Research Scientist II, Water Quality
Organization
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute
Job Summary
Designs and manages all aspects of a research portfolio complimentary to that of other research scientists or research faculty. Often maintains active research collaborations external to the university.
Duties may include:
- Planning and conducting research in accordance with stipulated protocols and quality and safety standards
- Performing complex scientific analyses
- Developing new methods and guidelines for procedures
- Directing the development of recommendations for project solutions
- Performing peer review of scientific projects, studies or applications
- Developing technical scientific management guidelines
- Writing peer reviewed publications or presentations
- Resolving complex project-specific technical and regulatory issues
- Establishing work priorities and performance standards, hiring, training, evaluating staff, assigning and reviewing work
- Responsible for technical project management to include developing the scope of work, budgeting, scheduling, reporting, implementing field projects and approving scientific documents
- Participating in the development of grant proposals as named project contributor or primary investigator
- May have an independent research program that is complimentary to research objectives of a broader research group or department within the institution
- May include supervision of junior-level staff and students; does not include a full range of supervisory responsibilities
- Other duties as assigned
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- Five years of research experience beyond receipt of doctoral degree
- Demonstrated record of research achievement
- Participation in the development and submission of sponsored project proposals
- Ph.D. in Hydrology, Engineering, Hydrogeology, Environmental Science or other related discipline
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and with an interdisciplinary team
- Experience serving as PI or Co-PI on extramurally funded research
- Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas: water quality analysis, big data analytics, isotopic analysis
- Technical proficiency with quantitative data analytics and workflows (e.g. R, Python, GIS, Modflow, GitHub)
- Experience conducting interdisciplinary or community-engaged research and demonstrated success in working collaboratively across disciplines with a range of stakeholders
- Strong written and oral communication skills including peer-reviewed journals and experience communicating with non-academic audiences
- Record of two or more lead-author publications in peer reviewed journals
- Demonstrated record of research achievement
- Participation in the development and submission of sponsored project proposals
Position Type
- Full Time Job
Contact Person
Kendra Kaiser
Contact Email
kkaiser@uidaho.edu
Degree Required
Location
Boise, Idaho Falls
Closing Date
August 3, 2025