Total 53 job vacancies by Geological Survey

As a Supervisory Hydrologist (Center Director) within the Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Provides leadership, oversight and implementation of Center and program mission. Manage Center operations, assigns resources, assures management controls
• Responsibility over professional, technical and support personnel, plans and schedules work, encourages diverse workforce and maintains workforce plan
• Responsible for quality of data and publications produced by Center, report review, approval and publishing in accordance with Bureau guidelines
• Build effective working relationships with pertinent officials, actively promote USGS programs, serve as key member of senior leadership

As an Assistant Unit Leader of the Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit, some of your specific duties will include:

• Plan, conduct, and direct research related to wildlife species and communities in wetland ecosystems, with application to contemporary science, policy and management needs.
• Conduct research that is cooperator driven and provide scientific basis for management and policy decisions.
• Serve as subject matter expert in fish and wildlife ecology, providing leadership and guidance to government and private agencies and university representatives through participation in meetings, conferences, and work groups.
• Disseminate research results via final reports, peer-reviewed print scientific journals, online scientific journals, books, book chapters or other outlets. Make presentations on findings to scientific and conservation organizations.
• Serve as graduate faculty member, contributing to both the research, graduate student mentorship, and teaching mission of the university.
• Operate a government vehicle as an incidental driver.

As a Supervisory Hydrologist, Science Chief for Statistical Hydrology and Water Availability OR Science Chief for Surface Water Hydraulics and Modeling within the Central Midwest Water Science Center (CMWSC), some of your specific duties will include:

• Managing the day-to-day administrative, financial, and technical program within the Science Section/Team, along with working with Center management on short- and long-term planning for the Science Section/Team.
• Coordinating program development, scientific goals with both internal and external cooperators.
• Identifying hydrologic data and research needs guided by USGS and Water Mission Area priorities and engaging with relevant Federal, State, and local agencies in developing cooperative data.
• Serving as a consultant and advising on issues relating to Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri water resources to Federal, state, tribal, USGS leadership, and Executive and Legislative Branch Representatives.
• Providing technical assistance to Project Chiefs and staff in the design and execution of investigations into surface water hydrology & hydraulics, process-based or statistical modeling, and (or) water quantity, quality, and uses.
• Operating a government owned or leased vehicle as an incidental driver.

As a Personnel Security Specialist within the Office of Management Services, some of your specific duties will include:

• Provides technical assistance regarding policies, procedures, and regulations related to Trusted Workforce implementation and Continuous Vetting, adjudicative determinations, and personnel security.
• Reviews documents and makes adjudicative decisions on derogatory information and applies the appropriate suitability factors and/or adjudicative guidelines pertaining to suitability or security determinations.
• Performs requestor and sponsor role in automated systems for employees, contractors, volunteers, and other associates requiring a government-issued identification card to include reviewing and updating applicant data as necessary.
• Reviews, prepares, and maintains individual personnel security and suitability folders and performs quality control review of security assistants to include entering investigation and clearance data into the computer-based information systems.
• Conducts basic and complex adjudication functions upon receipt of Continuous Vetting alerts to include informing supervisors of requirements for Insider Threat notifications and other stakeholders as appropriate.

NOTE: This is not a remote position. This position requires the employee to physically report to work at the office designated by the vacancy announcement. Periodic telework may be approved.

As an Administrative Officer in a U.S. Geological Survey Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Advise Science Center Management on a variety of administrative and financial issues.
• Ensure compliance with budget/financial management laws, regulations, policies, standards or procedures.
• Monitor and track obligations and expenditures throughout the budget execution phase.
• Assist in the development of reimbursable funding agreements to facilitate cooperation with external organizations,
• Plan and conduct complex analytical studies of organizational elements to identify problems, approve resource utilization, and improve administrative support and management effectiveness.
• Oversee recruitment, selection, promotion, awards, and training activities to ensure compatibility with staffing plans, personnel ceilings, and funding levels.
• Direct, advise, and train employees engaged in providing administrative support and office services for the organization's activities involving supply and property management, mail and file services, travel, records and reports, equipment maintenance, vehicle management, and related services.

As a Administrative Operations Assistant within the Eastern Ecological Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Prepare requisitions and packages for multiple officers within center; utilize an automated financial system to determine status of invoices, payments, and suspense items, reconcile and adjust bankcard statements, as well as to ensure proper processing of payments.
• Prepare travel authorization, vouchers, and any necessary documentation through travel system; advises personnel on the regulations and procedures applying to official travel.
• Use varied functions of multiple office automation software to produce a wide range of documents, formats, such as graphics and tables and updating or revising existing databases or spreadsheets.
• Serve as principal timekeeper for office location, resolves problems and submits corrections as requested; process training request, coordinates notification of employees approved for training, verifies training, and compiles periodic training reports.

As a Administrative Operations Assistant within the Eastern Ecological Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Prepare requisitions and packages for multiple officers within center; utilize an automated financial system to determine status of invoices, payments, and suspense items, reconcile and adjust bankcard statements, as well as to ensure proper processing of payments.
• Prepare travel authorization, vouchers, and any necessary documentation through travel system; advises personnel on the regulations and procedures applying to official travel.
• Use varied functions of multiple office automation software to produce a wide range of documents, formats, such as graphics and tables and updating or revising existing databases or spreadsheets.
• Serve as principal timekeeper for office location, resolves problems and submits corrections as requested; process training request, coordinates notification of employees approved for training, verifies training, and compiles periodic training reports.

As a Physical Scientist (Quality Assurance Specialist) within the Office of the Associate Director for Energy and Mineral Resources, some of your specific duties will include:

• Oversees and reports on the development, documentation, and approval of laboratory-specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) and Test Methods in coordination with the Energy and Mineral Resources Mission Area (EMMA) funded laboratory managers, research analysts, and/or Quality Management System (QMS) Manager.
• Utilizes knowledge and expertise in a full suite of geochemistry and mineralogy laboratory analytical techniques to perform statistical analysis on samples to establish or verify method detection limits, bias and variability, perform regression analysis, and determine significant figures and confidence limits in laboratory analysis; leads efforts to document, deploy, and maintain process modifications and improvements as needed.
• Serves as the laboratory records coordinator for QMS-related documents; prepares, maintains, reviews and validates/certifies controlled document systems including, but not limited to, records of instruments and other controlled laboratory devices throughout the life-cycle of the instrument and devices, training documents, logbooks, scientific notebooks, databases, demonstration of capability documents, stop work order documentation, annual balance calibration documents, and verification of volumetric dispensing devices.
• Participates in QMS conferences, meetings, and on committees and advisory groups in matters related to quality assurance and other laboratory issues.
• Performs the following efforts to continuously improve the EMMA QMS implementation:
  • Internal and External Audits
  • Corrective Actions
  • Reviews

General Information: This is an internship position under the Pathways Program and is open to current student who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a degree or certificate program at a qualifying institution on at least a half-time basis (as defined by the institution),or enrolled or accepted in a qualifying career or technical education program that awards a recognized postsecondary credential. Additional information can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students. You will be required to provide documentation to support eligibility.

The USGS New England Water Science Center is seeking students working towards an associate, undergraduate, graduate level degree in geology, chemistry, physics, geophysics, biology, ecology, mathematics, soils, forestry, meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, physical science, atmospheric science, engineering, construction, or industrial technology to gain practical experience ingathering basic hydrologic data concerning any one or a combination of four areas, i.e., quantity, quality, availability, and movement and distribution of water.

As a Student Trainee (Hydrology), you will serve in a trainee capacity, performing routine and recurring development assignments to acquire knowledge and understanding of functions, principles, practices, and methods used in the area of Hydrology.

Duties include:

• Gather hydrologic data concerning quantity, quality, availability, movement, and distribution of water.
• Develop hydrologic and precipitation data for scientific projects.
• Collect and process data, compute stream discharge, and determine ground-water availability.
• Calculate sediment, chemical, or biological concentrations and physical characteristics of ground/surface water.
• Operate and maintain hydrologic instrumentation and equipment.

