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Hydrologic Technician

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Lower Colorado Basin

Blythe, CA (In Person)

$59,274 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 2 weeks ago (Updated 2 days ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 8/4/2026

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Hydrologic Technician Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamion Lower Colorado Basin Region, Boulder Canyon Operions Office Summary Reclamion is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Hydrologic Technician. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing wer demands while protecting the environment.
Duty Locion:
Boulder Canyon Operions Office, loced in Boulder City, NV OR Blythe, CA. To be considered you must currently reside within 50 miles of Boulder City, NV OR 50 miles of Blythe, CA. Learn more about this agency Summary Reclamion is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Hydrologic Technician. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing wer demands while protecting the environment.
Duty Locion:
Boulder Canyon Operions Office, loced in Boulder City, NV OR Blythe, CA. To be considered you must currently reside within 50 miles of Boulder City, NV OR 50 miles of Blythe, CA. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply in 1 day Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 3, 2026 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locions: Blythe, CA Boulder City, NV No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $51,542 - $67,006 per year for Boulder City, NV and $58,827 - $76,476 Per Year for Blythe, CA Pay scale & grade GS 7 Promotion potential 10 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 1316 Hydrologic Technician Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
BOR-LCB-26-FUL-12986848-NW
Control number 873776700 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency This position is being filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority and is open to U.S. citizens and nionals who meet all eligibility requirements, including permanent and exclusive residency within the defined vicinity of the field unit as described in this announcement. Under this authority, veterans' preference and traditional ring and ranking procedures do not apply. Videos Duties Help Ghers hydrologic da concerning the quantity, quality, availability, movement, and distribution of wer. Reviews hydrologic records th have been collected and computed. Performs a variety of computions and analysis of wer resource da to prepare the da for interpretive use or inclusion in reports. Conducts monthly s to field sites for the purposes of calibring, adjusting, and repairing remote telemetry units (RTUs), ADVMs, and da collection plforms (DCPs); extracts, valides, and transfers da/informion from the field site to the office and downloads da into the dabase; computes daily, monthly, and annual figures used for wer accounting and/or operional needs. Salary Range Informion (Per Annum): •First time hires to the federal government typically start the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level.
Boulder City NV salary range:
$51,542 - $67,006 per year Blythe CA salary range: $58,827 - $76,476 per year One vacancy available in each duty locion. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Nional. You must be suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigion. You must submit a resume and supporting documention (see Required Documents). You must maintain a valid Ste Driver's License all times as the position requires operion of government vehicles on government and public roads. Failure to maintain a valid Ste Driver's License all times will result in removal from the position. You required to obtain a successful pre-employment physical examinion by a licensed physician certifying your ability to perform the duties of this position. A physical exam may not be required if a comparable agency approved examinion was performed within the last 12 months. The cost of the exam reimbursed by the agency. Field work is required 50% of the time - operion of, in and around bos is required. Overtime is regular and recurring. You must currently reside within 50 miles of Boulder City, NV OR 50 miles of Blythe, CA; proof of residency required time of applicion. Continue to the Additional Informion section for the Condition of Employment For Probionary Period. Qualificions To qualify for the GS-07 grade level, your resume must reflect 1 year of full time experience performing 3 of the following duties: 1) Collecting wer quality samples; 2) Extracting, validing, and transferring da/informion from the field site to the office and downloads da into the dabase; computes daily, monthly, and annual figures used for wer accounting and/or operional needs; 3) Performing acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) discharge measurements; 4) Compiling shift adjustments and re-establishes ring tables when the cumulive shift adjustments invalide the existing tables; 5) Inputting da on discharge measurements, shift adjustments, and changes to ring tables via computer into the variety of software programs utilized for the operions dabase and for analysis and reporting purposes; 6)Maintaining specified reports including detailed documention of field measurements, da logs, files, maintenance, and calibrion procedures of electronic and mechanical hydrologic equipment; and 7) Assisting in performing differential leveling circuits.
OR Educion:
Successful completion of least one full year (18 semester hours/27 quarter hours) of gradue level educion leading to a master's degree in a field directly reled to the work of the position, such as science, engineering or industrial technology, construction, physics, drafting, surveying, physical science, biology, or mhemics (or equivalent).
NOTE:
You must include transcripts.
