San Luis Division

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San Luis Field Division

San Luis Reservoir, located 12 miles west of the city of Los Banos near the historic Pacheco Pass, is part of the San Luis Joint-Use Complex, which serves the State Water Project and the federal Central Valley Project. Its recreational reservoirs include O’Neill Forebay, San Luis Reservoir, and Los Banos Reservoir.

Completed in 1967, San Luis Reservoir is one of the nation’s largest offstream reservoirs, meaning it has no watershed. Instead the reservoir stores water diverted from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for later deliveries to the Silicon Valley, San Joaquin Valley, the Central Coast, and Southern California. The Gianelli Pumping/Generating Plant is located at the base of the Sisk Dam for the San Luis Reservoir. This plant functions as a pumping plant to fill the lake and as a power generation plant when water is released from the dam. Twenty miles to the South along the California Aqueduct is the Dos Amigos Pumping Plant. This plant functions as a primary lift station to allow water to flow down to the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley.

Los Banos Reservoir is located on Los Banos Creek, about 7 miles southwest of Los Banos. It provides flood protection for San Luis Canal, Delta-Mendota Canal, City of Los Banos, and other downstream developments.

The San Luis field division is located near the cities of Los Banos, Gustine, and Newman with larger cites of Stockton, Modesto, San Jose, and Fresno within an hours drive time away. The Monterey coast and Sierra Mountain ranges are also with a 100 mile radius of this location.

The San Luis Field Division offers a wide variety of job opportunities for engineers, mechanics, electricians, computer and electronic technicians, maintenance workers and plant operators. The following list includes some of the job titles that are being utilized:

Civil Engineer
Hydro-Electric Plant Operator
Hydro-Electric Plant Mechanic
Hydro-Electric Plant Electrician
Mechanical Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Control System Technician
Building Maintenance Worker
Electrical/Mechanical Technician
Utility Craft Worker
Heavy Equipment Mechanic
Water Resources Technician

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