Supervisory Hydrologic Technician

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 11/20/2026-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. -AND- Specialized Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors).

Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience 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 Obtaining hydrologic data from published and unpublished sources and conducting hydrologic studies relative to the frequency of flood and droughts.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. You must include hours per week worked.

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.

This is a Merit Promotion announcement for career and career conditional Department of Interior (DOI) employees and Career Transition eligibles (CTAP). Refer to Required Documents section for more information.

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Direct workforce management activities, including recruitment, hiring, retention, employee relations, performance management, and the allocation of personnel, financial, and program resources to support the Department's capacity to manage its programs in a results-oriented, customer-focused, and efficient manner.

• Plan and direct section budget, workforce, and hydrologic data-collection activities in accordance with New England Water Science Center policies, procedures, and priorities.
• Oversee hydrologic data collection, records processing, and data quality activities using established methods, field equipment, and standard operating procedures.
• Coordinate continuous hydrologic data processing and records management using the Site Information Management System (SIMS) and Records Management System (RMS).

Ensure hydrologic records are reviewed, finalized, and published accurately and on time to meet U.S. Geological Survey deadlines and data-quality requirements.