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Geologist
Forest Service · Posted 59 days ago
About the Role
This announcement is being advertised as a Forest Service National Hiring effort to fill multiple vacancies. Positions may be filled at one or more of the duty locations included in this announcement. Final determination of the duty location will be made at the time of the job offer. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Jorge Enriquez at jorge.enriquez@usda.gov.
What You'll Do
- →Duties are listed at the GS-11 grade level.
- →Participate in validity examinations to determine and/or make recommendations regarding the presence of minerals within public lands.
- →Determine the impacts of prospecting, exploration, development and mining on public lands through the application of geologic principles.
- →Evaluate ground water conditions for water well sites, geologic hazards, and unique geologic resources in support of public lands management.
- →Determine the geologic limitations and capacities of projects in a specific geographical area.
- →Contribute geologic information input on interdisciplinary teams to support environmental impact studies on public lands.
- →Prepare report of findings including the collection and analysis or review of geological data Assess public land for the potential of mineral presence to support management activities.
- →Serve as expert witness by providing testimony in validity determination cases through the use of geologic subject matter expertise.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
- ✓Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- ✓Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may 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.
- ✓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.
- ✓See above for education that may be qualifying for the specific grade level.
Personality Fit
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