SCIENTIST 3

South Florida Water Management District

West Palm Beach, FL

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$55,699–$69,620 Per Year

SKILLS

ArcGIS, Communication Skills, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Processing, Data Quality, Data Sets, Data Visualization, Detail Oriented, Documentation, Driver's License, ESRI, Emergency Management, Emergency Response, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Monitoring, Establish Priorities, Hydrology, Information Technology & Information Systems, Laboratory, Microsoft Excel, Organizational Skills, Physical Science, Power BI, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Regulatory Compliance, Statistics, Time Management, Track and Field, Usability Engineering, Water Quality Analysis, Water Quality Testing, Water Resource Management, Writing Skills

LOCATION

West Palm Beach, FL

POSTED

1 day ago

The South Florida Water Management District protects South Florida’s water resources through science-based water quality assessment, regulatory compliance, environmental restoration, and public service.

Position Overview
The Scientist 3 position supports the Compliance Assessment and Reporting Section of the Office of Water Quality by serving as a primary point of coordination for water quality and hydrologic data requests. This position helps ensure that data responses are accurate, timely, well-documented, and appropriate for their intended use.

The position supports District responsibilities associated with the Everglades Forever Act, Clean Water Act, Impaired Waters Rule, Total Maximum Daily Loads, Basin Management Plans, Northern Everglades and Estuaries Protection Program, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Central Everglades Planning Project, and other current and future restoration initiatives.

Key Responsibilities
•   Receive, clarify, prioritize, track, and respond to internal and external water quality and hydrologic data requests.
•   Identify appropriate datasets, coordinate with subject matter experts, evaluate data limitations, document assumptions, and prepare scientifically sound responses.
•   Retrieve, organize, review, summarize, and interpret environmental data from District databases and related data systems, including DBHYDRO/DBHydro Insights.
•   Conduct data assessments to support request responses, including data screening, QA/QC review, summary statistics, and other analyses as needed.
•   Prepare data tables, technical summaries, figures, presentations, fact sheets, and supporting information for compliance reports, permit-related products, restoration projects, operational needs, and public communication.
•   Develop, maintain, and support Survey123 forms across the Office of Water Quality and related ESRI tools used to collect, review, track, and summarize field, monitoring, and data information.
•   Use tools such as Excel, Power Query, Power BI, ArcGIS, and other data management, visualization, or geospatial applications to improve data request tracking, recurring summaries, QA/QC checks, spatial review, and reporting workflows.
•   Coordinate with District scientists, engineers, data managers, laboratory staff, field monitoring staff, information technology staff, and external partners to ensure data responses are accurate, traceable, and appropriate for their intended use.

Required Skills and Competencies
The successful candidate must have knowledge of water quality and hydrologic data, environmental monitoring, laboratory or field data processes, data quality review, and data management.

Strong written and oral communication skills are essential, including the ability to summarize technical information clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences.

The candidate must be proficient in Microsoft Excel and comfortable working with environmental datasets. Experience developing or maintaining Survey123 forms and using ESRI tools such as ArcGIS is preferred.

Experience with data analysis, transformation, tracking, visualization tools, Power Query, Power BI, database queries, or similar applications is also preferred.

The candidate must demonstrate sound scientific judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to evaluate environmental data for accuracy, completeness, usability, and appropriate interpretation.

The candidate must have strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple requests, competing priorities, and deadlines while maintaining clear documentation and records.

The candidate must be able to work effectively across technical teams and build productive relationships with scientists, engineers, data managers, laboratory staff, field monitoring staff, information technology staff, and external partners.

External Hiring Range — Scientist 3: $55,699–$69,620

Employment Guidelines:

Scientist 3: Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s preferred, in Natural or Physical Sciences with at least two (2) years’ experience that demonstrates measurable career and technical progression.

License(s) / Certification(s):
Valid State of Florida Driver's License required.

Physical Requirements/ Working Environment:
Due to the District's response role and in the total scope of emergency management, this position may at times, be required to provide support before, during, and after major storm events and emergency situations, such as hurricanes or other declared emergencies, depending on assigned emergency response role.

Veterans' Preference
Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. All documentation is due by the close of the job posting.

Americans with Disabilities Act:
The South Florida Water Management District is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the selection process, please contact the Human Resources Bureau at HR_Solutions@sfwmd.gov

About the Company

South Florida Water Management District

Our mission: To safeguard and restore South Florida's water resources and ecosystems, protect our communities from flooding, and meet the region's water needs while connecting with the public and stakeholders.

The South Florida Water Management District is a regional governmental agency that manages the water resources in the southern half of the state, covering 16 counties from Orlando to the Florida Keys and serving a population of 9 million residents. It is the oldest and largest of the state's five water management districts. Created in 1949, the agency is responsible for managing and protecting water resources of South Florida by balancing and improving flood control, water supply, water quality and natural systems.

A key initiative is restoration of the Everglades – the largest environmental restoration project in the nation's history. The District is also working to improve the Kissimmee River and its floodplain, Lake Okeechobee and South Florida's coastal estuaries.

COMPANY SIZE

1,000 to 1,499 employees

INDUSTRY

Government and Military

WEBSITE

https://www.sfwmd.gov/

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