You will serve as a Supervisory Interdisciplinary (General Engineer/Physical Scientist/Mathematician) with Bureau of Reclamation. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Sacramento, CA Engineers are on a Special Rate Table: $133,359 - $160,638 All other series fall under the Sacramento Pay Table: $117,984 - $153,382
Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: - Leads development, calibration, validation, and application of water resources models including CALSIM 3, DSM2, SCHISM, HEC-RAS, water temperature, hydrology, and water quality models for CVP and Delta operations. - Provides technical authority and policy guidance on systemwide water modeling issues to senior leadership and interagency partners.
- Designs and reviews complex studies incorporating hydrology, water supply, water quality, temperature, climate change, environmental standards, and compliance requirements. - Oversees the entire modeling program including system operations, hydrologic, groundwater/surface water, temperature, power, and fisheries modeling systems. - Establishes, maintains, and enforces modeling standards, technical adequacy requirements, QA/QC processes, and complete documentation practices.
- Identifies modeling capability gaps, evaluates modeling systems used by external partners, and ensures alignment and integration across programs. - Applies statistical analysis, optimization, scenario evaluation, and decision-support methodologies to generate defensible analytical outputs.- Translates complex scientific modeling results into executive-ready materials, policy recommendations, and operational decision information.
- Supervises engineers, scientists, and technical specialists through performance management, workload planning, training, hiring actions, discipline, and staff development. - Ensures equitable access to training, recognition, promotion, and development opportunities through active implementation of EEO and inclusive leadership principles. - Resolves workplace issues, grievances, and process barriers to improve organizational efficiency and mission delivery.
- Represents BOR in technical negotiations with Federal, State, local, tribal, NGO, and contractor partners on sensitive water operations and modeling issues. - Develops technical specifications and contract requirements for model development or enhancement and oversees contractor performance. - Monitors scientific literature, incorporates emerging modeling techniques, and ensures application of state-of-the-science methodologies.
- Represents BOR in public meetings, interagency forums, regulatory settings, and litigation support requiring defense of modeling assumptions and results.
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. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education.
https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualification
This position is with Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $117984 – $160638/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-24.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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