Assistant Division Engineer - PE II

State of Colorado, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources, Division 5 Colorado River Basin (Glenwood Springs Office), is now accepting applications for the following position:

Assistant Division Engineer - PE II ($8,748.00 - $12,922.00 Monthly)

– apply online by 5/18/2025: The purpose of this position is to provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to the Division 5 operations group responsible for Augmentation Plan coordination and administration.

This group supports water rights administration by developing methodologies to collect and analyze water diversion and delivery data to verify augmentation plan operators are operating in compliance with all applicable court decrees, statutes, rules and regulations and to analyze Water Court applications, including reports of engineering experts, consult with the Water Court Referee regarding all applications, write reports summarizing the agency’s position and negotiate or provide expert engineering support / testimony to litigate any conditions necessary to protect existing water rights; to supervise professional and technical staff; and provide assistance to the public in understanding Colorado water law.

Applicant must be a licensed professional engineer with at least two years of professional experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position, one of which must have been as a licensed professional engineer.

Visit https://tinyurl.com/DWR-PEII for additional information and to apply on-line. State of Colorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer.