Supervisory Chemist

Salary:

GS-13: $105,029 (Step 01) to $136,541 (Step 10);

As a Supervisory Chemist within the Kansas Water Science Center some of your specific duties will include:

• Responsible for making and assessing quality of all analytical standards and standard solutions for methods in which the incumbent is in charge.

• Works with research scientists in USGS to identify scientific and societal issues for which new analytical methods need to be developed or modified.

• Authors and co-authors journal articles, official USGS reports, including data reports, technical memoranda, data tabulations, descriptions of standard procedures, stating techniques, results, and conclusions

• Exercises supervisory control over a team of chemists and physical science technicians. Plans and assigns work to the team. Responsible for internal controls, safety and occupational health, effective performance management, development, and evaluation of performance through EPAPs, counseling of subordinates, prioritizing and justifying awards, personnel actions for recruitments, promotions, effective management of ethics, conduct, and discipline issues etc

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet A or B below to satisfy the basic education requirement for Chemist, all grade levels.

A. Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's 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 or the equivalent in physics.

OR

B. A combination of education and experience-course work equivalent to a major as shown in "A" above (24 semester hours or the equivalent in physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering), including at least 30 semester hours or the equivalent in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours or the equivalent of physics, plus appropriate experience and/or additional education for a total of 4 years. The education or combined education and experience must be comparable in type, scope and thoroughness to that acquired through successful completion of a 4-year course of study as described in "A" above.

For GS-13:

In addition to the basic education requirement as stated above, applicants must have one year of appropriate professional experience in chemistry that is equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service.

Examples of such experience include planning, executing and reporting on original or ongoing studies in the field of chemistry requiring a fresh approach to resolve new problems. The complexity of this work typically required extensive modification and adaptation of standard procedures, methods, and techniques, and the development of totally new methods and techniques to address novel or obscure problems for which guidelines or precedents were not substantially applicable. At this level, Chemists have extensive knowledge of the principles of chemistry, exhibit a highly developed ability in their application, and have wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment to perform scientific work of marked difficulty and responsibility.

You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement.