Thread: NCSN Seismic Network Technician

Started: 2018-09-27 14:28:43
Last activity: 2018-09-27 14:28:43
Patrick Bastien
2018-09-27 14:28:43
Institution: USGS
Open Until: 2018-10-18

Institution: USGS Menlo Park
Open Until: 2018-10-18

The US Geological Survey (USGS), Earthquake Monitoring Project (EMP), has one open position for a Physical Science Technician within the Northern California Seismic Network (NCSN). The position is located in Menlo Park, California.

The USGS Earthquake Monitoring Project works in collaboration with the UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory for recording and monitoring seismic activity in Northern California. The NCSN consists of approximately 600 stations, dedicated telemetry systems, and numerous real-time, analysis and notification computer systems. The EMP also oversees the National Strong Motion Project, which installs and operates instrumentation in structures such as buildings, dams, and bridges whose response to strong shaking is of interest to the engineering community.

The Physical Science Technician incumbents are responsible for the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of the field equipment of the NCSN. This work is performed in collaboration with USGS and other partner personnel. The incumbents are responsible for a wide variety of equipment used for seismic monitoring, data acquisition, power, computer networking, and communications. This equipment is located throughout northern and central California, including at remote sites in a wide variety of environments.

The selected employees will jump into an exciting work environment where they will contribute to Earthquake Early Warning activities and the upgrade and installation of new instrumentation, the expansion and upgrade of volcano monitoring efforts, and an overhaul of the telemetry backbone of the network.

If you are interested, apply online at https://www.usajobs.gov/. More detail about the positions is available there. Please be sure to submit all the requested materials, including transcripts by October 18th 2018 – and do not wait until the last minute to apply. If you have questions about the application process, please contact Earl Emerson at pacsac1<at>usgs.gov.

The NCSN position is under two announcement numbers and close at midnight October 18, 2018:

· SAC-2018-0376 for current and recent federal employees, and
· SAC-2018-0375 for all US citizens.

The positions are GS-1311-09/11. US citizenship is required.
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