This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Duties

You will supervise a diverse workforce that contains Lab Specialist, U.S. Military, and/or local national Physical Science Technician personnel. You will implement protocols and work-plans for daily and long-term operational readiness of a laboratory environment. You will repair, maintain, calibrate, and tune instrumentation used in a laboratory environment. You will perform quality assurance on all unknowns, stock solutions, and chemical mixtures used in a lab environment. You will develop plans and procedures for performing analytical testing services on all organization owned products procured and stored with the command area of responsibility. You will analyze difficult and usual problems through interpretation of sophisticated laboratory and direct testing methodology.

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
• 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 secret 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.

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: 1) Mentoring/leading others with performance and tracking work output against set performance standards; 2) Determining areas of improvement and consulting with other supervisors/leaders to determine corrective measures; 3) Carrying out protocols and work-plans for daily and long-term operational readiness of a laboratory environment; 4) Repairing, maintaining, calibrating, and tuning instrumentation used in a laboratory environment (i.e. chromatographs, spectrophotometers, electrochemical devices, centrifuges, microscopes); 5) Performing quality assurance on unknowns, stock solutions, and chemical mixtures used in a lab environment; 6) Providing budget support input and maintaining accurate financial records for the laboratory to ensure proper fiduciary responsibility; and 7) Updating laboratory protocols to comply with changes in analytical techniques and requirements to forecast purchases of new or replacement equipment. NOTE: This information must be fully supported in your resume. 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/1300/chemistry-series-1320/ and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards 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:

Basic Requirements:
Degree 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
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.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL ACADEMY 121 Blake Road Annapolis, MD 21402 US
• Name: Lauren Cross
• Email: [email protected]