consistent with good customer service practices and the goals of the State and Regional Board’s Strategic Plan, the incumbent is expected to be courteous and provide timely responses to internal/external customers, follow through on commitments, and to solicit and consider internal/external customer input when completing work assignments.
Specific responsibilities include:
Program support, including reviewing and filing scientific water quality program reports pertaining to the specific units; data entry; copying and scanning scientific documents, archiving documents; pulling scientific water quality reports for public review; preparing mass informational mailing notices; distributing technical water quality documents; assisting in file inventory and maintenance; and answering phone calls from the public regarding basic routine scientific related issues.
Reviewing assigned technical scientific reports, extracting relevant water quality information, entering relevant information into various databases and spreadsheets.
Assisting in the preparation of water quality scientific research projects. Assisting in the development of various routine scientific reports, memos, permits and formal and informal enforcement documents.
Participating in water quality site inspections and field sampling. Assisting in identifying and documenting water quality violations and the development of informal and formal enforcement actions.
Performing other duties as required.
Additional information:
Candidates must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class.
If the position requires driving, you must possess a current and valid driver’s license. Please Do Not include full Social Security Number, method of eligibility, and LEAP information in your application package.
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You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
Positions at the Water Boards may be eligible for telework with in-person attendance based on the operational needs of the position.
In accordance with the Statewide Telework Policy and GC 14200, the successful candidate must reside in California upon appointment. Proof of residency may be required.
Salary Information - CalHR salary rules allow appointment at the entrance rate (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, § 599.673) of a classification. For classes with alternate ranges, placement is based on education/experience. Employees appointed to the Attorney or Water Resource Control Engineer classification will receive Recruitment Higher Above Minimum (HAM) rate in accordance with the approved Civil Service Pay Scales.
In addition, note: Effective July 1, 2025, the State of California implemented the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) which reduces an employee’s monthly salary in exchange for leave credits. Employees appointed to this classification will have their monthly salary reduced and will accrue hours of PLP 2025 on the first day of each pay period in accordance with the applicable bargaining contract. The salary range(s) included on this job posting do not reflect the reduction in pay.
