Farr West Employee Benefits

Health Benefits

Medical Insurance – 100% employee coverage; 20% dependent coverage
Dental Insurance – 100% employee coverage
Vision Insurance – 100% employee coverage
Health Savings Accounts – monthly Farr West contributions
Short-term Disability – 100% employee coverage
Long-term Disability – 100% employee coverage

Work / Life Balance

Paid Time Off
Flexible Scheduling/Hours
Paid Holidays
Leaves of Absence
Tuition Assistance
Career Development Planning

Financial Protection – through Aflac

Life Insurance
Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
Cancer Insurance
Disability Insurance

Retirement

401K with company match

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Careers

Farr West invites talented professionals to join our team.

Farr West is a not only one of the largest utility engineering firms in Nevada, we also offer a fantastic work environment. Our employees enjoy competitive salaries, a retirement plan, company sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance, optional benefits, paid time off, professional development, flexible work hours, and more.

Where our company stands apart is in our attention to employee growth, opportunity, and challenging project tasks in a group atmosphere like no other. Our team includes some of the brightest, hard-working, and just plain fun professionals in the area. 
Exciting News: On July 1, 2022 Farr West Engineering and DOWL merged. To learn more and to see career opportunities at our parent company, click the link below!
Click here to view DOWL  career opportunities

Who We Hire

Farr West Engineering enjoys a unique atmosphere, employing individuals with a strong work ethic who also make time to play and have fun. We invite people who are dedicated, self-motivated, and interested in developing or furthering a career in our industry. We share a common goal of working hard to satisfy our clients while maintaining a personal life balance. We strive for excellence in everything we do, and we have respect for one another. We encourage new and innovative ideas to make our company and its people better.

We enjoy working as a team, collaborating on challenging projects or tasks, and learning from each other as well as our clients. Our focus is to provide excellent service, sound engineering, and value to every project that we take on.

Employee Benefits

Farr West Engineering understands that benefits are an important part of any overall compensation package. Each person’s career should be an important and fulfilling part of their life, but we understand this is only one piece of the pie.

We truly believe in creating a fun, healthy, and pleasant work environment. We provide our employees with a benefit package that is comprehensive, competitive, and that adds to their work/life balance.
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Current Opportunities

Farr West is currently hiring for several positions.  Please click on the job description heading for more
information. Please check back regularly for updates and feel free to submit your resume at resumes@farrwestengineering.com, for any position, at any time.
Farr West and Sierra Controls Business Development Manager

We are in search of a full-time Business Development Manager to join our team in Reno, Nevada. This position will be a mix of business development and marketing, overseeing a marketing coordinator and assisting with outreach for both Farr West Engineering and Sierra Controls, LLC. Farr West is a growing company that specializes in utility engineering and water resources. We are looking for someone to assist the company with strategic planning, growth, outreach, marketing, proposal management, and leadership. This is an exciting and challenging position ideally suited for a creative, self-motivated individual.
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Primary Responsibilities
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Working in a cross-functional, team environment, the Business Development Manager will support growth initiatives and marketing activities in a growing market, including proposal and statement of qualifications development/management, Requests for Proposals (RFP) / Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) compliance reviews, coordination of the proposal development process, working with company leadership, technical writing/editing, and a range of other internal and external tasks.
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The successful candidate will have experience working in a challenging environment, collaborating on high-level documents with a team of individuals with a wide range of personality types, and juggling multiple deadlines and assignments.
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The Business Development Manager position requires a significant amount of work in research, collaboration, technical writing, and creative thinking. A successful Business Development Manager has strong organizational skills, writing/composition experience, excellent attention to detail, communication skills, along with the ability to develop projects, schedules and work under multiple deadlines with diplomacy.  Details, engagement, and organization are the keys to being successful in this position.
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Previous work in engineering, construction, or consultant services is a must. In this position, the business development manager will be required to balance multiple priorities, such as:

  • Identify and investigate new business opportunities, capture and gather information, realize client needs. 
  • Contribute to the strategic development of a sector or a client segment. 
  • Continue to build a portfolio of projects that demonstrate company success and portray company capabilities. 
  • Prepare competitive proposals, responding to the requirements of an RFP/RFQ.
  • Establish partnerships/consortium arrangements. 
  • Take ownership in the management of the whole tendering cycle and coordinate the proposal team in a collegial way to deliver attractive proposals responding to the client’s needs and in line with Farr West’s Business Development process requirements.
  • Manage a marketing coordinator assigned to assist with proposals, social media, resumes, marketing tasks both internally and externally.


Ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills with ability to schedule and manage multiple pursuits, proposals, outreach efforts, and internal strategic practices.

Ideal Candidate:

  • Ideal candidate will have strong applicable experience in the A/E/C industry.
  • Strong communication (both written and verbal), diplomacy, and collaboration skills. Positive attitude, flexibility, and energy are critical for success.
  • Experience in Adobe In-Design, Illustrator, or expert MS Word skills.
  • Understanding of marketing management, database management, including updating and rewriting resumes and project descriptions to support client and program development activities.
  • Strong design skills and graphic aptitude is preferred.
  • Managerial experience.
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Position Requirements:

  • Superior writing skills.
  • Position requires proficiency with Adobe InDesign and MS Office products (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, and OneNote). Applicable experience creating large, multi-page documents using styles in both InDesign and Word is preferred.
  • Bachelor’s Degree required--preference for degree in Marketing, Communications, English, Journalism, or a technical background in civil engineering or construction.
  • 7+ years of marketing experience. Management, business development and strategic planning is a plus. 


Water Resources Department Manager

Qualifications

  • Experience:
  • civil engineering, hydrogeology or water rights - 7 years (Preferred)
  • License:
  • professional licensure in geology, hydrogeology, civil engineering or other
  • Work authorization:
  • United States (Required)


Full Job Description

Farr West Engineering has an exciting opportunity to join its team in Reno, Nevada. For 20 years, Farr West Engineering (Farr West) has been building a reputation as a leader in municipal engineering and utility planning for local governments throughout Nevada and California.

Applicants should have at least 7 years of experience, a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, hydrogeology or field related to water resources. Prior employment with a hydrogeologic or civil engineering firm that specializes in utility engineering, water, sewer, and water resource planning projects is preferred. The ideal candidate will have substantial technical experience in a field related to water resources and will have significant experience with the internal management of a department or division for an engineering firm. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. Applicants will be expected to supervise multiple employees, track and report on department performance, monitor current and future workload, manage and maintain client relationships, participate in business development tasks, and partner with company leadership on organizational growth. Candidates should maintain a passion for leadership, problem solving, and water resource management issues common to the arid West. Direct experience with Nevada or California water resource legislation, regulatory law(s), water rights and utility management is preferred, but not necessary. 

Farr West is a not only one of the largest and strongest utility engineering firms in the Reno-Tahoe area, but we also offer one of the best work environments around. As you would expect, our employees are offered competitive salaries, a retirement plan, company sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance, optional benefits, paid time off, professional development, flexible work hours, and more. However, where our company stands apart is in our attention to employee growth, opportunity, and challenging project tasks in a group atmosphere that is like no other. Our team is truly made up of some of the brightest, hard-working and just plain fun professionals around.

Our clients are some of the best in the business and we focus on maintaining superior relationships with every client so the work that we do is enjoyable for all parties involved. Farr West is dedicated to being the leading engineering firm in Nevada and northern California, while staying true to our core values of character, stewardship, and excellence. Our company embraces a culture of hard work, family, and play that keeps our employees happy, healthy, and loyal.

Civil Engineer (P.E.) - Water Resources Project Manager

Farr West Engineering has an exciting opportunity to join its team in Reno, Nevada. For over 15 years, Farr West Engineering (Farr West) has been building a reputation as a leader in municipal engineering and utility planning for local governments throughout Nevada and California.

Applicants should have approximately 3-7 years of experience, a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or environmental engineering and be a licensed civil engineer or certified engineer-in-training (EIT). Prior employment with a civil engineering firm that specializes in utility engineering, water, sewer, and wastewater projects is preferred. Applicants should have previous experience preparing utility planning documents such as Master Plans, Preliminary Engineering Reports and Water Resource Plans in addition to designing community water/sewer systems, pump stations, utilities, etc. Experience with hydraulic modeling and/or hydrologic analysis is a plus.

Duties will include team collaboration, from the planning level to construction, on multiple projects involving water and wastewater facilities. Duties may also include supervision and mentoring of other engineers. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Farr West is a not only one of the largest and strongest utility engineering firms in Nevada, but we also offer one of the best work environments around. As you would expect, our employees are offered competitive salaries, a retirement plan, company sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance, optional benefits, paid time off, professional development, flexible work hours, and more. However, where our company stands apart is in our attention to employee growth, opportunity, and challenging project tasks in a group atmosphere that is like no other. Our team is truly made up of some of the brightest, hard-working and just plain fun professionals around.

