You will serve as a Chemist for the Naval Petroleum Office Quality Division within NAVSUP located at Fort Belvoir, VA..

Duties

You will be the focal point for all petroleum, oil, and lubricant (POL) quality-related issues for ashore and afloat naval fuel activities, DLA Energy headquarters, and subordinate field activities as well as other military Service Control Points. You will serve as the life cycle manager for naval petroleum quality in the POL logistics system. You will provide support concerning technical and quality-related aspects of petroleum. You will establish naval guidelines for petroleum testing laboratories to perform analytical research to ascertain the nature and degree of contamination and/or deterioration of fuels and lubricants being received or stored.

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 a current valid United States driver’s license.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• 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 wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• 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

FOR GS-12: 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-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing professional principles, concepts, practices and methodologies of chemistry, chemical engineering or petroleum engineering to anticipate the effects of changes to petroleum product specifications, standards and test methods to include technical and business practices/procedures of the petroleum industry. Examples of specialized experience include: 1) Documenting the effects of the changes on the behavior of the petroleum products in use or storage; 2) Utilizing statistical analysis to determine the validity of test methods through the analysis of test results; 3) Providing costs and other analyses to procurement and research organizations; and 4) Experience with the fuel and lubricant systems for boilers, gas turbines and diesels, Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL) storage and handling on ships, aircraft and shore stations to serve the operating forces (ships/aircraft/shore facilities) with proper quality fuels/lubricants throughout the DoD logistics system. FOR GS-11: 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-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing professional principles, concepts, practices and methodologies of chemistry, chemical engineering or petroleum engineering to anticipate the effects of changes to petroleum product specifications, standards and test methods to include technical and business practices/procedures of the petroleum industry under close supervision. Examples of specialized experience include: 1) Documenting the effects of the changes on the behavior of the petroleum products in use or storage; 2) Utilizing statistical analysis to determine the validity of test methods through the analysis of test results; 3) Providing costs and other analyses to procurement and research organizations; and 4) Experience with the fuel and lubricant systems for boilers, gas turbines and diesels, Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL) storage and handling on ships, aircraft and shore stations to serve the operating forces (ships/aircraft/shore facilities) with proper quality fuels/lubricants throughout the DoD logistics system. 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/chemistry-series-1320/ 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
A bachelor's degree or higher 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

a combination of education and experience with 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.

FOR GS-11 ONLY: You may substitute education for experience if you have completed
3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a field directly related to the position.

Contacts

• Address CNSSC OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FIELD Navy Supply Systems Command Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]