FUL - Hydrologic Technician
What you'd do
You will serve as a FUL - Hydrologic Technician. This position performs technical work in support of professional or technical employees engaged in hydrologic data collection activities. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate. Locality pay tables can be found here.
Major duties
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Surface Water: Performs a wide variety of stage and discharge measurements using appropriate techniques, equipment and protocols. Ground Water: Performs wide variety of water-level and discharge measurements from wells and springs selecting appropriate techniques, equipment and protocols. Water Quality: Performs field measurements such as water temperature, specific conductance, pH, dissolved oxygen and alkalinity. Instrumentation: Installs, maintains, services, and assists in the configuration of a variety of sensing, recording, and communications equipment and instrumentation. Data Management: Enters, retrieves, edits, and analyzes hydrologic data using one or more of several databases, spreadsheets, and graphics software programs. Monitors water-quality sampling frequencies for timely data collection and reports discrepancies. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level. This position will be filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area at the time of application. For this announcement, the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty station under normal conditions. The defined vicinity for this position is: between 50-75 miles depending on location, see below for specifics. You must provide proof of residency within the defined vicinity (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy, etc.) at time of application. See the Required Documents section for information on how to verify current residence. You MUST maintain a permanent and exclusive residence within the vicinity of the field unit as listed below: 75 miles from 401 Hardin Road, Little Rock, AR 72211 75 miles from 700 W Research Blvd, Fayetteville, AR 72701 75 miles from 640 Grassmere Park Drive, Nashville, TN 37211 75 miles from 3535 South Sherwood Forest Blvd., Suite 120, Baton Rouge, LA 70816 75 miles from 3095 W California Ave, Ruston, LA 71270 75 miles from 308 Airport Road, Jackson, MS 39208 75 miles from 27 Kirkbride Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 75 miles from 765 Alligator Alley, Hardeeville, SC 29927 75 miles from 1770 Corporate Drive, Suite 500, Norcross, GA 30093 75 miles from 3916 Sunset Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607 75 miles from 810 Tyvola Road, Suite 108, Charlotte, NC 28217 75 miles from 44 Buck Shoals Road, Unit 704, Asheville, NC 28704-3307 75 miles from 720 Gracern Road, Suite 129, Columbia, SC 29210 75 miles from 105 South 6th Street, Room 231, Federal Building, Mt. Vernon, IL 62864 75 miles from 1400 Independence Road, Rolla, MO 65401 75 miles from 400 S Clinton St, Suite 269, Iowa City, IA 52240 75 miles from 401 NW Capital Drive, Lee's Summit, MO 64086 75 miles from 405 N. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801 75 miles from 3745 Broadway, Fort Myers, FL 33901 75 miles from 2639 North Monroe St, Bldg. C, Suite 101, Tallahassee, FL 32303 75 miles from 10770 North 46th St., Suite E700, Tampa, FL 33617 75 miles from 3321 College Avenue, Davie, FL 33314 75 miles from 12703 Research Parkway, Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32826 75 miles from Ft. Worth Federal Center, 501 W. Felix St., Building 24, Fort Worth, TX 76115 75 miles from 1505 Ferguson Lane, Austin, TX 78754 75 miles from 3745 S. Jackson Street, Suite A, San Angelo, TX 76903 75 miles from 5563 DeZavala, Suite 290, San Antonio, TX 78249 75 miles from 19241 David Memorial Dr., Suite 180, The Woodlands, TX 77385 75 miles from 202 NW 66th Street, Bldg. 7, Oklahoma City, OK 73116 75 miles from 10207-B East 61st Street, Tulsa, OK 74133 60 miles from 601 SW 2nd Ave., Suite 1950, Portland, OR 97204 60 miles from 294 NW Graham Road, Troutdale, OR 97060 60 miles from 1244 Walnut St., Suite 200A, Eugene, OR 97403 60 miles from 6600 Washburn Way, Klamath Falls, OR 97603 60 miles from 4890 N Runway Drive, Central Point, OR 97502 50 miles from 2730 N. Deer Run Road, Suite 3, Carson City, NV 89701 50 miles from 500 Date Street, Building 500, Boulder City, NV 89005 50 miles from Nevada National Security Site, A23-158 Mercury Hwy, Mercury, NV 89023 50 miles from 716 West Cedar Street, Eureka, CA 95501 50 miles from 3115 Ramco Street, Suite 180, West Sacramento, CA 95691 50 miles from 6000 J Street, Placer Hall, Sacramento, CA 95819 50 miles from 8550 23rd Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95826 50 miles from NASA AMES-Moffett Field, Building 19, 260 Moffett Field, CA 94035 50 miles from 12110 Tech Center Drive, Poway, CA 92064 50 miles from 11075 Black Marble Way, Redding, CA 96003 50 miles from 10775 Pioneer Trail, Suite 102, Truckee, CA 96161 50 miles from 1653 Plum Lane, Redlands, CA 92374 50 miles from 4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92101 50 miles from 2885 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
What you need to qualify
Requirements Continued... 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 writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-08/14/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. To receive credit for experience, 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. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Basic Educational Requirement AND/OR Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. To qualify for this position at the GS-08 grade level: Specialized Experience: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: work as a technician or aid in engineering, earth, physical, or natural science, forestry, soil conservation, or surveying; trades or crafts work in maintenance or construction of facilities or equipment related to hydrology; drafting; or construction estimating. Experience performing routine repair of water-quality measurements; preparing summaries or basic data reports on geographical or hydrologic field activities; and computing and drafting field observation data. You must include the hours worked per week. -OR- Education: Successful completion of 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education with a major study in an appropriate field of science, engineering, construction, or industrial technology. (2 years of graduate education is 36 semester hours, 54 quarter hours). You must include transcripts. -OR- Combination of education and experience. Successful completion of a combination of education and experience as described above. Applicants may substitute a combination of appropriate specialized experience (as described above) and appropriate graduate level education (as described above) that is beyond the first 1 1/2 years of progressive graduate study to meet the qualification requirements. You must include transcripts. Volunteer Experience: 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.
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