Geologist

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/11/2026-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. Individual Occupational Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: A.

Degree: geology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological science, structural, chemical, civil, mining or petroleum engineering, computer science, planetary geology, comparative planetology, geophysics, meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, physical geography, marine geology, and cartography. or B. Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

To qualify for this position at the GS-14 grade level: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience: experience in engineering geology including the engineering geologic characterization of soil, rock and man-made materials to support engineering evaluation of civil structures, and to lead management in the integration of engineering geology best practices in design, construction and Safety of Dams risk management processes, and experience providing oversight with the planning and execution of engineering geological investigation programs related to the engineering evaluation and design of civil structures.

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.

Bureau-Wide (Bureau of Reclamation) - This is a Merit Promotion announcement for career and career conditional Bureau employees, Career Transition eligibles (CTAP), Current or former time-limited employees eligible under Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) and those who are eligible under the hiring paths listed above. Refer to Required Documents section for more information.

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Conducts and supports the execution of engineering geology evaluations, materials and hydrogeologic characterization, geotechnical investigations, hazard identification, and construction management duties by providing expert review, interpretation, technical expectations and work products.

This position serves as a Safety of Dams advisor and provides senior-level authoritative technical input on the application of engineering geology principles across all phases of SOD processes. The position serves as a senior technical specialist providing authoritative engineering geology evaluation, guidance, and Technical Approval for construction-phase activities and geology related documentation.

Provides authoritative guidance to ensure individual projects to programmatic processes conform to Reclamation and industry standards and guidelines. Provides authoritative technical recommendations for project- and program-level engineering geology decisions related to geologic practice, SOD processes, construction-phase activities.

The position will serve as an engineering geology independent reviewer of final design documents and construction specifications for engineering analysis, and modification and construction of dams and associated heavy civil infrastructure projects. The position will provide authoritative engineering geology technical recommendations for Reclamation projects and for other government agencies projects.