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We are dedicated to ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, providing resources and supporting economic growth. Our EMPLOYEES are our greatest asset in meeting our mission to be an Oklahoma Agency of Excellence.\nPosition Overview\nThe Dam Safety Performance Analyst evaluates, interprets, trends, and reports surveillance, instrumentation, operational, geotechnical, structural, hydrologic, hydraulic, and condition-assessment data associated with GRDA water-retaining structures. The position converts technical data and field observations into actionable information that supports engineering evaluations, regulatory compliance, risk-informed decision-making, and the GRDA Dam Safety Program.\nThis position reports to the Chief Dam Safety Engineer and works closely with dam safety engineering, surveillance, instrumentation, and project personnel. The role maintains long-term performance records, evaluates trends and threshold exceedances, prepares technical reports and visualizations, and supports inspections, instrumentation evaluations, Potential Failure Mode Analyses (PFMAs), risk assessments, Emergency Action Plans, Dam Safety Surveillance and Monitoring Plans (DSSMPs), and Supporting Technical Information Documents (STIDs).\nEssential job functions include, but are not limited to:\nInstrumentation Data Evaluation\nCompile, organize, validate, and evaluate surveillance and instrumentation data for GRDA dams and appurtenant structures.\nAnalyze data from piezometers, observation and relief wells, weirs, drainage systems, water-level recorders, survey and alignment monuments, crack gauges, and other monitoring devices.\nReview routine and supplemental data for anomalies, trends, threshold exceedances, missing information, and unusual behavior; identify conditions requiring engineering review.\nVerify data completeness, coordinate investigation of questionable readings, and support recommendations for instrumentation repair, replacement, maintenance, abandonment, or enhancement.\nPerformance Trending, Thresholds, and Alerts\nDevelop and maintain long-term performance histories and trend-analysis methods for GRDA water-retaining structures.\nEvaluate relationships among reservoir and tailwater elevations, piezometric response, seepage, foundation pressure, seasonal and climatic effects, structural movement, construction, and maintenance activities.\nEvaluate monitoring data relative to historical performance, established baseline conditions, and expected facility behavior to identify developing or unusual conditions.\nMaintain approved threshold and action-level records; compare incoming data to established limits and document exceedances or unusual conditions.\nPromptly notify appropriate dam safety personnel of exceedance, support directed follow-up actions, and track investigations through resolution.\nReporting and Technical Documentation\nPrepare routine and special reports, technical memoranda, data summaries, statistical analyses, and performance visualizations for engineering, management, consultant, and regulatory review.\nDevelop monthly, quarterly, and annual monitoring and performance reports, including instrumentation and trend evaluations.\nCreate figures, plots, maps, charts, dashboards, and presentations that clearly communicate facility performance.\nSupport development and updates of DSSMPs, STIDs, dam safety status reports, corrective-action reports, engineering evaluations, PFMAs, and risk assessments.\nDatabase and Records Management\nAdminister dam safety performance databases and maintain complete, organized, searchable, and defensible historical monitoring records.\nPerform quality-control reviews of incoming data, coordinate data transfers from field personnel, and maintain electronic archives supporting engineering and regulatory reviews.\nDevelop and maintain data-management procedures and support migration, enhancement, and long-term preservation of monitoring databases, reporting tools, and performance histories.\nEngineering, Risk, and Inspection Support\nPrepare data packages and provide analytical support for engineering assessments, stability evaluations, seepage investigations, construction monitoring, corrective actions, PFMAs, and risk assessments.\nEvaluate data consistency and potential influences affecting interpretation; evaluate performance indicators and trends associated with identified PFMs and significant dam safety concerns; and assist engineers in establishing risk-informed monitoring requirements.\nReview field surveillance observations, correlate observed conditions with measured responses, and help develop enhanced surveillance and monitoring requirements for unusual conditions or areas requiring additional evaluation.\nParticipate in field reviews and inspections as needed and support technical review of consultant reports, independent consultant inspections, and dam safety audits.\nRegulatory and Compliance Support\nCompile technical information and records for regulatory reports, submittals, audits, inspections, and independent consultant reviews.\nAssist with preparation of FERC-required monitoring information and responses to requests concerning monitoring data and facility performance.\nMaintain documentation supporting regulatory reviews and annual assessments required by the Dam Safety Program.\nProgram Improvement and Analytics\nDevelop improved methods for data analysis, visualization, monitoring efficiency, and performance assessment.\nEvaluate emerging instrumentation, monitoring, database, dashboard, and reporting technologies and recommend practical enhancements.\nSupport automated monitoring and reporting, development of dam safety performance metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.\nPerform other duties, as assigned.\nSkills, Knowledge, Qualities:\nAdvanced analytical, problem-solving, trend-evaluation, and technical-reporting skills.\nKnowledge of dam safety instrumentation systems and geotechnical, structural, hydrologic, and hydraulic performance indicators.\nAbility to interpret engineering, surveillance, and instrumentation data and communicate complex technical information clearly to engineers, leadership, consultants, and regulators.\nStrong database-management, data-quality, technical-writing, and graphical-presentation skills.\nAdvanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, trend analysis, charting, and data management.\nExperience with SQL databases, Power BI, GIS, statistical software, or similar analytical tools preferred.\nStrong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple analytical assignments.\nEducation, Training, Experience:\nRequired\nBachelor's degree in Geology, Geological Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, Data Analytics, Hydrology, Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related technical field.\nPreferred\nExperience with technical data analysis, instrumentation monitoring, risk analysis, or dam safety involving dams, levees, hydropower facilities, or other water-retaining infrastructure.\nExperience with instrumentation databases and dam performance evaluations.\nCertificates, Registrations, Licenses:\nValid Oklahoma driver's license, or the ability to convert an out-of-state license within 30 days if an Oklahoma resident.\nEngineer Intern (EI), Professional Geologist (PG), Professional Engineer (PE), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Project Management, or similar professional credential preferred.\nAbility to obtain additional technical certifications and training, as assigned.\nPhysical/Mental Requirements & Working Conditions:\nWork is primarily performed in an office environment with periodic field visits to dams, galleries, spillways, embankments, instrumentation sites, and construction locations.\nMust be able to traverse uneven terrain, access monitoring locations, and work outdoors during inspections and investigations.\nAbility to lift and carry monitoring equipment weighing up to 25 pounds occasionally.\nMust possess the mental, visual, and auditory acuity necessary to analyze complex data, prepare technical reports and visualizations, and identify unusual conditions.\nAbility to travel among GRDA facilities and support emergency monitoring during unusual conditions, flood events, or dam safety incidents.\nOther information:\nCompensation will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.\nHighly competitive benefits package.\nTravel to other GRDA locations, as needed.\nIf you’re passionate about growth, teamwork, and making an impact, you’ll love building your career with 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