You will serve as a Physical Scientist in the Bathymetric Branch, Navigation Support Division, Hydrographic Department, and Naval Oceanographic Office of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

Duties

You will analyze navigation or bathymetric automated system performance to determine data quality. You will process hydrographic or bathymetric and navigational data using knowledge of scientific applications. You will deliver instructions and training in the use of various data processing software and equipment. You will supply technical guidance and training to junior employees to increase their knowledge, skills, and abilities. You will perform data collection, processing, and formatting of data for product development and data transfer. You will use the principles, theories, practices, and techniques of the physical sciences for data collection, analysis, and production of results.

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.
• 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 A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test.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 is a bargaining unit position.
• 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-11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience can be defined as the following: Experience processing incoming refined field navigation and sonar data to a gridded format for bathymetry and hydrographic models to be include in all Divisional data bases in support of the Data Warehouse (DWH), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Modeling Library (OAML) in the form of the Digital Bathymetric Database-Variable resolution (DBDBV), and bathymetric and/or hydrographic products delivered to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and maintaining quality assurance of these models and performing updates of these models on a scheduled basis. Experience researching, reviewing and acquiring, as needed, archival data, charts and publications to determine geomorphological characteristics of areas under compilation. Experience performing automated data analyses of bathymetric, hydrographic and related data sets from various sources and evaluated resultant data files for accuracy, completeness and reliability and applies adjustments or corrections where necessary. Experience leading and mentoring a person or team of junior scientist(s) within the branch and providing technical guidance to internal employees on assigned projects. Experience providing instruction for new personnel on proper scientific analysis techniques and provides continuing technical guidance to lower grade physical scientists. Experience maintaining technical and scientific knowledge pertaining to Branch functions. 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 General Physical Science Series, 1301 (opm.gov) 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 the following:

• Applicants must possess a successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelors' or higher degree in 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 above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The quality of the combination of education and experience must be sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform work in the occupation, and is comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of a full 4-year course of study with a major in the appropriate field. In addition to courses in the major and related fields, a typical college degree would have included courses that involved analysis, writing, critical thinking, research, etc. These courses would have provided an applicant with skills and abilities sufficient to perform progressively more responsible work in the occupation. Therefore, creditable experience should have demonstrated similarly appropriate skills or abilities needed to perform the work of the occupation.

Contacts

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