Our clients are some of the best in the business and we focus on maintaining superior relationships with every client so the work that we do is enjoyable for all parties involved. Farr West is dedicated to being the leading engineering firm in Nevada and northern California, while staying true to our core values of character, stewardship, and excellence. Our company embraces a culture of hard work, family, and play that keeps our employees happy, healthy, and loyal.

Please submit your resume to resumes@farrwestengineering.com today!

Marketing Coordinator

We are in search of a full-time Marketing Coordinator to join our team in Reno, Nevada. This position will be a mix of “traditional media” marketing, and some social media outreach. Farr West is a growing company that specializes in utility engineering and water resources. We are looking for someone to assist the company with winning new projects through proposal submittals and outreach. This is an exciting and challenging position ideally suited for a creative, self-motivated individual.

Primary Responsibilities
Working in a cross-functional, team environment, the Marketing Coordinator will support marketing activities in a growing market, including proposal and statement of qualifications development, Requests for Proposals (RFP) compliance reviews, coordination of the proposal development process, recording and distributing meeting content, technical writing/editing, and a range of other internal tasks.

The successful candidate will have experience working in a challenging environment, collaborating on documents with a team of individuals with a wide range of personality types, and juggling multiple deadlines and assignments.

The Marketing Coordinator position requires a significant amount of independent work in research, collaboration, technical writing, and creative thinking. A successful Marketing Coordinator has strong organizational skills, writing/composition experience, excellent attention to detail, communication skills, along with the ability to develop project schedules and work under multiple deadlines with diplomacy.  Details and organization are the keys to being successful in this position.

Previous work in engineering, construction, or consultant services is preferred. In this position, the coordinator will be required to balance multiple priorities, such as writing project descriptions, helping draft a waterline or pump station proposal, preparing a PowerPoint for a Board of Commissioners meeting, and editing technical content for an electrical contractor’s brochure with competing deadlines.

Ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills with ability to schedule and manage multiple proposals with tight deadlines, both independently and as part of a team.

Ideal Candidate:

  • Ideal candidate will have strong applicable experience in document proofreading and editing.
  • Strong communication (both written and verbal), diplomacy, and collaboration skills. Positive attitude, flexibility, and energy are critical for success.
  • Previous experience in proposal management for engineering/construction industry is preferred.
  • Understanding of marketing database management, including updating and rewriting resumes and project descriptions to support client and program development activities, is preferred.
  • Strong design skills and graphic aptitude is preferred.

Position Requirements:

  • Superior writing skills
  • Position requires proficiency with Adobe InDesign and MS Office products (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, and OneNote). Applicable experience creating large, multi-page documents using styles in both InDesign and Word is preferred.
  • Bachelor’s Degree required–preference for degree in Marketing, Communications, English, or Journalism.
  • 1-3+ years of marketing and/or technical writing, document layout and production experience in a corporate environment is preferred.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Assist with social media
  • Assist in preparing proposals using InDesign software
  • Work with technical staff to design and produce proposals and presentation materials for potential clients
  • Write and maintain project profiles for all current and past projects
  • Build database with descriptions and quality photos
  • Photography for new projects
  • Prepare and update resumes for all staff members
  • Track and maintain marketing information to populate company data systems: pursuit and contract information, photography, resumes, project profiles, references, etc.
  • Coordinate conference attendance and sponsorships
  • Attend industry and client events as needed
  • Assist with gathering market research
  • Maintain and enforce company brand standards and quality control procedures
  • Prepare in-house newsletters and outreach to local publications
  • Maintain website
  • Photos, projects, links, outreach, staff
  • Manage our clothing and apparel orders and client gifts
  • Graphics for marketing, but also for PMs to use in projects (O&M manuals, master plans, presentations, etc)
  • Marketing materials – SOQ, tri-fold, business cards, ads
  • Technical writing and report reviews
  • Monitor leads – client websites, google, searches, etc
Senior Civil Engineer

Farr West Engineering is currently seeking a self-motivated Senior Civil Engineer to be located in our Reno, Nevada office. This is a growth position for a career-oriented person who is seeking an opportunity to work with one of the most reputable engineering firms in Nevada.  Farr West is a not only one of the largest and strongest utility engineering firms in Nevada, but we also offer one of the best work environments around. As you would expect, our employees are offered competitive salaries, a retirement plan, company sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance, optional benefits, paid time off, professional development, flexible work hours, and more. However, where our company stands apart is in our attention to employee growth, opportunity, and challenging project tasks in a group atmosphere that is like no other. Our team is truly made up of some of the brightest, hard-working and just plain fun professionals around.

