<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">The US Geological Survey (USGS), Earthquake Monitoring Project (EMP), has an open position for a Physical Science Technician (PST) in the National Strong Motion Project (NSMP). The National Strong Motion Project has the responsibility for acquiring strong motion records of significant earthquakes in the United States. The NSMP installs and operates instrumentation nationwide in ground sites and structures such as buildings, dams, and bridges whose response to strong shaking is of interest to the engineering community. </font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">The selected employee will jump into a dynamic and exciting work environment, involving the design, testing, calibration, installation, and maintenance of a variety of strong-motion instrumentation systems at critical structures and ground sites.<br><br>If you are interested, please visit <a href="http://usajobs.gov" target="_blank">usajobs.gov</a>, where more detail about the position is available. The position is listed under two announcement numbers and closes on April 18, 2016 (110th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake!):<br><br> - SAC-2016-0207 for all US citizens, and<br><br></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"> - SAC-2016-0245 for current and recent federal employees.<br><br>The position is GS-1311-09/11 and </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">will filled in either Menlo Park, California or Pasadena, California. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">US citizenship is required. </span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br>Please follow the instructions for applying and don't wait until the last day!<br><br>Best wishes<br><br>Lind S. Gee<br>U.S. Geological Survey<br>345 Middlefield Road - MS 977<br>Menlo Park, CA 94025<br><br><a href="mailto:lgee@usgs.gov" target="_blank">lgee@usgs.gov</a><br>650-329-5656<br>650-329-4732 fax</font></div></div></div>
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