Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Interdisciplinary Civil Engineer (Hydrologic) / Hydrologist. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Carson City, Nevada

Duties

Serves as a specialist responsible for the investigation and development of models for use in planning studies directed at increasing and managing the water supplies of Northern Nevada. Responsible for general hydrologic forecasting and data analysis. Applies water resource models to studies related to water supply, power, or environmental issues. Performs hydrologic and hydraulic research on water and resources. Collects, measures, analyzes, and interprets hydrologic information on water resources. Forecasts water supply, water flows and reservoir releases. Develops new, improved, or more economical hydrologic methods, techniques, and instruments. Creates model data input, output and storage mechanisms. Models and studies are used to evaluate water supply as well as stabilize, protect, restore, and enhance river environments. Conducts technical analysis regarding submitted water rights applications and potential impacts on Truckee and Carson River basins' water resources. Collects and analyzes data on water supplies, demands, reservoir operations and management, river hydraulics and, as required, for other studies and programs of the Area Office.

Requirements

Qualifications

To be eligible for consideration, you must first meet the Basic Education Requirement for this position, having: GS-0810 (Civil Engineering): A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of education and experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) GS-1315 (Hydrology): A. Degree: physical or natural science, or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours in any combination of courses in hydrology, the physical sciences, geophysics, chemistry, engineering science, soils, mathematics, aquatic biology, atmospheric science, meteorology, geology, oceanography, or the management or conservation of water resources. The course work must have included at least 6 semester hours in calculus (including both differential and integral calculus), and at least 6 semester hours in physics. Calculus and physics, as described above, are requirements for all grade levels. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to the basic education requirement, in order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that the applicant meets the education and/or specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. To qualify at the GS-07 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 in Federal service which includes Assisting with and performing technical work related to river systems, groundwater, water management operations, or water infrastructure by tabulating physical data, applying basic principles of engineering or hydrology, and reviewing technical reports and other documentation for accuracy, consistency, or deficiencies. These examples are not all inclusive. OR One (1) year of graduate level education in physical or natural science or engineering OR Superior Academic Achievement is based on: 1) class standing, 2) grade-point average, or 3) honor society membership. Specific requirements are: 1) Class Standing: Upper third of graduating class based on completed courses; 2a) Grade Point Average: 3.0 or higher as recorded on official transcript or as computed based on 4 years of education; 2b) based on courses completed during the final full 2 years of curriculum; -OR- 2c) 3.5 or higher based on average of courses completed in the specific major field of study; or 3) Honor Society Membership: Election to membership in a national scholastic honor society listed in the Association of College Honor Societies, Booklet of Information, and/or Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (membership in a freshman honor society cannot be used to meet the requirements of this provision). The superior academic achievement provision is to be used to determine eligibility for applicable GS-07 level positions of persons who have completed (or expect to complete within 9 months) all the requirements for bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a qualifying grade point average (GPA), class standing, or honors society. For more information, visit OPM. To qualify at the GS-09 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 in Federal service which includes: Performing detailed technical work related to river environments, groundwater, water management operations, or water infrastructure by tabulating physical data, applying complex principles of engineering or hydrology, and experience in modeling, forecasting or analyzing multi-purpose river and reservoir systems models for purposes that may include water supply, flood control, hydropower, environmental considerations, recreation, water quality, etc., and producing technical reports. Preparing contract specifications for simple technical contracts (e.g., items of work and units of measurement for payment. These examples are not all inclusive. OR 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree OR a master's or equivalent graduate degree in physical or natural science or engineering.

Education

To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 in Federal service which includes: Experience in modeling, forecasting or analyzing multi-purpose river and reservoir systems models for purposes that may include water supply, flood control, hydropower, environmental considerations, recreation, water quality, etc., analyzing and calculating flow characteristics; evaluating facility or waterway capacities and operations; complex hydrologic modelling and data analyses; hydrologic risk estimation and analyses; conducting hydrologic extremes analyses (e.g., flood frequency, drought); analysis of the adequacy of water supplies available from surface and/or subsurface sources after consideration of water rights; water requirements for irrigation, municipalities, industries, hydropower, fish and wildlife, and/or pollution control; development of computational methods and computer programs/codes to solve complex hydrology and hydrometeorology problems; statistical analysis of rainfall data, stream discharge data, and other historical hydrological-related data; interfacing systems models' with other models such reservoir, stream quality and/or groundwater models to support water resources studies; hydrograph scaling, rainfall-runoff modeling, storm transposition, and regional flood transposition; integrating climate change concepts into hydrologic studies; and stochastic/probabilistic and deterministic analyses which require statistical and physical representation of natural systems. These examples are not all inclusive. OR 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a PhD degree OR PhD or equivalent doctoral degree in physical or natural science or engineering.

To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 in Federal service. Specialized experience at this level is defined as: Analyzing and calculating flow characteristics; evaluating facility or waterway capacities and operations; complex hydrologic modelling and data analyses; hydrologic risk estimation and analyses; conducting hydrologic extremes analyses (e.g., flood frequency, drought); analysis of the adequacy of water supplies available from surface and/or subsurface sources after consideration of water rights; water requirements for irrigation, municipalities, industries, hydropower, fish and wildlife, and/or pollution control; development of computational methods and computer programs/codes to solve complex hydrology and hydrometeorology problems; statistical analysis of rainfall data, stream discharge data, and other historical hydrological-related data; interfacing systems models' with other models such reservoir, stream quality and/or groundwater models to support water resources studies; hydrograph scaling, rainfall-runoff modeling, storm transposition, and regional flood transposition; integrating climate change concepts into hydrologic studies; and stochastic/probabilistic and deterministic analyses which require statistical and physical representation of natural systems; facilitating planning studies; and providing outreach activities to educate existing and potential stakeholders. - Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).

You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 09/23/2024.

This vacancy announcement allows substituting education for experience at the GS-GS-0810/1315 grade levels 07/09/11. You must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferred. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not-qualified for the position.

This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferred. Non-submission will result in being rated not-qualified for the position.

You will be required to provide official college transcripts to verify educational qualifications, if selected. An official transcript must be sent directly from the University's Registrar's office and must be provided from the institution awarding the degree. Academic transcripts certified by notary publics are NOT official. Official transcripts must be submitted prior to reporting to work as a condition of employment. Failure to submit official transcripts may be grounds for dismissal or rescission of the job offer.

Contacts

• Address LBAO Bureau of Reclamation 705 N. Plaza Street Room 320 Carson City, NV 89701 US
• Name: BOR CA Great Basin Human Resources Office
• Phone: 916-978-5476
• Email: [email protected]