Chemical Engineer - Federal Acquisition Service

Chemical Engineer - Federal Acquisition Service

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$90,968.00/yr - $/yr

As a Chemical Engineer, the incumbent provides professional chemical engineering support to acquisition and supply functions for assigned items.

Location of position:
Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Office of General Supplies and Services (GSS), Supply Chain Operations Division (QSDD), Various locations.

We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

• Research, evaluate, document, and assess customer product requests (and other functions/activities) to ensure chemical qualities, composition, and other similar elements of products meet customer requirements in terms of acquisition, transportation, storage, and delivery.
• Perform technical evaluations and prepare technical support documents for specifications, standards, commercial item descriptions, item purchase descriptions, and qualified product lists, in GSA managed products to include but not limited to chemicals, cleaners of all types, disinfectants, insecticides, polishes and floor finishes for commercial or military applications.
• Assist contracting officers during the procurement process by evaluating vendor product data for concurrence with item purchase description salient characteristics. Analyze requests from contractors for deviations from contract specifications to determine the impact on the function or service ability of an item and provide recommendations to the contracting officer.
• Review complex engineering problems and provide recommendations to GSA management. Analyze characteristic data concerning new or improved commodities and new items proposed for inclusion in the GSA system.
• Apply physical, chemical, and numerical analytical criteria such as pH, specific gravity, density, flash point, ratios and percentages. Apply hazardous material classification and make determinations as to product classifications such as flammable, oxidizing, corrosive and acute toxicity; read and interpret Safety Data Sheets for physical and chemical properties.

• US Citizenship or National (Residents of American Samoa and Swains Island)
• Meet all eligibility criteria within 30 days of the closing date
• Register with the Selective Service if you are a male born after 12/31/1959
• Meet time-in-grade within 30 days of the closing date, if applicable

• Current or Former Political Appointees:
  The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service.
• Serve a one year probationary period, if required.
• Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 2 investigation level).
• Have your identity and work status eligibility verified if you are not a GSA employee. We will use the Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify system for this. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of continued employment.
• Must be or become hazmat certified for the transportation of regulated (hazardous) materials per 49 CFR, IMDG and IATA regulations within 90 days of being hired.

• The exact dates you held each job (from month/year to month/year)
• Number of hours per week you worked (if part time).

If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume.

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If you are a new federal employee, your starting salary will likely be set at the Step 1 of the grade for which you are selected.

The GS-12 salary range starts at $90,968…