CHEMIST

Duties

• You will provide technical guidance to subordinates by assigning work based on consideration of priorities, difficulty, requirements, and capabilities of the individuals.
• You will monitor the workload, set priorities adhere to deadlines, and review completed work for adequacy.
• You will generate and submit reports to activities within the shipyard.
• You will actively support the laboratory's quality assurance process and be responsible for quality control testing testing for the purity of gases for aircraft operations and the usage of gases.

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-verify.gov
• 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 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final 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.
• 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.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.

Qualifications

GS-09: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience displaying practical knowledge of chemistry, analytical techniques, and methodologies to interpret specification requirements, review work results of peers for technical accuracy, adequacy, validity.
• Experience interpreting test data, preparing reports describing the test methods, and presenting results.
• Experience utilizing a high level of oral and written skills establishing and maintaining effective intra- and interpersonal relationships throughout the organization.
• Experience displaying the ability to apply complex rules in ways to improve quality and satisfy program requirements while minimizing or reducing cost and/or rework.

GS-11: Your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience demonstrating knowledge of chemical or material principal theories and practices in the use of instrumental analysis and apparatus, proficient to perform analyses and the ability to develop new methods and procedures.
• Experience understanding the application and usage of FT-IR spectroscopy and the ability to assist program Senior analysts.
• Experience utilizing skills of evaluating quality control testing criteria, exercises the ability to adapt to the use of instrumentation used to obtain valid results and resolve very complex sensitive problems related to quality assurance.
• Experience utilizing technical expertise to perform analysis, generate test results, trouble shoot, perform maintenance, and recognize gaps in existing test.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

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

Degree: 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.

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.

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.

This announcement uses the Defense Industrial Base, Major Range and Test Facilities direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to certain positions in the competitive service.