OR Combinion:
Successful completion of a combinion of educion and experience as described above. To calcule the educion percentage, first total your semester hours and divide by 60; then take the number of months of full-time experience and divide by 12 (part-time prored). Add the percentages together. The total must equal least 100 percent to qualify.
Note:
You must submit copies of your college transcript. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Time-In-Grade:
Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Educion To qualify based on educion, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your educion to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualificion requirements, you must show th your educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university.
Accredition:
Only educion from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Educion is acceptable to meet educion requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicable. For additional info, refer to the Office of Personnel Management and U.S. Department of Educion. Additional informion This position filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Eligibility is limited to applicants who reside within the defined local commuting area the time of applicion. For this announcement, the local commuting area is the area from which individuals can reasonably commute to the duty stion under normal conditions. The defined vicinity for this announcement is as follows: within 50 miles of Boulder City, NV OR within 50 miles of Blythe, CA The Hydrologic Crew operes out of Blythe, CA. If selected for the Boulder City, NV position, the selectee will work in an office separe from the rest of the crew. See the Required Documents section for informion on how to verify current residence. A selectee receiving a first appointment to the Federal Government (Civil Service) is entitled only to the lowest step of the grade for which selected - the display of a salary range on this vacancy shall not be construed as granting an entitlement to a higher re of pay. This announcement may be used to fill additional positions. Full performance level of this position is GS-10; Promotion to the full performance level is neither guaranteed nor implied and based solely on your ability to sisfactorily perform the work of the position, existing work the higher grade level, and recommendion by the position's supervisor. DOI uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including applicant rights and responsibilities, please https://www.e-verify.gov/ This position is designed as a
MODERATE RISK
Public Trust position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudiced Public Trust Suitability Background Investigion (T2S or T2RS or equivalent) th is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment. Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must certify registrion with the Selective Service System or th the applicant is exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law.
Go to:
https://www.sss.gov This is a bargaining unit position represented by AFGE Local 1978. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Applicants evalued based on how well they meet the qualificion requirements for the position. Upon receipt of a completed applicion package, the Servicing Human Resources Office will review your resume and supporting documention to determine whether you meet the minimum qualificion requirements described in this announcement. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages. Resumes longer than two pages will not be reviewed. Applicants may submit only one resume. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section used to determine qualificions and eligibility. If more than one resume is submitted, only the most recent submission reviewed. This position is being filled under the Field Unit Local Hiring Authority. Under this authority, competitive ring, ranking, and veterans' preference procedures do not apply. The Servicing Human Resources Office will determine whether applicants meet the qualificion and eligibility requirements described in this announcement. Applicants who meet these requirements may be referred to the selecting official on a certifice of eligibles for considerion. You must certify th you will maintain a permanent and exclusive residence within the defined vicinity of the field unit(s) listed in this announcement. If your resume is incomplete or does not demonstre th you meet the qualificion requirements or specialized experience described in this announcement, you may be determined ineligible or not qualified for further considerion. Providing false or misleading informion on your resume or supporting documention may result in removal from considerion or other action consistent with applicable federal hiring regulions. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/03/2026: Two Page Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount qualified specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Proof of residence (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy). SF-50 cannot be accepted as proof of residence. Transcripts if qualifying based on educion. Documention for Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP/CTAP) considerion if you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area.
You must include:
1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc.; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be well qualified.
ICTAP/CTAP
eligibles considered well qualified if they exceed minimal qualificions for this position (i.e. Resume supports substantial possession of sted competencies) for the position. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position , you must submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. To receive considerion, your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/03/2026. You must provide documention to support your eligibility and qualificion claims. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibility sections to ensure you submit the approprie informion. You will only be considered for eligibilities for which you have provided the required supporting documention. Applicions may be submitted through USAJOBS or through other authorized methods identified by the agency (e.g., third-party plforms or local outreach efforts) to support targeted recruitment under this authority. Applicants submitting merials outside of USAJOBS must: Submit a complete applicion package by the 07/03/2026 of this announcement, and Ensure all merials are formted and consistent with the applicion instructions outlined in this announcement, including resume requirements and supporting documention. All applicions, regardless of submission method, evalued using the same criteria and requirements to ensure a fair and equitable hiring process. Applicions received after the closing de, or th do not meet the requirements outlined in this announcement, will not be USAJOBS Applicion Instructions Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12986848 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.
