Hydrologic Technician

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

GS-10: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes meeting two of the following: 1) Analyze hydrologic, hydraulic, meteorological, or water management data using field measurements, automated systems, databases, and/or software tools; 2) maintain hydrologic or meteorological gages, recorders, sensors, and/or related field equipment used to collect water, precipitation, or flow data; and 3) support hydrologic, hydraulic, GIS, or water management studies by preparing reports, rating curves, graphics, model input data, and/or technical documentation.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes meeting all of the following: 1) Analyze hydrologic, hydraulic, meteorological, or water management data using field measurements, automated systems, databases, and/or software tools; 2) maintain hydrologic or meteorological gages, recorders, sensors, and/or related field equipment used to collect water, precipitation, or flow data; and 3) support hydrologic, hydraulic, GIS, or water management studies by preparing reports, rating curves, graphics, model input data, and/or technical documentation.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10). "Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted".

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS). For GS-10: 52 weeks at the next lower grade level GS-09 For GS-11: 52 weeks at the next lower grade level GS-10

Performs a full range of complex Field Gage Maintenance work to include field and supportwork.,Installs and services complex DCPs, stream gages, rain gages, etc to assure complete and reliable data at all stages are collected,Responsible for implementing the District’s Meteorological, hydrologic, and hydraulic gage network program.,Independently performs a full range of water-level discharge measurements of streams and damout flows utilizing various current meters and electronic measuring devices.,Uses the Corps Water Management System (CWMS) software suite for the preparation and maintenance of necessary real-time meteorological, hydrologic, and hydraulic data.,Responsible for computing discharge records for stream gaging stations with stage-discharge relationships made difficult to determine by stream regulation, changing slope, or variable amounts of backwater.,Plans, coordinates, and implements GIS work in support of the branch. Assists lower graded personnel.,Coordinates multipurpose reservoir operations studies, collates stream flow, snow accumulation and melt, watershed condition, rain-fall data, and prepares complex run-off correlations.,Computes discharge records for stream gaging stations with stage-discharge relationships made difficult to determine by stream regulation, changing slope, or variable amounts of backwater from debris, nearby streams, or control structures.,Coordinates with engineers and scientists in hydrologic analyses, including development of datasets to be used in hydraulic, hydrologic, or reservoir operation studies.