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Irrigation System Operator
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs · Posted 40 days ago
On-site Poston, AZ $36K – $59K Apply by Dec 31, 2026 Irrigation System Operation ENFJENTJESFJESTP Sales
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This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Superintendent, Colorado River Agency in Poston, Arizona. The Irrigation System Operator will regulate and distribute irrigation water from and between storage reservoirs at diversions and in canals, and at all delivery points within the specified work territory. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see USA Jobs What are bargaining units
What You'll Do
- →As Irrigation System Operator, GS-0459, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Distribute irrigation water from and between storage reservoirs at diversions and in canals, and at all delivery points within the specified work territory.
- →Maintain records of water delivery, reservoir inflow and instream flows; calculate requirements and arranges quantity, time and duration of deliveries.
- →Operate Project distribution facilities (dam gates, canal gates, checks) to regulate and deliver water in accordance with Project policies.
- →Responsible for constant surveillance of condition of reservoirs, dams, canals, structures, buildings, recorder stations and other facilities.
- →Work with maintenance crew to clean ditches and structures, repair and replace structures, build/place concrete forms and operate hand or power tools.
- →Take daily measurements and Receive water orders.
- →For vacancies filled at less than the full performance level of the position, duties will be developmental in nature.
Requirements
- ✓If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.
- ✓Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course.
- ✓All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
- ✓If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
- ✓One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study.
- ✓Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.
- ✓If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
- ✓For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION
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