What General Information Do I Need To Know About This Position? This is an interdisciplinary position that may be filled as a Biologist GS-0401 or Safety Engineer GS-0803. Salary: $98,496 (Step 01) to $128,043 (Step 10); NOTE: First time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01. Open to all U.S. citizens under :USGS-RES-24-12214896-DE-SBW

Duties

As a Supervisory Biologist/ Safety Engineer within the National Wildlife Health Center, some of your specific duties will include: Provides leadership, direction and guidance to the Center's engineering and facility maintenance, animal services, and safety groups. Provides administrative, personnel, budget, and management oversight, technical coordination, and supervision to the Center's scientific support staff in the disciplines of animal care and use, safety and biosafety, the Select Agent Program, engineering, and facility maintenance. Prepares reports and date, including budgetary, that can be used at the Center, Regional and National Level in formulating projects and initiatives; responsible for administering the Branch operations budget. Establishes and maintains staff and Center guidance regarding biohazard containment and safety related to Center activities. Leadership role for the Federal Select Agent Program at the Center and is responsible for the oversight, management and direction of the program and ensures compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements related to the Federal Select Agent Program.

Requirements

Qualifications

For Biologist: BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for Biologist, all grade levels. A. Degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. *OR *B. Combination of education and experience--courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above (24 semester hours or the equivalent in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position), plus appropriate experience and/or additional education for a total of 4 years. The education or combined education and experience must be comparable in type, scope and thoroughness to that acquired through successful completion of a 4-year course of study as described in "A" above For Safety Engineer: Basic Education Requirement: Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for Safety Engineer, all grade levels.A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. *OR* B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: 1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional For GS-13: In addition to the basic education requirements as stated above, applicants must have one year of specialized experience at or equal to the next lower grade level. Examples of this experience may include, but are not limited to: (1)Experience with facilities needs and operational requirements necessary to conduct animal disease investigations and scientific disease research that enables employee to develop program objectives and to provide consultative services to management and technical personnel; experience with project management, architecture, and engineering concepts, principles, practices, and theories; (2) experience in current management systems and general administrative procedures involving personnel, fiscal, contracting and purchasing actions to facilitate basic operations and to develop input to administrative, facility maintenance and Automated Annual Work Plan reports; (3) experience in developing long-range and short-term plans regarding operations, goals, objectives, staffing plans and budget strategies; experience in biosafety and biosecurity guidelines for working with infectious disease agents under in vitro and in vivo laboratory conditions; experience in working with animal care staff and animal care programs; experience in communications as evidenced by ability and skill in synthesizing information and clearly transmitting concepts, instructions and ideas both orally and in writing; (4) experience in leadership and management to resolve unique or novel problems, or issues; or significantly alter standard practices, equipment, devices, processes, and known techniques; provide expert advice to senior colleagues and/or agency officials responsible for broad program operations; (5) provide significant and innovative recommendations for advancing programs and/or methods; and execute significant projects representing an important segment of the agency's operating programs, or affecting the welfare of the public and/or the sustainability of natural resources and the environment. You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.

Education

• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
• Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the above requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.usgs.gov/about/organization/science-support/human-capital/how-foreign-education-evaluated-federal-jobs .

Contacts

• Address NATL WILDLIFE HEALTH CTR 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Mail Stop 600 Reston, VA 20192 US
• Name: Selena Waterman
• Phone: 703 648-7449
• Email: [email protected]