You will serve as a Supervisory Interdisciplinary Physical Scientist/Oceanographer in the Operations Department (N3), Current operations Division (N31) of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

Duties

You will be responsible for supervising, training, and scheduling Current Operations Division personnel and Command Duty Officer personnel. You will ensure that NAVOCEANO policies, instructions, and regulations are adhered to by the Senior NAVOCEANO Representatives (SNR). You will evaluate SNR performance and counsel them on work while the SNR is deployed. You will establish priorities and make work assignments in accordance with the level of the individual such that assignments follow guidelines for completion and requires minimal review. You will ensure positive communications with forward deployed SNRs and be available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and holidays for consultation on all matters related to personnel, vessel, and mission. You will perform survey duty as SNR on survey platforms.

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 A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if you fail to report to the drug test appointment or fail the test.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.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• Evening, weekend and holiday work is required.
• Occasional CONUS and OCONUS travel, less than 50%, is required. The incumbent must be eligible for a passport.

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 ensuring policies, instructions, and regulations are adhered to. Experience providing technical and administrative guidance and conducting formal briefs. Experience monitoring training and providing recommendations regarding training. Experience maintaining situational awareness of operations such as command assets and personnel, including T-AGS. Experience reviewing Cruise Reports. Experience performing survey duty on survey platforms, achieving, and maintaining required certification. Experience ensuring a wide spectrum of environmental data is collected. 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) Oceanography Series 1360 (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

Basic Education Requirement:
1301-
Successful completion of a bachelor's degree or higher 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
Successful completion of a combination of education and experience with education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

1360-
Successful completion of a degree with a 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
Successful completion of a combination of education and experience which includes course work in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Contacts

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