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Open: July 6, 2026 — Closes: July 10, 2026
Summary
What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? GS-12 Salary: Salary: $89,508 (Step 01) to $116,362 (Step 10);
Major Duties
As a Supervisory Hydrologic Technician within the Central Plains Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include: Supervises office and field work involving the collection, computation, and analysis of surface-water, groundwater and water-quality data. Plans and schedules data collection and records computation and construction, installation, and maintenance of stations and equipment. Assigns work by setting priorities and considering the capabilities of employees. Reviews work of technical staff. Gives advice and counsel to employees on both work and administrative matters. Ensures that employees are kept informed on all matters which affect their employment. Interviews candidates, recommends selections, promotions, awards, and disciplinary actions. Evaluates performance; establishes and revises position descriptions to ensure that the most economic and effective position structure is maintained Physical Demands: Field work is physically active and regularly requires considerable dexterity, agility, and strenuous physical exertion and may include, but is not limited to: climbing rocky and steep terrain, climbing and/ or working from tall ladders and scaffolding; wading streams; work in areas where footing is treacherous (slippery or icy riverbanks, steep rocky terrain, fast-moving water); and crouching or crawling in restricted areas and lifting equipment weighing up to 100 pounds. Field work also involves moderate risks such as measuring from highway bridges, in swift streams, and from boats or cableways. Work Environment: Field and laboratory work exposes the incumbent to extreme weather conditions including, but not limited to, rain, snow, and extreme temperatures; and hazards including, but not limited to, flooding, ice, insect bites, and exposure to toxic chemicals. Special safety precautions are required in many cases, and incumbent typically wears a life jacket, reflective rain gear, safety glasses, etc. Field areas are often isolated and occasionally difficult to reach. Conditions of Employment for this Position: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will 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. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. 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.