Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Hydrologic Technician. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Torrington, Wyoming For living conditions go to: https://www.usbr.gov/gp/employment/living_conditions.pdf.

Duties

- Coordinates the operation and maintenance of Area Office network of automated hydrologic and meteorologic monitoring stations. - Performs onsite inspection and repairs of monitoring stations and satellite telemetry equipment. - Evaluates, revises and updates various reservoir and river data including elevation and storage tables, stage-discharge rating tables, river shift values, and gate discharge rating tables for all Area Office HYDROMET sites. - Computes and validates instrument readings, and reconciling anomalies of various hydrologic factors and measurement site conditions to ensure reliability of data collected. - Prepares various final records of publication and distribution on a reoccurring basis. - Plans and develops instrument arrays for monitoring station sites which includes layouts, equipment, facilities, and structures for reservoir and related monitoring locations, including development of supporting design and cost data.

Requirements

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience or education requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume and/or via supporting documents. GS-09: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-08 level in federal service or non-federal equivalent having experience participating in hydrologic research including collecting hydrologic data; operating remote data collection sites; or utilizing data collection or monitoring devices. OR Education: Two full years of graduate education or a master's degree, in a directly related field to the position. OR Combination of specialized experience and graduate education as defined above. GS-10: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-09 level in federal service or non-federal equivalent having experience participating in hydrologic research including collecting and evaluating hydrologic data; operating remote data collection sites; and utilizing data collection or monitoring devices. 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 11/15/2024.

Education

This vacancy announcement allows substituting education for experience at the GS-09 grade level. 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.

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.

Accreditation: Only education from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education is acceptable to meet education requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicable. For additional info, refer to the Office of Personnel Management and U.S. Department of Education.

Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For additional info, refer to the U.S. Network for Education Information.

Contacts

• Address Wyoming Area Office Bureau of Reclamation 705 Pendell Blvd, Mills Mills, WY 82644 US
• Name: BOR MB-ART Human Resources Office
• Phone: 406-247-7696
• Email: [email protected]