Hydrologic Technician

Summary

You will serve as a Hydrologic Technician within the Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center located in Billings, MT. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 10 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. Salary GS-05 $ 40,736 (step
1) - $52,957 (step 10) First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

• Performs routine measurements of stage and discharge under various field conditions using established, standardized methods.
• Reviews gage-height data and discharge measurements to verify methods and computational accuracy and plots hydrographs to compare records.
• Installs, maintains, services, and troubleshoots sensing, recording, communications equipment, and instrumentation.
• Assists in establishing vertical and horizontal datums using established electronic forms and procedures.
• Enters, retrieves, edits, and analyzes basic surface-water, groundwater, and water-quality data using databases, spreadsheets, and graphics software.
• Maintains current and accurate files supporting data stored in USGS databases.
• Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. 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.

Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. 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. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education. https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualification

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit www.dhs.gov/EVerify/. Must have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. A physical examination will be required, or a statement regarding physical ability will need to be completed.

You must maintain physical fitness standards throughout employment. You are required to complete training, obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated.

This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency;

whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized.

In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in…