Hydrologist

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Basic Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement. Please click here to view the requirements of this position. In addition to meeting the Basic IOR listed above, you must also meet one of the following to be qualified. For the GS-07: In addition to meeting at least one of the Basic Requirements listed above, applicants must also have specialized experience and/or education to meet one of the minimum qualifications described below: Specialized Experience: Have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to a GS-5. Examples of specialized experience may include: performing a range of standard tests to determine the chemical and/or biological components of water samples; assisting with hydrologic data collection; conducting water use inventories based on water rights. OR Education: Have 1 year of graduate-level education that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR Combination of Education/Experience: Have a combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience per the announcement instructions. OR Superior Academic Achievement (SAA)): Have completed a bachelor’s degree in physical or natural science, or engineering or related subject matter and meet the requirements for Superior academic achievement (S.A.A.) per the announcement instructions. For the GS-09: In addition to meeting at least one of the Basic Requirements listed above, applicants must also have specialized experience and/or education to meet one of the minimum qualifications described below: Specialized Experience: Have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to a GS-7. Examples of specialized experience may include: planning hydrologic studies to determine the condition of water resources; utilizing relational databases and related applications to maintain hydrologic data for planning analyses; providing information on water resource management to customers; preparing scientific and technical reports on hydrologic related study findings. OR Education: Have 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master’s degree or master’s or equivalent graduate degree that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR Combination of Education/Experience: Have an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education as described in the vacancy announcement. Graduate level education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. For the GS-11: In addition to meeting at least one of the Basic Requirements listed above, applicants must also have specialized experience and/or education to meet one of the minimum qualifications described below: Specialized Experience: Have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to a GS-9. Examples of specialized experience may include: collecting and analyzing hydrologic data; applying hydrology, geology, or geochemistry principles in resolving complex water issues; Conducting, planning, reviewing, and evaluating multi-basin, multi-aquifer investigations; partnering with state, local, and tribal land managers to ensure water resources management practices are consistent with state, federal, and local policies. OR Education: Have 3 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. OR Combination of Education/Experience: Have an equivalent combination of specialized experience and appropriate graduate education as described in the vacancy announcement. Graduate level education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. 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. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade requirement in accordance with 5 CFR 300.604. If you are a current Federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level. Physical Demands: The work regularly combines both office and field assignments. Field work requires physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, or recurring and considerable walking, stooping, bending, crouching, crawling, and climbing such as in regular and periodic construction activities and field inspections. Work may also include frequent lifting of moderately heavy items weighing less than 50 pounds. Field assignments may also involve operating small watercraft, driving motor vehicles to work sites, some of which may be remote, and include overnight stays in remote locations. Work Environment: The work is usually performed in an office setting. However, work time may also be spent periodically visiting field sites. Field site visits are typically performed in either an outdoor setting subject to weather changes, diverse terrain, and safety hazards associated with working around complex features and/or construction, or an industrial setting subject to noise, fumes, and moving machinery.
Explore a new career with the BLM – where our people are our most precious resource. This position is located in Idaho Falls, Idaho at the Upper Snake Field Office. Information about Idaho Falls, ID and the surrounding area can be found here. We expect to fill one vacancy at this time; however, additional positions may be filled from this announcement if they become available.