You will serve as a INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST/ OCEANOGRAPHER in the Oceanographic Department (NP3), Physical Oceanography Division (NP31), Ocean Analysis Branch (NP312) of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

Duties

You will serve as a senior subject matter expert and team lead for the production of oceanographic products in support of Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW), Undersea Warfare (USW), Mine Warfare (MIW), Special Warfare and other Fleet operations. You will be responsible to conceptualize, develop, implement, document, and train other oceanographers in the Branch on new processes for producing and evaluating oceanographic environmental assessments. You will coordinate a variety of projects/programs that are in direct support of the Branch's functions. You will make scientific decisions and draw valid scientific conclusions based on data analyses and fundamental oceanographic theories. You will perform higher level review of work completed by junior personnel, and ensure oceanographic analytic products meet operational accuracy, security, visual quality, dissemination medium and time requirements. You will provide oral and written technical reports on data quality observations, data interpretation, problems encountered, recommendations, and equipment conditions.

Requirements

• 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
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• 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
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• Successful completion of a pre-employment drug test (including marijuana) is required. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test. You will be subject to random testing.
• 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.

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: Experience applying knowledge of the concepts, principles, and practices of physical oceanography, and the marine environment to conduct scientific analysis. Experience in team leadership, process formulation and evaluation, with emphasis on statistical and qualitative analysis, scientific procedure and problem solving. Experience in producing physical oceanographic products derived from numerical ocean models, in-situ observations, remotely sensed data, climatologies, and/or literature. Experience analyzing and determining trends in oceanographic data. Experience integrating new technologies and capabilities into the collection, processing, or anaysis of physical oceanographic data. Experience with computers, computer networks, scientific computing and scripting languages, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) applications to support scientific computation of environmental climatologies, time series, probabilities, clustering, or other statistical analysis in automated batch processing. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/general-physical-science-series-1301/https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/general-physical-science-series-1360/ 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

General Physical Science Series, 1301

Individual Occupational Requirements

Basic Requirements:

1. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.

   or

2. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Oceanography Series 1360

Individual Occupational Requirements

Basic Requirements:

1. Degree: major study of at least 24 semester hours in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of oceanography, physics, geophysics, chemistry, mathematics, meteorology, computer science, and engineering sciences.

   or

2. Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Applicants who qualify on the basis of major study in biology or geology must have had at least 6 semester hours in the major directly concerned with marine science or 6 semester hours in oceanography; applicants who qualify on the basis of other physical sciences or engineering must have had differential and integral calculus and at least 6 semester hours in physics.

Contacts

• Address NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS 1002 Balch Blvd Stennis Space Center, MS 39522 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]