X-Ironport-AV: i="3.88,116,1102309200"; d="scan'208"; a="535276420:sNHT33852238" Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:47:27 -0800 From: John Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Seismo Subject: [Fwd: Earthquake Seismology/Engineering Employment Opportunity] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Filter: This message passed through Softlabs AntiVirus 0.7.1 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Earthquake Seismology/Engineering Employment Opportunity Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:05:54 -0800 From: Shakal, Tony To: Hi John, The California Geological Survey and CSMIP have earthquake/engineering seismologist positions and an exam process is underway. I would appreciate your forwarding this to any potential candidates you think might be interested. Thanks, Tony Shakal POSITIONS AVAILABLE in Earthquake Seismology/Engineering Positions in earthquake seismology and earthquake engineering are available in the California Geological Survey (CGS) in the California Dept. of Conservation. CGS has programs in Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Hazards Mapping, and Geologic Hazards Mapping. A list of eligible candidates is being developed through a standard state interview/examination process. Only candidates on the eligibility list can be selected to fill current vacancies as well as vacancies that may be available during the next two years. · Positions are presently available with the California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (CSMIP), and positions may become available with the Regional Geologic and Hazards Mapping Program (RGHMP) during the life of this eligibility list. · The CSMIP program collects and analyzes earthquake strong shaking data to improve post-earthquake response, based on the observed shaking, and to improve earthquake-resistant design codes. The program has grown to be one of the largest strong motion programs in the world. Activities include instrumenting sites and structures throughout California, and processing, disseminating and analyzing the recorded data. CSMIP also has a Data Interpretation Project which funds studies at universities and other organizations to accelerate the improvement of seismic design codes and the understanding of ground shaking and its effects on structures. Program staff have the opportunity to analyze and interpret data as their other duties permit. CSMIP is a partner in the California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN), along with the USGS, UC Berkeley and Caltech. The goal of the project is the recording and automated, robust communication and analysis of ground and structural shaking information from a large number of stations immediately after an earthquake. In addition, CSMIP is focused on the distribution of strong motion data through an Internet-based Engineering Strong Motion Data Center. CSMIP, with the other CISN partners, also generates ground shaking maps called ShakeMap after significant earthquakes. · The RGHMP program investigates and analyzes probabilistic seismic hazards and estimates of future earthquake losses in California. Activities include collaboration with academic and USGS earth scientists on input parameters for probabilistic models, development of new probabilistic seismic hazard techniques as appropriate for public policy applications, and developing products for both technical and non-technical use. The program also reviews design ground motion components of hospital and school site planning reports, as well as other environmental documents for critical projects, and participates in various seismic and geologic hazard related activities. Seismologists at CGS are at the Associate and Senior levels. The official Announcements at http://jobs.spb.ca.gov/openx2dwvposrd.cfm?ddept=3999 detail the education and experience requirements for the levels. For example, recent PhDs and graduate students with some experience are eligible to apply. Degrees in several areas (e.g., engineering, geophysics, physics) meet the educational requirements. The positions are based in Sacramento. Information about CGS programs can be obtained at http://www.quake.ca.gov . For additional information about CSMIP, please contact Tony Shakal at tshakal@consrv.ca.gov or (916) 322-3105, and Chris Wills at (cwills@consrv.ca.gov ) or (916) 323-8553 about the RGHMP program. The State Personnel Board has information about the interviewing/hiring process at http://www.spb.ca.gov/employment/index.htm, and additional information can be obtained from the Dept. of Conservation Human Resources office at (916) 322-7685. Application forms are available at http://www.spb.ca.gov/employment/employment_app_adobe.htm, in Adobe Acrobat, to be printed out, filled in and mailed. Applications MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN JANUARY 24, 2005. -- _______________________________________________________________ Dr. John G. Anderson Phone: 775-784-4265 Director, Nevada Seismological Laboratory FAX: 775-784-4165 Mail Stop 174 Cell: 775-745-0260 University of Nevada Reno, Nevada 89557 Email: jga@unr.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~