Gage Steward Job Description

We hope you will consider joining this great team. Here is what is involved.

Generally, a gage steward would be responsible for one maintenance and care of one or more specific gage location. The gage stewards would become members of the Floodzilla team, attend a monthly meeting, keep up with flood events, and troubleshoot their specific gages, especially before a forecasted flood event.

Duties include:

1. Preseason: prepare and reinstall gages, including clean sensor and transmitter, inspect antenna, and change batteries. Once reinstalled, inspect site for any debris that could return bad readings, and assist staff with re-surveying for data comparison integrity.
2. During flood season: monitor readings and troubleshoot gages as necessary. Refer to SOP manual for remote and site-based diagnostic tools. Typical site-based troubleshooting actions include checking for debris, inspecting antenna, submersion, replacing batteries, resetting device.
3. Preparing for individual flood events¹: typically floods are forecasted 10 days out. At that time, a Gage Steward should check the readings, diagnose any problems, and delete any bad readings.

1. Gage Stewards should notify another team member if unavailable to complete these tasks during a flood event so that the duties can be reassigned.