<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">The US Geological Survey (USGS), Earthquake Monitoring Project (EMP), has 3 open positions for Physical Science Technicians within the Northern California Seismic Network (NCSN). The positions are located in Menlo Park, California. </span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(23,23,23)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">If you are interested, apply online at<span> </span><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://www.usajobs.gov/</a>. More detail about the positions is available there. Please be sure to submit all the requested materials, including transcripts by<span> </span><span class="m_-8712977036790054524m_-7457077829455747694gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_-8712977036790054524m_-7457077829455747694gmail-aQJ">May 30th 2018</span></span><span> </span>– and do not wait until the last minute to apply. If you have questions about the application process, please contact Earl Emerson at<span> </span><a href="mailto:pacsac1@usgs.gov" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">pacsac1@usgs.gov</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The NCSN positions are under two announcement numbers and close at<span> </span><span class="m_-8712977036790054524m_-7457077829455747694gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_-8712977036790054524m_-7457077829455747694gmail-aQJ">midnight May 30, 2018</span></span>:<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span>SAC-2018-0211 for current and recent federal employees, and</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span>SAC-2018-0210 for all US citizens.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The positions are GS-1311-09/11. US citizenship is required.</p><br clear="all"></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Best wishes</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div><div class="m_-8712977036790054524m_-7457077829455747694gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">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><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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