Job opening: INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST/METEROLOGIST/OCEANOGRAPHER
Salary: $86 962 - 113 047 per year
Published at: Dec 30 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as a INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST/METEROLOGIST/OCEANOGRAPHER in the Geospatial Analysis and Support Division, Geospatial Analysis and Production Branch (NP222), Warfighting Support Center (WSC), Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEAN) of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.
Duties
You will develop and design new Open Geospatial Consortium-compliant XML-based web services and maintains existing ones for accessing spatial data.
You will utilize geospatial technologies and scientific principle to develop new capabilities.
You will provide technical guidance and instruction for personnel on proper METOC (waves, currents, salinity, wind, precipitation, humidity, etc.)
You will develop training material as well as standard operating procedures (SOP) manuals for any relevant analysis or geo-processing.
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.
- This position is eligible for part time, substantial or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management.
- This is a bargaining unit position.
- 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.
- 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.
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 must demonstrate the following:
Experience with GIS technology, geospatial concepts, and various geospatial datasets indicates that the applicant must have knowledge of a wide range of concepts, principles, and practices.
Experience with physical science theories, principles, and techniques as they relate to either oceanography or meteorology demonstrates that the applicant must have practical knowledge in these areas.
Experience with addressing difficult, complex work assignments proves that the applicant must have the ability to develop new methods and approaches or utilize established guidelines to satisfy customer requirements.
Experience with communicating effectively both orally and in writing with all personnel, including team members, management, sponsors, and stakeholders.
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
Meteorology Series 1340
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
- 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.
Meteorology Series, 1340
- Degree: meteorology, atmospheric science, or other natural science major that included:
- At least 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of credit in meteorology/atmospheric science including a minimum of:
- Six semester hours of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics;
- Six semester hours of analysis and prediction of weather systems (synoptic/mesoscale);
- Three semester hours of physical meteorology; and
- Two semester hours of remote sensing of the atmosphere and/or instrumentation.
- Six semester hours of physics, with at least one course that includes laboratory sessions. *
- Three semester hours of ordinary differential equations.
- At least nine semester hours of course work appropriate for a physical science major in any combination of three or more of the following: physical hydrology, statistics, chemistry, physical oceanography, physical climatology, radiative transfer, aeronomy, advanced thermodynamics, advanced electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and computer science.
- OR -
- Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Oceanography Series, 1360
- 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.
Contacts
- Address NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS
1002 Balch Blvd
Stennis Space Center, MS 39522
US
- Name: Department of Navy EIC
- Email: [email protected]
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