The USGS New England Water Science Center is committed to inclusive hiring practices that build a healthy workplace where diversity is our strength, and each staff member has the support they need to succeed.

As a Hydrologist within the Virginia - West Virginia Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Managing monitoring-based projects to investigate changes in complex hydrologic investigations.
• Performing investigations on the effects of changes in contaminant sources and pathways on resulting water-quality conditions.
• Collecting discrete and continuous measurements or samples of physical and chemical properties of water from a variety of hydrologic systems. Constructing and maintaining water resource monitoring stations and electrical systems used to collect, store, and transmit continuous measurements of physical and chemical properties of water.
• Performing statistical data analyses on data sets to characterize current conditions and to identify trends in conditions and interprets results.
• Communicating findings from complex hydrologic investigations in technical reports and oral presentations to a wide variety of audiences, from technical experts to the general public.

As a Hydrologist within the Virginia - West Virginia Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Managing monitoring-based projects to investigate changes in complex hydrologic investigations.
• Performing investigations on the effects of changes in contaminant sources and pathways on resulting water-quality conditions.
• Collecting discrete and continuous measurements or samples of physical and chemical properties of water from a variety of hydrologic systems. Constructing and maintaining water resource monitoring stations and electrical systems used to collect, store, and transmit continuous measurements of physical and chemical properties of water.
• Performing statistical data analyses on data sets to characterize current conditions and to identify trends in conditions and interprets results.
• Communicating findings from complex hydrologic investigations in technical reports and oral presentations to a wide variety of audiences, from technical experts to the general public.

As a Biologist within the Virginia - West Virginia Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Managing monitoring-based projects to investigate changes in complex environmental investigations.
• Performing investigations on the effects of changes in contaminant sources and pathways on resulting aquatic ecosystem conditions.
• Collecting discrete and continuous measurements or samples of physical and chemical properties of water from a variety of hydrologic systems. Constructing and maintaining monitoring stations and electrical systems used to collect, store, and transmit continuous measurements of physical and chemical properties of water. Collecting biological samples of insects, fish, and vegetation. Measure habitat metrics.
• Performing statistical data analyses on data sets to characterize current conditions and to identify trends in conditions and interprets results.
• Communicating findings from complex investigations in technical reports and oral presentations to a wide variety of audiences, from technical experts to the general public.

As an Ecologist within the Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Plan, organize, and implement studies and investigations concerning biological, ecological, and physical processes that affect plant communities and ecosystems.
• Provide coordination, logistical support, and area orientation for field crews.
• Interpret topographic maps and aerial photographs, and use global positioning systems (GPS) and ArcMap to develop spatially accurate field maps.
• Train biological science technicians and ensure continuity in all data gathering by the technicians.
• Provide technical assistance and scientific advice and carries out selected research projects.
• Operate a government owned or leased vehicle as an incidental driver.

As a Supervisory Physical Scientist/Biologist/Mathematical Statistician within the Office of the Chief Operating Officer, some of your specific duties will include:

• Lead projects within one or more capabilities: data visualization, web communication, user-centered design, and/or user engagement.
• Collaborate with experts in other domains or agencies to develop strategies for improving efficiency, quality, understanding, and accessibility of USGS-Water Mission Area science.
• Implement new and existing data-intensive solutions for areas of need including communications and engagement.
• Plan the work of the group, establish work standards and provide job priorities.

As a Statistician (Biology) within the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Provide analytical support for conservation assessments as directed.
• Analyze data gathered by other agencies for assessing status and temporal trajectories of animal (and potentially plant) populations using community occupancy models and/or extensions.
• Provide written summaries of methods used, results, and appropriate statistical inferences.
• Write reports and assists with preparation of co-authored or lead author papers with the lead Research Statistician.
• Develop R-code with appropriate documentation.
• Familiar and able to use occupancy, N-mixture, or integrated population models.