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Duties

As a Chemist you will: Serve as Chemical Safety Officer working with the Chemical and Radiation Safety Team Lead to implement CDC's laboratory chemical safety program. Incumbent will use their expertise as a Chemist to identify, investigate, and proactively mitigate chemical safety issues for CDC's staff, Ensure all CDC facilities meet high quality chemical safety standards, and that all laws, regulations, and best practices for managing chemical and safety are followed. Ensure compliance to existing policies, guidance, best practices, and regulations for chemical safety in CDC's laboratories.

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Basic Qualifications: Degree: 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 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. Minimum Qualifications: To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level, which must include the following experience: including demonstrated expertise in research chemistry (applied organic or analytical chemistry) and professional experience applying chemical safety concepts (i.e., OHSA's Hazard Communication standard, Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories standard) or principles in a research environment. 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

Copy of your transcripts or equivalent documentation is required for positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying based on education or a combination of education and experience. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.

College or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For more information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address OFFICE OF LABORATORY SCIENCE AND SAFETY 1600 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30329 US
• Name: CDC HELPDESK
• Phone: (770) 488-1725
• Email: [email protected]