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Water Rights Engineer

Moore Engineering
Denver, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 3/4/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/2/2025

As a Water Right Engineer, you are responsible for planning, designing, and managing infrastructure systems related to the safe and efficient distribution and treatment of water.

As a 100% employee-owned company, we all share responsibility for making Moore Engineering a rewarding workplace while providing critical engineering services to communities around the region. At Moore Engineering, we care about each other, our clients, and the communities we serve. It’s this collective passion that drives excellence in everything we do.

Responsibilities :

  • Review and analyze Colorado Water Court decrees
  • Estimate historical crop consumptive use
  • Estimate lagged depletions and accretions to river systems
  • Estimate in-priority water for surface or groundwater diversions, stream basin hydrologic analyses, and occasional fieldwork related to streamflow measurements
  • Evaluate diversion sites
  • Evaluate reservoir sites
  • Provide deep-well drilling observation
  • Collect generalized field data
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualification Requirements :

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, hydrology, or geology (Engineering preferred)
  • 3—5 years’ experience in water rights consulting
  • In depth knowledge of Colorado Water Law
  • Experience supporting water lawyers in Colorado Water Court proceedings
  • Fieldwork experience in streamflow measurement and drilling observation
  • Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with Excel and database applications
  • Proficient in Microsoft 365 and Adobe Suites
  • Municipal deep well drilling observation preferred
  • Datalogger and transducer programming and deployment preferred
  • MODFLOW modeling preferred
  • The job is primarily in the office with occasional work out in the field, primarily in the State of Colorado. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, or walk on uneven surfaces. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

    The culture at Moore Engineering, Inc. is built on our shared core values – Respect, Integrity, Accountability, Loyalty, and Kindness.

  • Respect means that we honor our co-workers, appreciate cultural differences and value all viewpoints brought in good faith.
  • Integrity means we remain consistent and honest, and uphold our obligation to the health, safety, and welfare of the people at the center of our work.
  • Accountability means we take responsibility for our actions, to commitments we make, and to our role in creating company success.
  • Loyalty means we are dependable and faithful. Our relationships are built on earned mutual trust.
  • Kindness means we care for each other and strive to enhance the human condition for our co-workers, friends, families, and communities.
  • These values differentiate how we successfully do what we do. We hire, separate, review, reward, and recognize our teammates based on these characteristics, so it’s important that you share these values to be part of our team.

    For Colorado residents : The pay range for this position is $76,800-$105,600. The range displayed on this job posting reflects salaries for the position based in our Colorado locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by specific work location and additional factors, including education, experience, credentials, and job-related skills. In addition to base pay, certain positions at Moore Holding Company and subsidiaries are eligible for participation in our incentive compensation programs.

    Benefits

    We’re 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401K options.

    We offer medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.

    We recognize the importance of a work / life balance and offer company- paid holidays, PTO based on years of experience, paid parental leave.

    We encourage growth and development of our employees through tuition assistance, professional certification reimbursement and talent development programs.

    We also offer other benefits including wellness programs, flexible spending benefits, dependent care account, employee assistance program, and more!

    Salary : $76,800 - $105,600

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