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Supervisory Hydrologic Technician
Geological Survey · Posted today
About the Role
This position is in the Oregon Water Science Center. Exact position location is Troutdale, Oregon. The major duties of this position include but are not limited to the following: The incumbent is required to be aware of, promote, and develop Science Center and inter-Science Center programs and to coordinate their data-collection phases when necessary. The incumbent must manage programs with numerous cooperators and provide technical direction of 9-15 hydrologic technicians.
What You'll Do
- →As a Supervisory Hydrologic Technician within the Oregon Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include: Lead and supervise hydrologic data operations.
- →Oversees office and field activities involving the collection, computation, and analysis of surface-water, groundwater, sediment, and water-quality data.
- →Plans and schedules data-collection efforts, ensures accurate hydrologic records, and directs the construction, installation, and maintenance of monitoring stations and equipment.
- →Assigns workloads, reviews technical outputs, and provides guidance on complex analytical and administrative matters.
- →Build and maintain partnerships with cooperators and water-resource agencies.
- →Initiates and sustains regular communication with existing and potential cooperators to understand shared water-resource information needs.
- →Represents the office at meetings with local, Tribal, State, and Federal partners to plan programs, budgets, and future studies.
- →Leads periodic consultations to assess current and emerging water-resource conditions.
- →Contribute to Science Center leadership, planning, and policy execution.
- →Participates in supervisory and data-program leadership meetings to help set priorities, policies, and long-range plans for the Science Center.
- →Supports the development and execution of technical standards and operational guidelines and provides technical expertise to colleagues engaged in regional and national projects.
- →Ensure workplace safety and operational efficiency.
- →Promotes safe work practices by identifying hazards, reviewing accidents, enforcing OSHA standards, and directing regular inspections of office and field installations.
- →Develops funding estimates, human-resource plans, and operational budgets for the field office.
Requirements
- ✓Key Requirements: Selectee may be subject to serving a one-year supervisory probationary period.
- ✓More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information.
- ✓Selectee must provide a valid state driver's license & safe driving record.
- ✓Selectee subject to successful completion of a pre-employment medical exam.
- ✓Supervisory Probationary Period - This position requires completion of a one year supervisory/managerial probationary period, if one has not previously been completed.
- ✓Are There Any Special Requirements For This Position?
- ✓Because this position requires travel for official business, the selectee will be required to apply for a charge card within 30 calendar days of appointment.
- ✓Individuals who have delinquent account balances from a previous Government charge card will be required to satisfy their existing obligation before a new card can be issued.
- ✓A background investigation will be required for this position.
- ✓Continued employment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
- ✓Throughout the recruitment and hiring process we will be communicating with you via email; therefore, it is imperative that the email address you provide when applying for this vacancy remains active.
- ✓Should your email address change, please notify the point of contact identified in the vacancy announcement as soon as possible so that we can update our system.
- ✓If you are a Federal employee applying for a promotion (under merit promotion procedures) you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 21c64bbf-e2c0-4583-b983-3db12711f864
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