Supervisory Chemist (Director, Scientific Services Division)

Full Job Description

TTB mission is steeped in America's history, from the time of the Whiskey Rebellion to the work of agents like Eliot Ness.

We are a nationwide team dedicated to collect alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and ammunition excise taxes and ensure that alcohol beverages are labeled, advertised, and marketed by law.

We rank among the top 15% of agency subcomponents in the 2024 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For the GS-15, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized Experience for this position includes: - Managing daily operations within a laboratory supporting regulatory programs, ensuring compliance and customer service standards in beverage alcohol, non-beverage alcohol, tobacco, or food products; AND - Applying and developing analytical chemistry methods, analyzing manufacturing processes and regulatory requirements for beverage alcohol, non-beverage alcohol, tobacco, or food products; AND - Formulating and managing yearly budgets for a laboratory; AND - Supervising chemists and technicians' work and providing performance feedback.

Major Duties:

This position is located at the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Office of Headquarters Operations, Scientific Services Division.

As a Supervisory Chemist (Director, Scientific Services Division), you will: Oversee budget development and administration of the division. Represent TTB at meetings with regulated industry, U.S.

and foreign regulatory agencies, and U.S. law enforcement agencies to negotiate, defend, and/or resolve technical regulatory issues.

Maintain state-of-the-art laboratories by effectively managing current laboratory inventory, which includes hundreds of pieces of equipment with a total value of over $6M.

Provide authoritative technical guidance to TTB executives, Treasury executives, and TTB's Regulations and Rulings Division on complex technical issues to help develop science-based policies and regulations.