<div dir="ltr"><div><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/job/878655800">https://www.usajobs.gov/job/878655800</a></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-flex gmail-flex-row gmail-justify-between" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;display:flex;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-size:2rem;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(22,46,81)">Duties</h2><a href="https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/job-announcement/duties" target="_blank" class="gmail-no-underline gmail-flex gmail-items-center gmail-justify-self-end gmail-print:hidden" aria-label="Learn more about job duties." title="Learn more about job duties." style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,94,162);text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:inherit;text-decoration-color:inherit;display:flex"><span class="gmail-underline" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:underline">Help</span></a></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium">These positions are located within the Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Rocky Mountain Region, Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center, duty stationed in Lakewood, Colorado.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium">At the full performance level <span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">(GS-12)</span> the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium">1. Plan and organize the development of requirements and specifications for monitoring systems.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">2. Oversee geophysical instrumentation, data acquisition, processing, archiving, and retrieval activities for a complex, multi-station monitoring network that includes hundreds of channels of continuous seismic, geodetic, or other geophysical data.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">3. Coordinate with other monitoring networks, evaluate and interpret the nature of potential activities, and assess resulting hazards.- Design and implement geologic, geophysical, and/or geochemical studies.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">4. Process and interpret large sets of multispectral and hyperspectral remotely sensed data-using both computer-based and manual techniques-for terrestrial or planetary systems.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">5. Perform routine geophysical work, which may include installing, calibrating, operating, repairing, and/or maintaining instruments and systems that record and collect geophysical data.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Pre-employment Medical Examination:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">This position involves field work where the duties of the position may involve arduous conditions and those involving on-site emergency response. Therefore you will be required to pass a pre-employment medical examination to ensure you can perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position, with or without accommodation.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Work Environment</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">Most work takes place in an office or laboratory settings with adequate heat, light, and ventilation Office conditions do not require special safety precautions. Field conditions may include extreme heat or cold, rain or snow, and hazardous conditions such as exposure to extreme temperature, noxious or toxic gasses, ice or flooding.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium">Field work may occasionally also involve encounters with snakes, bears, and other wilderness dangers International field work may be conducted in culturally hostile areas.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Physical Demands</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">Some work of the position takes place mostly in an office or laboratory setting. No special physical effort is required. During emergency response periods, training of personnel on new equipment, or field work, the scientist may be expected to hike distances of several kilometers over uneven terrain while carrying equipment. Field work may require the use of proper personal protective gear, working in dusty, hot, humid, and extreme cold environments, occasional off-road driving of 4-wheel drive vehicles, traveling to remote field sites in helicopters or small fixed wing planes, and/or boats, lifting of equipment and objects weighing up to 20 kilograms may be necessary.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Driver's License</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">You will be required to maintain a valid State issued Driver's License as a condition of employment.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Travel</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">You will be required to travel for training, meetings or site visits (which will include field work).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Telework</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">You may be allowed to telework but only on a situational basis at management discretion.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">TERM Appointment</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">This is a TERM appointment not to exceed 13 months with the potential to be extended on an annual basis for no more than a total of ten (10) years.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><br></p><div class="gmail-flex gmail-flex-row gmail-justify-between" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;display:flex;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-size:2rem;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(22,46,81)">Requirements</h2><a href="https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/job-announcement/requirements" target="_blank" class="gmail-no-underline gmail-flex gmail-items-center gmail-justify-self-end gmail-print:hidden" aria-label="Learn more about job requirements." title="Learn more about job requirements." style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,94,162);text-decoration-line:none;text-decoration-style:inherit;text-decoration-color:inherit;display:flex"><span class="gmail-underline" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;text-decoration-line:underline"><br></span></a></div><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-size:1.375rem;line-height:1.55556;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif">Conditions of employment</h3><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0.5rem 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 3ch;list-style:outside disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source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sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium">All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement 08/14/2026 unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium">To receive credit for experience, your resume <span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">MUST</span> state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><u style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Minimum Qualification Requirements: </span></u>To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications:<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">Applicants must meet <span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">A</span> or <span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">B</span> below to satisfy the basic education requirement for Geophysicist, all grade levels.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">A.</span> Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included at least 30 semester hours in mathematics (including calculus) and the physical sciences (geophysics, physics, engineering, geology, astronomy, meteorology, electronics, etc.).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">B.</span> A combination of education and experience -- at least 30 semester hours in mathematics (including calculus) and the physical sciences (geophysics, physics, engineering, geology, astronomy, meteorology, electronics, etc.), plus appropriate experience and/or additional education for a total of 4 years. The education or combined education and experience must be comparable in type, scope and thoroughness to that acquired through successful completion of a 4-year course of study as described in "A" above. (CLICK <a href="https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/human-capital/basic-education-requirement-combining-education-and" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,94,162);text-decoration-style:inherit;text-decoration-color:inherit">HERE</a> FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO COMBINE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE)<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Please Note:</span> This position requires specific educational coursework to qualify. You MUST provide transcripts in order to verify that the educational requirements have been met (Unofficial Okay). This information must be received by the closing date of the announcement. Failure to provide this information may result in you receiving an "INELIGIBLE" rating.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">-AND-</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><u style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Minimum Qualification Requirements (Continued)</span>:</u></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Specialized Experience:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">GS-12</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">In addition to meeting the Basic Education Requirement above. To qualify for the <span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">GS-12</span>, you <span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">MUST</span> possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the <span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">GS-11</span> grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">1)</span> Experience in planning and conducting airborne geophysical surveys.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">2)</span> Processing data using airborne geophysical processing software.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">3)</span> Developing airborne geophysical contracts.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">4)</span> Writing technical reports and data releases.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">To qualify you <u style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px">MUST</u> meet at least 3 of the 4 specialized experience statements above.</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Volunteer Experience:</span> Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"></p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Public Sans Web","Source Sans Pro Web",sans-serif;font-size:medium"><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px 0px 8px;padding:0px;font-size:1.375rem;line-height:1.55556">Education</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px">This position has a mandatory education requirement.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px">You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to ensure you meet the Basic Education Requirement. 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. <span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Unofficial transcripts are acceptable</span>, but if you are selected for this position, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bolder">Foreign Education:</span> 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. <a href="https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;border:0px solid;margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,94,162);text-decoration-style:inherit;text-decoration-color:inherit">https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualification</a></p></div></div></div>