Our clients are some of the best in the business and we focus on maintaining superior relationships with every client so the work that we do is enjoyable for all parties involved. Farr West is dedicated to being the leading engineering firm in Nevada and northern California, while staying true to our core values of character, stewardship, and excellence. Our company embraces a culture of hard work, family, and play that keeps our employees happy, healthy, and loyal.

Key Responsibilities:

Duties will include team leadership on multiple projects, design, bidding, and construction management of public works projects involving water and wastewater facilities.  Duties may also include supervision and mentoring of other engineers.  Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or environmental engineering
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (PE)
  • 10+ years of relevant experience in utility engineering, water, sewer and wastewater projects preferred.
  • Applicants should have previous experience with designing community water and sewer systems, pump stations, and water and wastewater treatment facilities.
  • Experience with utility master planning and utility hydraulic modeling is also preferred.

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Current Opportunities

Farr West is currently hiring for several positions.  Select the job description heading for more
information. Please check back regularly for updates, and submit your resume to resumes@farrwestengineering.com, for any position, at any time.

Senior-level Hydrogeologist

Farr West Engineering (Farr West) is a growing, prominent, civil engineering firm with offices in Reno and Elko, Nevada. Farr West specializes in water and wastewater utility design and water resources. Our clients are primarily municipal utilities in northern Nevada and the Lake Tahoe Basin/eastern Sierra. On July 1, 2022, Farr West merged with DOWL, LLC (DOWL.com), giving our employees opportunities for growth and expansion of their expertise to offices in six other western states while continuing to work with clients in our current service areas. The integration will be complete January 1, 2023.

Farr West provides a friendly work environment and offers competitive compensation, which will be determined based on ability and experience. Benefits include health insurance, a retirement plan, holidays and paid personal time off, and a collaborative and engaging work environment. For more information about our company and all the great benefits of working with our team, please visit our website www.farrwestengineering.com.

Candidates for the senior-level hydrogeologist with a desire to continue their career in water resources and groundwater investigations and development, including well design and rehabilitation, are encouraged to apply. The ability to travel to diverse project sites, including rural locations in northern Nevada, is required. Responsibilities will include project planning and budgeting, fieldwork and data collection and analysis, data management, subcontractor oversight, data, reporting, QA/QC, and technical project management. Much of the work will emphasize groundwater supply investigations, groundwater control assessments, well construction and development oversight, aquifer testing and analysis, and hydrogeologic/hydrologic analysis. Project work may require some extended periods of time in field as well as a significant portion of time in the office. The successful applicant will also support DOWL’s regional offices as needed. Applicants must be comfortable working around drill and pump rigs with extended work schedules, and with leading projects from start to finish and directing junior staff.

Responsibilities will include the following:

• Business development, and technical lead for water resource projects related to groundwater supply, water conveyance and water storage, aquifer recharge, regulatory analysis and permitting, and compliance solutions.

• Manage projects and staff, including providing technical leadership and oversight, risk management, and mentorship to early and mid-career professionals.

• Project preparation, execution, and reporting for field groundwater studies in support of groundwater supply and well rehabilitation/investigation project.

• Preparing a variety of plans and specifications related to hydrogeological field activities.

• Performing field inspections (geologic borehole logging including the use of the USCS classification and assisting in well designs).

• Overseeing construction projects:

o Monitoring wells, productions wells, and aquifer storage and recovery wells

o Well rehabilitation

o Well performance and aquifer testing

o Water quality testing

• Analyzing complex data (identify data anomalies, interpreting data, creating representative graphs, contour data, and evaluate aquifer test data).

• Preparing a variety of reports (work plans, well construction summaries, tables, maps, graphs, as-built and cross-sectional drawings).

• Serve as a role model regarding company culture and values.

• Assist in recruiting and training additional staff within the department.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in hydrogeology. Master’s degree or higher is preferred.

• At least 10 years (15+ preferred) of water resource planning, assessment, permitting, and water supply assessment experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience in the field of hydrogeology.

• Candidates must possess significant knowledge of hydrogeologic processes and principles.

• Excellent writing skills are required.

• Ability to communicate clearly with staff, on-site subcontractors, and Project Manager regarding work assignments.

• Experience working with drilling and excavation sub-contractors.

• Experience preparing soil boring and well installation/destruction permits.

• Experience logging soil boring and/or test pit logging. Preparing boring or test pit logs.

