Senior Technical Advisor - Surface Water / Stormwater OC

Job Title: Senior Technical Advisor – Surface Water/Stormwater - On-Call Job Summary: Senior Technical Advisor will work under the direction of the Surface Water/Stormwater Program Manager to provide technical expertise in areas of stormwater monitoring, permit compliance, maintenance, inspection, and installation of stormwater control measure. While working to achieve the Water Program objectives of the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract, the Senior Technical Advisor will ensure all activities and operations are performed in a safe and deliberate manner; will maintain required safety, security and operational training; assure procedural and regulatory compliance; and make safety and security an integral part of every task; including taking the necessary steps to stop work if continuing the task is unsafe or compromises security. Duties/Responsibilities:•    Provide technical input to designed and planned stormwater controls.•    Field assessment of existing stormwater controls.•    Mentor junior staff on the NPDES Individual Permit through hands on training and review.•    Conduct assessments of the stormwater program, work to identify areas of improvement, and implement process improvement strategies as identified.•    Oversee, communicate, and provide direction to subcontractor staff as needed; and•    Other duties, as assigned. Required Skills/Abilities: •    Display expert level knowledge and ability to develop and apply highly advanced principles, concepts and techniques in project management involving surface water monitoring and compliance. •    Ability to perform critical strategic tasks skillfully and to interpret broad strategic requirements and develop and execute plans to satisfy them. •    Ability to have significant impact on organizational success and productivity, with broad latitude for independent judgment.•    Ability to communicate effectively. •    Ability to train and mentor junior staff.  •    Is viewed as an expert within a specialty and as highly knowledgeable within the broad discipline, both internally and externally.•    Possess an advanced level of communication, reasoning, problem solving and interpersonal skills necessary to perform essential functions of the job. •    Ability to work in a team-oriented project environment. Education and Experience:•    Bachelor's degree in science, engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent, and 5 years of related experience•    Experience with: stormwater best management practice (BMP) installation and inspection,  stormwater sample collection, gaging station maintenance, and telemetry systems. •    Familiarity with the LANL site, access requirements, general employee requirements, and work environment preferred. Working Conditions:The physical and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Demands: •    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, use hands to finger, handle objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; bending or crouching; talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. •    Some lifting of files, opening cabinets. •    Bending or standing as necessary. Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions and other elements prevalent at the time.  This description is not intended to be, nor should it be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to accurately reflect the activities and requirements of the position, but duties may be added, deleted, or modified, as necessary. This description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

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