supervisory chemist

Found in: beBee jobs US - 2 weeks ago

Annapolis, Maryland, United States USAJobs Full time
Duties
  • You will supervise a diverse workforce that contains Lab Specialist, U.S. Military, and/or local national Physical Science Technician personnel.
  • You will implement protocols and work-plans for daily and long-term operational readiness of a laboratory environment.
  • You will repair, maintain, calibrate, and tune instrumentation used in a laboratory environment.
  • You will perform quality assurance on all unknowns, stock solutions, and chemical mixtures used in a lab environment.
  • You will develop plans and procedures for performing analytical testing services on all organization owned products procured and stored with the command area of responsibility.
  • You will analyze difficult and usual problems through interpretation of sophisticated laboratory and direct testing methodology.

    Requirements

    Conditions of Employment
    • Must be a US Citizen.
    • Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
    • Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
    • New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-
    • Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
    • Males born after must be registered for Selective Service.
    • You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final secret security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
    • Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR
    • This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
    • You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.

      Qualifications

      In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Mentoring/leading others with performance and tracking work output against set performance standards; 2) Determining areas of improvement and consulting with other supervisors/leaders to determine corrective measures; 3) Carrying out protocols and work-plans for daily and long-term operational readiness of a laboratory environment; 4) Repairing, maintaining, calibrating, and tuning instrumentation used in a laboratory environment (i.e. chromatographs, spectrophotometers, electrochemical devices, centrifuges, microscopes); 5) Performing quality assurance on unknowns, stock solutions, and chemical mixtures used in a lab environment; 6) Providing budget support input and maintaining accurate financial records for the laboratory to ensure proper fiduciary responsibility; and 7) Updating laboratory protocols to comply with changes in analytical techniques and requirements to forecast purchases of new or replacement equipment. NOTE: This information must be fully supported in your resume.

      Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
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      Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

      Education

      Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

      Basic Requirements:
      Degree in physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics.
      OR
      Combination of education and experience -- course work equivalent to a major as shown in A above, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

      Additional information

      This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

      Several vacancies may be filled.

      This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

      Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

      A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized.

      WORK ENVIRONMENT: Workers in chemistry and biochemistry laboratories are exposed to hazardous materials which include corrosive, reactive and/ or toxic substances (radioactives, poisons, carcinogens, mutagens, etc.) Certain analytical instruments (X-ray diffractometer, X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, etc.) may generate ionizing radiation when in use or require the use of high voltage components. Work with Class II biohazards (including staph bacteria) occurs in the biology laboratories. Therefore, the incumbent must regularly make provisions for hazardous conditions during performance of work done in support of the department's teaching and research missions. The incumbent must also supervise the dissemination of information about such hazardous conditions to members of the technical staff, as well as all department members, and must ensure that proper safety requirements are known and followed.

      A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

      Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: .

      Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.

  • supervisory chemist

    Found in: beBee jobs US - 2 weeks ago

    Annapolis, Maryland, United States Department Of The Navy Full time

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