Consulting Flood Hydrologist Services for the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

The agency seeks flood hydrologist consulting services for the purpose of performing in-depth reviewing/performing:
•    Watershed hydrologic modeling and associated uncertainties;
•    Probabilistic methods in estimating hydrologic hazard curves, including stochastic event flood modeling methods;
•    Site Specific, Statewide/Regional and Hydrometeorological Reports (HMRs) based Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) and Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) analyses;
•    Regional frequency analysis to derive Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP) of the precipitation and flood; 
•    Climate change impact analyses on extreme precipitation using Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) data and/or NASA Earth Exchange Global Daily Downscaled Projections; and
•    Other flood hydrology-related analyses for dam safety.

Typical work efforts associated with the effort include but are not limited to:
•    Review of submitted analyses, including digital files, prepared by Licensees or their consultants.
•    Review of published data or reports from federal, state and local sources.
•    Attendance at Board of Consultants meetings and project meetings.
•    Provide expert advice to FERC staff on complex flood hydrology issues.
•    Review proposed scopes of work developed by Licensees or their consultants for consistency with the FERC guidelines and state-of-the-practice procedures.
•    Preparation of written reports as directed, with critiques, conclusions and recommendations.
•    Review and comment on correspondence or other communications to Licensees prepared by FERC staff.
•    Develop technical whitepapers to assist dam safety staff in reviewing/resolving complex technical topics
•    Provide technical topic training to FERC staff