NIST works with industry and science to advance innovation and improve quality of life. We're looking for a Research Chemist to join our team! This notice is issued under direct-hire authority to recruit new talent to occupations for which NIST has a severe shortage of candidates.

Duties

This position is to provide research, measurements, and services to support development and production of reference materials for chemicals of emerging concern, primarily PFAS. The major duties involve working in teams to develop and implement the associated chemical analysis methods, to improve the understanding of chemicals of emerging concern as they move through the environment and into the food chain, producing environmental reference materials and participating in leadership roles in international standards organizations. This position also includes the maintenance of scientific laboratory infrastructure (such as performing maintenance on laboratory equipment), the maintenance of a scientific laboratory notebook and associated electronic data records, the writing of internal reports and external publications, conformance within a laboratory quality management system, and the performance of other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment
• Bargaining Unit Position: No

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: A. 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 B. 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. In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must have at least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-12 level (ZP-III at NIST). Specialized experience is described as experience in measuring PFAS, tracing PFAS movement in the environment, tracking other chemicals of emerging concern in environmental matrices, foods, and clinical samples, developing reference materials, writing laboratory reports and manuscripts for publication, communicating with international standards organizations. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done. We will credit all qualifying volunteer experience in your application. The qualification requirements in this vacancy announcement are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook. Applicant Reconsideration

Education

This position has an education requirement. Transcripts must be submitted to validate that the education requirement has been met. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. However, an official copy will be required prior to a final offer of employment.

Education completed outside of the U.S. must be evaluated by an accredited organization to ensure that it is comparable to education received in accredited institutions in the U.S. Click here to view a listing of accredited organizations from the Department of Education's website. A copy of the foreign education evaluation (containing the results with a course by course listing) is required with your application.

Contacts

• Address Chemical Sciences Division 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 US
• Name: Erin Fannin
• Email: [email protected]