David R. Schickling

David (Dave) Schickling is Vice President - Water Operations for Golden State Water Company (GSWC), a subsidiary of American States Water Company. His responsibilities include management of GSWC’s water operations, and maintaining relationships with city and county management and elected officials. Dave joined GSWC in August 2019 as General Manager – Central District and has more than 30 years of experience in the management of water systems and the engineering of diverse public works projects. Dave is a Registered Professional Engineer in California. Early in his career, he worked for GSWC as a Senior Systems Engineer from 1990-1992.

Dave’s previous roles include Director of Public Works, City Engineer, City Traffic Engineer, Water System Manager, Senior Civil Engineer, and Systems Engineer for municipalities and GSWC, as well as Project Manager for Kenneth I. Mullen and Associates.

Dave holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from California State University at Fullerton, with course work at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Additionally, he holds a D5 Water Distribution Operator Certification and a T3 Water Treatment Operator Certification issued by the California State Water Resources Control Board.