• Groundwater and/or unsaturated zone well installation and well development experience (500 foot or deeper wells desirable).

• Experience in interpretation bore hole geophysics.

• Ability to interpret hydrogeologic data and prepare cross-sections diagrams containing geologic data, chemical data, and groundwater data.

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Entry-level Hydrogeologist

Farr West Engineering (Farr West) is a growing, prominent, civil engineering firm with offices in Reno and Elko, Nevada. Farr West specializes in water and wastewater utility design and water resources. Our clients are primarily municipal utilities in northern Nevada and the Lake Tahoe Basin/eastern Sierra. On July 1, 2022, Farr West merged with DOWL, LLC, giving our employees opportunities for growth and expansion of their expertise to offices in six other western states while continuing to work with clients in our current service areas. The integration will be complete January 1, 2023.

Farr West provides a friendly work environment and offers competitive compensation, which will be determined based on ability and experience. Benefits include health insurance, a retirement plan, holidays and paid personal time off, and a collaborative and engaging work environment. For more information about our company and all the great benefits of working with our team, please visit our website www.farrwestengineering.com.

We are looking for an entry-level hydrogeologist. Candidates with a desire to develop their career in groundwater investigations and groundwater development including well design with client and professional responsibilities are encouraged to apply. The ability to travel to diverse project sites including rural locations in the western US is required.  Project work can require extended periods of time in field as well as a significant portion of time in the office.  Applicants must be comfortable working around drill and pump rigs with extended work schedules.

Responsibilities will include the following:

• Project preparation, execution, and reporting for field groundwater studies in support of groundwater supply and well rehabilitation/investigation projects.

• Preparing a variety of plans and specifications related to hydrogeological field activities.

• Performing field inspections (geologic borehole logging including the use of the USCS classification and assisting in well designs).

• Overseeing construction projects:

o Monitoring wells, production wells, and aquifer storage and recovery wells

o Conducting well performance and aquifer testing

o Collecting water samples, oversee well rehabilitation and troubleshooting

o Analyzing complex data (identify data anomalies, interpreting data, creating representative graphs, contour data, and evaluate aquifer test data)

• Preparing a variety of reports (work plans, well construction summaries, tables, maps, graphs, as-built and cross-sectional drawings).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in hydrogeology. Degree in geological sciences or engineering with course work specific to hydrogeology will also be considered.

• Candidates must possess knowledge of hydrogeologic processes and principles.

• Excellent writing skills are required.

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Water Rights Specialist

Farr West Engineering is a growing, prominent, civil engineering firm with offices in Reno and Elko, Nevada. Farr West specializes in water and wastewater utility design and water resources. Our clients are primarily municipal utilities in northern Nevada and around Lake Tahoe. Farr West provides a friendly work environment and offers competitive compensation, which will be determined based on ability and experience. Benefits include health insurance, a retirement plan, holidays and paid personal time off. Please submit your resume to resumes@farrwestengineering.com.For more information about our company, please visit our website www.farrwestengineering.com.

 Job Description

We are accepting applications for a water rights specialist to work under the direction of the Water Rights Department Manager in our Reno, Nevada office. Qualified candidates will perform various water right related tasks, including water rights research and maintenance, administrative form preparation, site inspection and data gathering, consultation with water right owners, and project management. Water rights specialists pursuing a Water Rights Surveyor license will eventually help prepare and sign water rights maps. Specialists maintain regular communication with clients to understand and document project information, which is relayed in various forms required by the Nevada Division of Water Resources. Specialists will research records at the Nevada Division of Water Resources and provide findings to team members, which are typically expressed in summary memos and excel spreadsheets.  

 Examples of Duties

·      Research legal chains of title and ownership status of water rights using County Assessor, County Recorder, State Engineer, and Federal Water Master records.

·      Prepare and submit to the Nevada State Engineer’s office various state water rights administrative forms and applications. (Example: Proof of Completion and Beneficial Use, Extensions of Time, Reports of Conveyance).

·      Research State Engineer’s water rights file to determine the status and standing of water rights permits.

·      Assure an accurate computerized water rights inventory necessary for the management of water rights.

·      Analyze subdivision maps, tract maps, and parcel maps to convert surveyors written land descriptions into specific geographical location.

·      Communicate with clients regarding ordinances and State laws pertaining to water rights, dedication procedures, policies, and requirements.

·      Draft original correspondence regarding water rights related issues.

·      Utilize subdivision and/or commercial water consumption analyses in order to prove beneficial use of water.

