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What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? Salary: GS-09 - $53,347 (Step 01) to $69,352 (Step 10) GS-11 - $64,545 (Step 01) to $83,906 (Step 10) NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired atthe Step 01.
Major Duties
As a Hydrologist within the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:
- Plans, budgets, coordinates project and staff, conducts and reports on studies (hydrologic and water quality, sediments and air chemistry).
- Applies, modifies and guides use of established and new procedures to collect, quality assurance, achieve and release data (hydrologic and water quality, sediment and air chemistry), for conventional and anomalous conditions.
- Computes, analyzes, interprets, and presents hydrologic water quality and air chemistry results using computerized simulation, statistical, geographic information systems, and other tools.
- Prepares, reviews and presents project proposals, public presentations and reports of hydrologic, water quality, sediment and air chemistry studies. Collaborates with internal and external partners on development, progress, and results.
- Operate a government vehicle as a incidental driver.
Physical Demands: The work requires frequent physical exertion while conducting field portions of projects work and with inspection of ongoing operations, including walking over rough, rocky, uneven terrain; lifting and carrying equipment and supplies; and wading in streams in all types of weather.
Work Environment: The work involves some degree of risk when conducting on-the-ground assessments of operations as well as exposure to moderate discomfort from such extremes as heat, cold, and inclement weather.
Qualifications
For information on basic qualifications, which includes information on whether you may substitute education for specialized experience, please click on the following:https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/human-capital/hy....
In addition to the basic education requirements, you must have 1-year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. BASICEDUCATIONREQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for Hydrologist, all grade levels.
A. Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in physical or natural science, or engineering that included at least 30 semester hours or the equivalent 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 or the equivalent in calculus (including both differential and integral calculus), and at least 6 semester hours or the equivalent in physics. **OR B. A combination of education and experience-course work as shown in "A" above (30 semester hours or the equivalent in any combination of courses as specified in "A" above which must include at least 6 semester hours or the equivalent in calculus (including both differential and integral calculus), and at least 6 semester hours or the equivalent in physics), plus appropriate experience and/or additional education for a total of 4 years. The education or combined education and experience must be comparable in type, scope and thoroughness to that acquired through successful completion of a 4-year course of study as described in "A" above. For GS-09:
In addition to the basic education requirement as stated above, applicants must meet one of the following to qualify for the GS-09 level:
2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education (36 semester hours, 54 quarter hours or the equivalent) leading to a master's degree in hydrology or other directly related field of study or master's or equivalent graduate degree in hydrology or other directly related field of study if it provided the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.
**OR one year of appropriate professional experience in hydrology that is equivalent to at least the GS-07 level in the Federal service.
Examples of such experience related to the duties of this position include performing a variety of straightforward hydrologic measurements using automated data collection equipment and continuous and discrete observations, and basic computations, compilations, quality assurance, analyses and interpretation of hydrologic, water quality and air chemistry data in assisting higher level Hydrologists in carrying out hydrologic assignments. Work experience would include public presentations and peer-reviewed interpretive technical reports, academic thesis or dissertation, or journal articles that document scientific studies. Work or academic background would have included organic chemistry. This work experience would have involved following established methods and procedures, or detailed instructions; using some judgment in applying basic principles and procedures and would have required a good general working knowledge of the principles and the theories of hydrology and application of geographic information system, statistical analysis and hydrologic simulations to data analysis.
**OR a combination of successfully completed progressive graduate level education, as described above, that is beyond the first year of graduate study and professional experience, as described above.
For GS-11:
In addition to the basic education requirement as stated above, applicants must meet one of the following to qualify for the GS-11 level: 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education (54 semester hours, 81 quarter hours or the equivalent) leading to a Ph.D. degree in hydrology or other directly related field of study or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in hydrology or other directly related field of study if it provided the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.
**OR one year of appropriate professional experience in hydrology that is equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal service.
Examples of such experience related to the duties of this position include independent responsibility for a well-defined study or for a phase of a larger study that required the planning and carrying out of routine hydrologic work. This work would have required the individual to select and make minor adaptations to procedures and accepted practices and handle unexpected conditions arising in the normal course of the work, including establishing, automated hydrologic data collection networks and calibrating, collecting data from and troubleshooting operation of the network, implementing quality assurance and public release of continuous and discrete data, and with interpretation of hydrologic, water quality and air chemistry data. Work or academic background would have included organic chemistry. Experience would include preparation of project proposals, public presentations, public release of data and peer-reviewed interpretive technical reports, academic thesis or dissertation, or journal articles that document scientific studies. At this level, Hydrologists have a sound working knowledge of the principles of hydrology and application of geographic information system, statistical analysis and hydrologic simulations to data analysis and the ability to independently perform moderately difficult and responsible scientific work.
**OR a combination of successfully completed graduate level education, as described, above that is beyond the second year of progressive graduate study and professional experience, as described above.
You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.
Pay Range
$53,347.00 - $83,906.00