Supervisory Hydrologic Technician

You will serve as a Supervisory Hydrologic Technician with Geological Survey. This position serves as the supervisor for the Marion Field Office as part of the Hydrologic Network Operations Section for the USGS Virginia and West Virginia Water Science Center. The incumbent is responsible for managing and directing all field office operations, including technical direction and administrative supervision of the field office staff.

GS-12 Salary: Salary: $ 89,508 (Step 01) to $ 116,362 (Step 10. As a Supervisory Hydrologic Technician within the Pennsylvania Water Science Center, some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Manages hydrologic monitoring-based program used for investigation and management of complex hydrologic needs. Supervises multiple staff collecting hydrologic data to meet program goals. Collects and analyzes discrete and continuous measurements or samples of physical and chemical properties of water from a variety of hydrologic systems. Constructs and maintains water resource monitoring stations and electrical systems used to collect, store, and transmit continuous measurements of physical and chemical properties of water Communicates and provides training in technical information related to hydrologic monitoring to subordinates, other Center staff, a wide variety of cooperative agencies and the public.

Qualifications

For GS-12: Applicants must meet the following to qualify for the GS-12 level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 in the Federal service. Examples of such experience may include: planning and conducting the computation and collection of data from approximately thirty or more gaging stations; determining stage-discharge relations, computing rating tables and mean daily, monthly and annual discharge rates from these stations.

Acting as a party chief and making indirect measurements of flood flows under extremely difficult conditions. Collecting data including that required to compute flood flows by the slope-area method, by measurement of flow over dams, by flow through culverts and by flow over embankments. Obtaining hydrologic data from published and unpublished sources and conducting hydrologic studies relative to the frequency of flood and droughts.

Planning and coordinating a ground water survey program for an area that may be either a small area with complex features or a larger area with planning and coordinating problems related to the scope of the ground water survey operations. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/22/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.

Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted.

An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience . For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience.

Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri. Corps) 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.

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.