Charmin, Assistant Engineer

Using energy to engineer energy.

Continuity and communication are cornerstones to Charmin's work at EBMUD.

Continuity and communication are cornerstones to Charmin's work at EBMUD.

Charmin’s stint as a young EBMUD intern paid off. Now an Assistant Engineer, she focuses on green energy by managing renewable energy projects, doing energy efficiency studies, and marketing hydropower and renewable energy credits. Additionally, Charmin supervises the reservoir inspection program and provides engineering expertise to other departments.

For Charmin, it’s not enough to be a good engineer. “I bring continuity to my projects to ensure that all the different pieces of the job are expertly done.” Her communication skills are a plus. She uses layman’s terms more than jargon and brings a sense of excitement to her work.

What she loves most about being part of the EBMUD family is employees’ commitment to “seeing how, together, we serve our community. There’s a sense of ownership and pride in that bigger goal.”

Charmin chairs EBMUD’s Art Committee, which sponsors work by local artists in the main lobby of EBMUD’s Oakland headquarters. “As a kid, I wanted to be a creative writer. But high math scores led me to engineering. Now I express my creativity through the Art Committee, which provides an opportunity for employees and the public to connect with art.”

 “At our core, we’re all problem solvers, and art encourages us to stretch our minds and arrive at bigger ideas."