GEOLOGIST I - OAHU (OHHI)

About the role

The Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch within the Department of Health seeks candidates to perform geologic studies, reviews, and investigations at hazardous waste, solid waste, and leaking underground storage tank sites. This position also provides technical support for the U.S. Navy Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks Special Project.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform difficult and complex geologic studies, reviews, and investigations at hazardous waste, solid waste, and leaking underground storage tank sites.
• Evaluate the environmental and health issues of those releases.
• Provide technical assistance on geological and hydrological issues as they pertain to corrective actions at various types of sites.
• Provide technical support for the U.S. Navy Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks Special Project.

Requirements

• Legal Authorization To Work: Must be a citizen, national, or permanent resident alien of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.
• Education: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree and major in geology, hydrology, or a related field of geoscience.
• Specialized Experience: Three (3) years of progressively responsible professional geological or hydrological work experience, including geologic or hydrologic mapping, making and recording geological or hydrological field observations, and conducting complex studies.

Qualifications

• Professional geological or hydrological experience as described in the Specialized Experience section.
• Para-professional (technical) geological experience as described below: field or laboratory work of a technical geology nature, involving making close observations, handling instruments and equipment, assembling geologic data, and reporting findings.
• Teaching experience in geology or hydrology, if accompanied by a significant amount of research, direction of research, advising students at the graduate level, and investigative and consultative services on geological-hydrological problems.

Skills

• Thorough working knowledge of geological or hydrological principles and practices, including physical geology, geomorphology, structural geology, stratigraphy, petrography, mineralogy, geological and hydrological field methods, economic geology, geologic mapping and surveying, hydrologic cycle, ground water geology, well hydrology, and service water hydrology.
• Ability to apply principles and practices of physics, chemistry, and mathematics to geological or hydrological studies and investigations.
• Ability to independently plan and organize difficult geological or hydrological and laboratory studies.
• Ability to oversee the work of personnel who may be assigned to assist in the conduct of geologic or hydrological studies.

Benefits

• Salary: $6,221 to $7,568 per month (SR-24, Step D to I).
• Membership in the civil service after satisfactory completion of an initial probation period of at least six months.
• Promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions.
• Return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force.

Pay

Salary range: $6,221 to $7,568 per month (SR-24, Step D to I).

Schedule

Not specified.

Benefits

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program: Eligible to have federal student loan balances forgiven after making 120 qualifying payments while employed by a qualifying employer.
• Electronic Notification to Applicants: Applications will be processed electronically, and applicants will be notified via email.
• Reasonable Accommodations: Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations should contact HRD at 808-587-1111.