You will serve as a SUPERVISORY INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST/ OCEANOGRAPHER/GEOPHYSICIST in the Maritime Homeland Defense Division, Mine Warfare Department, Warfighting Support Center of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

Duties

You will be responsible for the collection, processing, and database of maritime homeland defense surveys of U.S. military ports and harbors. You will monitor the progress of all projects; investigate delays, identify causes, and initiate or recommend corrective action to ensure deadlines are met. You will review and evaluate completed work products to assure technical accuracy and exercise authority to accept or reject work products. You will assign work to subordinates based on employee capabilities, priorities and difficulty. You will develop performance standards, evaluate employee performance and provide technical and administrative oversight, advice and instruction.

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.
• 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.
• Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101.

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 planning work, setting priorities and scheduling work as necessary to assure effective and expeditious accomplishment of priority work without adverse effect on regular and recurring work. Employs process improvement techniques in order to increase production efficiency and quality of work. Advise Department Director of problems involving the relationship of the work of the Division to broader programs, and its impact on programs. Organize and direct the production, and computations and data processing necessary to build and maintain mine warfare environmental databases in support of HLD ports and harbors. Monitor progress of all projects; investigate delays, identify causes, and initiate or recommend corrective action to ensure deadlines are met. Review and evaluate completed work products to assure technical accuracy; exercise authority to accept or reject work products. Experience interpreting survey plans, concept of operations, and operational specifications for aircraft and ship surveys. . 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 IOR: 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/geophysics-series-1313/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/oceanography-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

Basic Requirements:
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

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.

Geophysics Series 1313

Basic Requirements:
Degree: that included at least 30 semester hours in mathematics (including calculus) and the physical sciences (geophysics, physics, engineering, geology, astronomy, meteorology, electronics, etc.).

or

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

Oceanography Series 1360
Basic Requirements:
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

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

There is no positive education at the GS-13 level but Basic Education requirements MUST be met. Please provide College Transcripts from an accredited University to provide proof of this requirement as MET.

Contacts

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