This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Superintendent, Colorado River Agency in Poston, Arizona. NOTE: TRAVEL AND RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. ANY RELOCATION EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTING FOR DUTY WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SELECTED EMPLOYEE.

Duties

Responsible for supervising Lead Irrigation System Operators and Irrigation System Operators. Receives water orders; takes daily measurements; maintains record of water delivery, reservoir inflow and outflow, and instream flows, calculates requirements for area served. Operates project distribution facilities to regulate and deliver water in accordance with Bureau water project policies and procedures. Responsible for constant surveillance and condition or irrigation related faculties. Recommends needed maintenance and schedules required repairs. Plan work for subordinates, establish priorities and prepares schedules for its completion.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Indian Preference applies
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Incumbent is required to operate a government motor vehicle, must possess a valid driver's license, and have a safe driving record within the 3 year period immediately preceding submittal of GSA Form 3607.

Qualifications

The following shows the amounts of education and/or experience required to qualify for positions. GS-9: 1 year specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-07 level OR master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE - Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: work experience demonstrating responsibility for providing technical guidance and oversight to an irrigation operation and maintenance company or organization. Also, experience with irrigation (or similar) facilities and maintenance equipment sufficient to have the ability to identify, prioritize, schedule, and coordinate irrigation system construction and maintenance work utilizing computers, including the utilization of spreadsheets and word processing applications, to perform somewhat complex calculations, and prepare reports and correspondence. All qualification requirements must be met by the application submission date. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Rocky Mountain Regional BIA Center for Recruitment Rocky Mountain Regional 2021 4th Avenue North Billings, MT 59101 US
• Name: Karena Luna
• Phone: 4806223476
• Email: [email protected]