The USGS Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center has an exciting leadership opportunity available!
We are currently seeking applicants to fill a Supervisory Hydrologist position and join the center’s leadership team. There is one vacancy that may be filled at any of the following locations:
- Indianapolis, IN
- Columbus, OH
- Jeffersontown, KY
As a Supervisory Hydrologist within the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center some of your specific duties will include the supervision of staff in the Hydrologic Investigations Section with projects that focus on:
- Measurement, quantification, and assessment of all components of the water budget including but not limited to groundwater storage, evapotranspiration, precipitation, streamflow, interbasin transfers and water use.
- Characterization of hydrologic and geologic systems to improve capabilities to model and predict future impacts related to water use and availability.
- Development of new, and(or) improved groundwater-flow and transport models to better understand regional groundwater systems.
- Advancement of monitoring technologies and data delivery to support water resource assessments within Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
- Evaluation and optimization of monitoring networks to better, and more efficiently, quantify the region’s groundwater resources.
- Better understanding of regional groundwater / surface-water interactions.
- Investigation of the influence of stormwater reduction measures to both quality and quantity of the water budget.
- Participation in meetings with federal, state, and local cooperators to determine the water resource related needs of the region.
- Improvement of data-delivery systems and technologies to make complex USGS science and data more easily understandable and relevant.
Position specific duties include:
- Assisting science-team leads, the Center Director and the Center Management Team in the scientific, technical, and administrative direction of all water resources investigational programs of the Center.
- Serving as Chief of the Hydrologic Investigations Section and ensuring timely performance of a satisfactory amount and quality of work and for accepting, amending, or rejecting reports and data submitted by employees under your direction.
- Participating with science-team leads, the Center Director and the Management Team in proposing new projects.
- Supervises, trains, and directs team leads as well as professional and technical personnel engaged in research and other scientific work related to water resources development and conservation.
This announcement will be open from January 6th through January 17th.
Links to USAJobs are provided below with more information on the position and instructions on applying. Applicants must pay close attention to the application directions and ensure that they submit all required documents.
Open to current or former Federal employees: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/825454000
Open to all U.S. citizens: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/825454100