Note:
When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Agency contact informion Nicole Wilson Phone 000-000-0000 nicole_wilson@ios.doi.gov Address Lower Colorado Basin Bureau of Reclamion PO Box 61470 Boulder City, NV 89006 US Next steps Once your applicion has been received, you will receive an acknowledgment confirming your submission was successful. Applicants who meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements referred to the selecting official for considerion. Under this authority, all applicants determined to be qualified may be referred. If your name is referred, you may be contacted directly by the hiring official for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your applicion key stages in the process, including when candides are referred for considerion and when the selection process has been completed. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/03/2026: Two Page Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed, des specified in month and year form, and the resume must reflect full and/or part-time or total number of hours worked (i.e., work 40+ hours a week, rher than indicing full-time). If part-time, the hours must be annoted to be able to pro-re the amount qualified specialized experience. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Proof of residence (e.g. mortgage or property deed, lease/rental agreement, utility bill, insurance policy). SF-50 cannot be accepted as proof of residence. Transcripts if qualifying based on educion. Documention for Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP/CTAP) considerion if you are a displaced Federal employee within the local commuting area.
You must include:
1) Proof you are a displaced Federal employee, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc.; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be well qualified.
ICTAP/CTAP
eligibles considered well qualified if they exceed minimal qualificions for this position (i.e. Resume supports substantial possession of sted competencies) for the position. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials - you must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position , you must submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. To receive considerion, your complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 07/03/2026. You must provide documention to support your eligibility and qualificion claims. Please review the required documention listed in the eligibility sections to ensure you submit the approprie informion. You will only be considered for eligibilities for which you have provided the required supporting documention. Applicions may be submitted through USAJOBS or through other authorized methods identified by the agency (e.g., third-party plforms or local outreach efforts) to support targeted recruitment under this authority. Applicants submitting merials outside of USAJOBS must: Submit a complete applicion package by the 07/03/2026 of this announcement, and Ensure all merials are formted and consistent with the applicion instructions outlined in this announcement, including resume requirements and supporting documention. All applicions, regardless of submission method, evalued using the same criteria and requirements to ensure a fair and equitable hiring process. Applicions received after the closing de, or th do not meet the requirements outlined in this announcement, will not be USAJOBS Applicion Instructions Select Apply. If you are not logged in, you prompted to login or cree an account . Prompted to Start the Applicion Process by selecting "Start Applicion." Click here for USAJobs Help with "How to cree an applicion" To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12986848 Select or add the resume you want to use for this applicion. Click here on how to build a resume in USAJOBS . Select documents you want included in this applicion. Review package to acknowledge your documents were reviewed. Select if you want to include your demographic informion. After reading and certifying the applicion is true and submitted in good faith, select "Continue to Agency Site." Follow onscreen prompts and instructions to complete your applicion. Add the supporting documents by indexing your documents with the dropdown. Upload any missing required documents or optional documents. Review and Submit Applicion. While logged in, you can check the stus of your applicion by selecting "+" next to the job title for this position. You can review or revise your applicion any point during the open period of the announcement. To upde an applicion, you should log into your USAJOBS account and select "+" next to the job title for this position. Select "Upde Applicion" for this job.
Note:
When you click Upde Applicion , you prompted to re-select your documents from USAJOBS. Documents submitted with the first applicion will no longer be associed with the applicant record. So it is important th you select all documents you want to use in the re-applicion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Nicole Wilson Phone 000-000-0000 nicole_wilson@ios.doi.gov Address Lower Colorado Basin Bureau of Reclamion PO Box 61470 Boulder City, NV 89006 US Next steps Once your applicion has been received, you will receive an acknowledgment confirming your submission was successful. Applicants who meet the eligibility and qualificion requirements referred to the selecting official for considerion. Under this authority, all applicants determined to be qualified may be referred. If your name is referred, you may be contacted directly by the hiring official for a possible interview. You notified of the stus of your applicion key stages in the process, including when candides are referred for considerion and when the selection process has been completed. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply in 1 day Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 3, 2026 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locions: Blythe, CA Boulder City, NV No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $51,542 - $67,006 per year for Boulder City, NV and $58,827 - $76,476 Per Year for Blythe, CA Pay scale & grade GS 7 Promotion potential 10 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
BOR-LCB-26-FUL-12986848-NW
Control number 873776700