This position is located in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), State Office in Davis, CA. The incumbent will serve as advisor to the State Conservationist (STC) on all engineering phases of NRCS programs and is responsible for establishing technical engineering standards and procedures, methods of operation, training field personnel, and for the engineering phases of the work.
- Provides staff leadership in all phases of the engineering programs of NRCS in the state, including formulation of standards, specifications, engineering planning, design and construction.
- Provides leadership for the engineering phases and elements of watershed planning including scheduling and coordination of the operational phases.
- Oversees the evaluation of engineering works including data gathering and evaluation reports on watershed works and installation of special instrumentation.
- Maintains close working relationship with other members of the Leadership Team to ensure integration of engineering phases of the work with associated technical phases of the overall program.
- Works closely with lower graded engineers on the more complex engineering problems and ensures that structures coming under the State Conservation Engineers' administrative legal authority conform to State rules and regulations
- Responsible for the supervision of employees on the Engineering Staff which consists of a variety of professional and scientific disciplines.
- Keeps engineering standards and procedures up to date and train field engineers.
- Prepares reports, maintains records, and identifies opportunities and forward recommendations to reduce field level workload as appropriate.