You will serve as a Civil Engineer/Physical Scientist (Interdisciplinary) with Bureau of Reclamation. This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Water, Environmental, and Ecosystems Division, Applied Hydrology Group 2, in Lakewood, Colorado.
Bureau-Wide (Bureau of Reclamation) - This is a Merit Promotion announcement for career and career conditional Bureau employees, Career Transition eligibles (CTAP), current or former time-limited employees eligible under Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) and those who are eligible under the hiring paths listed above. Refer to Required Documents section for more information.
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Serves as Project Manager / Team Leader for large, complex, and/or controversial hydrology and water resources analyses and investigations including planning, organizing, monitoring, and conducting highly technical work within developed and agreed upon budgets and schedules and regularly reporting progress to ensure successful project delivery.
Functions as a team leader of personnel in the Group performing work on a variety of projects, including providing mentoring, technical direction, and technical review; delegating tasks to team members; and providing direction and oversight of technical final review of reports, deliverables, and work products.
Leads and directs the research to develop and evaluate new and advanced technical methods, techniques, procedures, and tools for application in hydrology and water resources analyses including to address unique or novel problems, conditions, or issues. Reviews complex and/or controversial hydrology and water resources analyses and studies for technical adequacy, computational correctness, and interpretational adequacy and conformance with established practice.
Provides high-quality oral communication appropriately tailored to a target audience, including leading and participating in meetings with technical teams, clients, leadership, stakeholders, and other government agencies and delivering oral presentations, briefings, and trainings to technical and non-technical audiences. Clearly and concisely communicates highly technical analyses and findings to clients, and to leadership and policy makers as appropriate.
Provides expert technical guidance, mentoring, oversight, and peer review in the field of applied hydrology, including hydroclimate data analysis, flood hydrology and meteorology, hydrologic modeling, water quality modeling, water resources planning and operations modeling, and/or water resources planning and operations decision support.
Leads, directs, advises, performs, and coordinates the complex and controversial hydrology and water resources analyses to inform water resources planning and operations, infrastructure design, and risk assessment.
Leads or directs the preparation of high-quality written documents and work products that accurately and effectively document the data, methods, results, and interpretation of hydrology and water resources analyses, including organizing and preparing technical memoranda and reports, summaries, briefings, and other written communications.
Leads or contributes to technical guidelines, journals, or professional papers that promote knowledge transfer and mentoring of new research and applications in hydrology and water resources data collection, modeling, and analyses.
This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted.
Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs.
For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications
This position is with Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $140239 – $182316/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-09.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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