JOB ANNOUNCEMENT ECO-HYDROLOGY TECHNICIANS
Jud Harvey and Greg Noe are hiring up to two full-time, non-permanent technicians to work on our research projects in the National Research Program of the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia. Our research has the goal of improving scientific understanding of water quality in streams, wetlands and floodplains as affected by hydrological transport processes in flowing surface water and ground water, biogeochemical reactions, and plant and microbial ecology. The jobs are based in Reston, Virginia, with field work in several areas of the U.S., including the Florida Everglades, the Lake Pontchartrain basin in Louisiana, Maple Creek basin in Nebraska, and a variety of sites within the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Virginia and Maryland. Scientific knowledge gained from field sampling, chemical and physical analyses, and statistical and modeling analyses are considered essential to successful restoration of these aquatic ecosystems. More information on our research is available at: http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/jharvey/index.html Primary duties involve a spectrum of tasks encompassing field data collection, laboratory analysis of the chemical composition of natural waters and sediments, database tasks such as entering, transferring, and checking, summarizing, and preparing of data for quantitative analysis, analyzing and interpreting data using a variety of statistical and mathematical models, preparing publication-quality graphics and tables, preparing presentation materials for international scientific meetings, and drafting text for reports and publications in scientific journals. One technician will focus on chemical analyses including use of a segmented flow autoanalyzer, CHN elemental analyzer, ion chromatograph, and ICP-OES. The other technician will focus on automating the collection of data from hydrological field instrumentation and analyzing large data sets using a variety of software and modeling tools. Appropriate training is necessary and prior experience is highly desirable. Successful applicants will be hired as non-permanent USGS Research Associates through a contracting agency (such as ETI Professionals Inc.). Salary will be commensurate with experience and will include health, vacation, and sick leave benefits. Applicants must be recent graduates. Please submit a cover letter, resume, and names of two references to Greg Noe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Jud Harvey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Review of applications will begin on March 23rd 2008.