·      Provide necessary legal and technical descriptive information required by the State Engineer’s Office for the preparation of water rights maps.

·      Calculate Water Rights demands for subdivision map submissions.

·      Provide research, data collection, and other water rights support activities requested by the Department of Water Resources staff.

 

Qualifications

·        Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred.  

·        Experience with water rights is also preferred, but not required.  

·        Professional experience in title research, legal research, engineering, surveying, or environmental science would provide relevant experience for this position.  

·        Certification as a Professional Engineer or Professional Land Surveyor is desired.

·        A valid driver’s license is required for travel to off-site work.  

·        One (1) year of full-time experience administering water rights, including acquisition, dedication, maintenance, research, and transfer of water rights; OR an equivalent combination of training and experience.

 

Desired Skills and Abilities

·      Excellent communication skills: develop and maintain effective working relationships and converse with a wide variety of people, including clients, co-workers, committee members, and staff from public agencies.

·      Strong technical writing skills: provide concise descriptions of water rights history and associated projects for submission to the State of Nevada.  

·      Critical thinking: problem solving through research and data gathering from various sources, including clients, County, State, Federal, staff and records, and organize and compile for distribution and review. Have an eye for details and make conscious effort to develop an understanding of problems; maintain the patience to pursue the problem until a solution is found.

·      Organized: manage multiple tasks and objectives in an organized fashion. Receptive to evolving technical, administrative, and legal environment.  

·      Responsible: demonstrate stewardship through maintaining clientele water rights.

·      Computer Literacy: ability to operate computers (regular, laptop, etc.) with a working understanding and use of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Experience with ArcGIS and CAD software is desired.

 

(These may be acquired on the job and are needed to perform the work assigned.)

Knowledge of:

·      County, State, and Federal ordinances and statutes pertaining to water rights dedication requirements.

·      Functions and responsibilities of other agencies concerned with water rights.

·      The principles and procedures involved with the establishment and administration of water rights.

·      Recordkeeping and basic office practices.

·      State law pertaining to water rights.

·      Techniques of data collection and evaluation.

·      Basic database computer programs.

·      Basic mathematics.

 

Ability to:

·      Independently research water rights related matters and issue opinions.

·      Maintain and modify water rights records system using computer software.

·      Read, understand, and participate in the preparation of legal descriptions of water rights, real property, easements, and water rights maps.

·      Read, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, and policies related to water rights.

·      Read topographical maps.

·      Determine the status of a water rights permit.

·      Draft, complete, and record documents for water rights transfers and agreements.

·      Prepare data, plans, and maps for reports and presentations.

·      Conduct property title searches.

·      Organize and prioritize work.

·      Work independently.

·      Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

·      Maintain effective working relationships with the public and public agency staff.

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Senior Civil Engineer

Farr West Engineering is currently seeking a self-motivated Senior Civil Engineer in our Reno, Nevada office. This is a growth position for a career-oriented person who is seeking an opportunity to work with one of the most reputable engineering firms in Nevada.  Farr West is a not only one of the largest and strongest utility engineering firms in Nevada, but we also offer one of the best work environments around. As you would expect, our employees are offered competitive salaries, a retirement plan, company sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance, optional benefits, paid time off, professional development, flexible work hours, and more. However, where our company stands apart is in our attention to employee growth, opportunity, and challenging project tasks in a group atmosphere that is like no other. Our team is truly made up of some of the brightest, hard-working and just plain fun professionals around.

Our clients are some of the best in the business and we focus on maintaining superior relationships with every client so the work that we do is enjoyable for all parties involved. Farr West is dedicated to being the leading engineering firm in Nevada and northern California, while staying true to our core values of character, stewardship, and excellence. Our company embraces a culture of hard work, family, and play that keeps our employees happy, healthy, and loyal.

Key Responsibilities:

Duties will include team leadership on multiple projects, design, bidding, and construction management of public works projects involving water and wastewater facilities.  Duties may also include supervision and mentoring of other engineers.  Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or environmental engineering
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (PE)
  • 10+ years of relevant experience in utility engineering, water, sewer and wastewater projects preferred.
  • Applicants should have previous experience with designing community water and sewer systems, pump stations, and water and wastewater treatment facilities.
  • Experience with utility master planning and utility hydraulic modeling is also preferred.

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P. (775) 851-4788
F. (775) 851-0766
5510 Longley Lane
Reno, NV 89511
M-F, 8 AM to 5 PM

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P. (775) 738-2121
F. (775) 738-7955
421 Court Street
Elko, NV 89801
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