Chemist

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Domestic Defense Industrial Base Facilities and the Major Range and Test Facilities Base to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: Serve as a Chemist providing technical services planning, developing, sustaining, and monitoring various processes and procedures used to produce and renovate munitions.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Chemist: A.

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher 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 B.

Combination of Education and Experience: Course work equivalent to a major in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering, 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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes.

Experience evaluating, interpreting or modifying test result documents; Experience applying chemical and physical principles, concepts, and practices; Experience developing and modifying methods for materials used to perform analysis of problems; and Experience analyzing and monitoring industrial chemical processes; This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Physical Sciences, Chemistry and Life Sciences.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Regular visits to process shops require extended periods of walking, bending, and standing, e.g., when testing and monitoring processes, conducting investigations, or examining materials.

Work may require some repetitive work above shoulder level, and lifting of moderately heavy items weighing 35 pounds or less.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work involves regular and recurring exposure to irritant and toxic chemicals.

Special safety precautions are required and the chemist must use protective clothing and gear such as a laboratory coat, safety shoes, safety glasses, respirator, and gloves. Major Duties:

• Analyze and monitor industrial chemical processes.
• Utilize computerized instrumentation for monitoring and pilot testing.
• Perform chemical analyses to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Perform chemist functions utilizing Industrial theories, concepts, principles, and practices.