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Water Science Jobs in Pennsylvania

USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center advertises employment opportunities here as they arise. 

 

Current Openings

  • Bridgeville, Downingtown, New Cumberland (Fairview), and Williamsport, PA Student Trainee (Hydrology), GS-4, open May 23, 2024, to June 10, 2024, or when 50 applications are received which may be sooner than closing date.
  • Downingtown, PA Supervisory Physical Scientist, GS-13, open May 28, 2024, to June 28, 2024.

 

General Information

USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center has staff in four offices: New Cumberland (Harrisburg), Bridgeville (Pittsburgh), Williamsport, and Downingtown (Philadelphia). Staff include scientists, technicians, and science support personnel committed to providing accurate and timely water-resource and other natural-resource information for the public. 

Watch this Video to hear what it's like to work for a USGS Water Science Center, from our colleagues in the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center.

 

Here's another video, this one from our colleagues in the South Atlantic Water Science Center, answering the question "What does a USGS Hydrologic Technician do to inspect streamgages?"

 

USGS streamgage located on Little Back Creek, Bath, Virginia
USGS streamgage on Little Back Creek in George Washington National Forest, Virginia.