CHEMIST

Summary

You will serve as a CHEMIST in the LABORATORY QUALITY AND ACCREDITATION OFFICE - CODE 1561 of NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD.

Responsibilities

You will use knowledge of testing methodology of Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and Resource Conservation Recovery Act, to perform reviews of testing conducted by naval commands for compliance with environmental regulations.

You will review quality control and analytical test data submitted by laboratories to determine data validity and evaluate facility compliance with regulatory requirements.

You will prepare summary charts and make presentations of inspections/other program functions to key NAVSEA, Navy, and Department of Defense (DOD) managers.

You will evaluate laboratory proficiency testing results to ensure that data reported is within the quality control parameters of the proficiency program.

You will review laboratory corrective actions for proficiency program outliers.

You will provide expertise in evaluation of laboratory test data and methodology for testing performed in support of Navy remediation efforts.

Qualifications

GS-13: 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: as a professional Chemist, evaluating laboratory testing and analytical data for regulated materials by applying chemistry principles, ISO 17025, ISO 9000, and quality-control requirements to ensure data validity and regulatory compliance. 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 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/chemistry-series-1320/ 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: A. 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 B. 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.