Job Title: Food Technologist – Natick, Ma
Department: Department Of The Army
Agency: U.S.
Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
Job Announcement Number: NEDB10263218D
SALARY RANGE:
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$51,871.00 - $67,427.00 /year
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OPEN PERIOD:
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Monday, June 28, 2010 to Wednesday, July 07, 2010
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SERIES & GRADE:
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GS-1382-09/09
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POSITION INFORMATION:
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-Term Position Not to Exceed: 4 YEARS -- Full Time
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PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
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FPL 11
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DUTY LOCATIONS:
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1 vacancy - MA - Natick
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WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
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US Citizens
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JOB SUMMARY:
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Challenge Yourself - Be an Army Civilian - Go Army!
Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission.
They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military,
but crucial to support military operations. The Army integrates the
talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total
Army.
Organization(s):
RESEARCH, DEV & ENGR CMD, NATICK SOLDIER CENTER, DOD COMBAT FEEDING
DIRECTORATE, DUTY LOCATION: NATICK, MA
About the Position: The Food Engineering Services Team, Combat
Feeding Directorate, US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and
Engineering Center (NSRDEC), is a Customer-Driven, Customer-Focused
organization. The NSRDEC is the Science Behind the Soldier. Through our
research, development, engineering and technology transfer of products
and systems (such as clothing and individual soldier equipment, rations
and field feeding equipment, personnel and cargo airdrop systems, and
shelters), the NSRDEC plays a vital role to maximize the effectiveness
of America's military. Help shape our future to become the recognized
center of choice for individual warrior-related technologies and warrior
systems, and internationally known as a preeminent provider of
research, development, engineering and integration services. Website is
http://www.natick.army.mil/soldier
Who May Apply: Click here for more information.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) eligibles.
All U.
S. citizens.
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KEY REQUIREMENTS:
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Duties
Additional
Duty Location Info:
1 vacancy - MA - Natick
You will serve as a Food Technologist in the Food
Engineering Services Team, Combat Feeding Directorate,with duties
consisting of assignments of objectives, the relation of assignments to
overall objectives of the team, and guidance on policy matters. Serve as
a Food Technologist with responsibility in subsistence commodity area for
the preparation and coordination of performance-based procurement
documents and for processing Engineering Support to Procurement actions.
Applies a professional knowledge of the characteristics, properties,
processing methods, evaluation, and test requirements, acceptable quality
levels, and packaging requirements of food products and operational
rations. Work is evaluated for technical quality and timeliness of accomplishments.
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Qualifications and
Evaluations
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Click on link below to view qualification standard.
General Schedule
Candidates
must meet the Basic Requirement for this position.
BASIC
REQUIREMENT: Degree in food technology, or dairy technology,
microbiology, biology, chemistry, physics, or a related discipline or
field of biological or physical science. The course work must have been
comprised of at least 30 semester hours in the basic biological and
physical sciences, and included at least 20 semester hours in food
technology and closely related subjects, or 20 semester hours in subjects
that can be applied directly to food technology; OR Combination of
education and experience: courses equivalent to a major, including the
course work specified previously, plus appropriate experience or
additional education.
SPECIALIZED
EXPERIENCE: Qualified candidates for this position must show in their
resume that they possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to
the GS-07 grade level in the Federal Service that provided the knowledge
of and skill in the characteristics, properties, processing methods,
evaluation and test requirements, acceptable quality levels, and
packaging requirements of food products and operational rations.
EDUCATION
SUBSTITUTION: 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education
leading to a master’s degree OR master’s or equivalent graduate degree in
one of the areas of study described above.
Education
can be substituted for experience. Review the qualification requirements
for specific information.
One year
of experience in the same or similar work equivalent to at least the next
lower grade or level requiring application of the knowledge, skills, and
abilities of the position being filled.
Only
degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the
Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education
requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional
information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and
U.S. Department of Education websites at -
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
On your
resume, please include college/university, dates attended, degree
achieved, semester hours earned, GPA, major field of study, 24 semester
hours of specific courses and course hours in your major. Failure to
provide this education information on your resume may result in an
ineligible rating.
Foreign
education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be
considered for this position. Please include this information in your
resume.
The
experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened for
the Office of Personnel Management's basic qualifications requirements,
and the skills needed to perform the duties of this position as described
in this vacancy announcement. Resumes are rated using a numeric rating
procedure. Qualified candidates will be assigned a raw score between 70
and 100 based on posession of job-related skills. Additional points for
veterans' preference will be added to the raw score, as appropriate.
GS-09:
Bachelor's degree directly related to this occupation and 1 year of
experience directly related to this occupation equivalent to at least the
next lower grade level, or 2 years of progressively higher level graduate
education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate
degree.
Other Requirements:
Click here for more information.
Personnel
security investigation required.
The
Department of the Army provides reasonable accommodations to applicants
with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of
the application and hiring process, please notify the servicing civilian
personnel unit. Requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a
case-by-case basis.
Defense
Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act Career Field Position.
This is an
Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce position. Selectees
must meet position requirements for certification at Level I in
Acquisition Career Field Systems Planning, Research Development, and
Engineering within 24 months of entrance on duty.
Male
applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment
Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
Direct
Deposit of Pay is Required.
You may
claim Military Spouse Preference.
Applicants
claiming veteran's preference must clearly show an entitlement to such
preference on the resume/supplemental data submitted.
Failure to
provide all of the required information as stated in the vacancy
announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall
rating.
One year
trial/probationary period may be required.
HOW
YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Resumes will be evaluated for basic qualifications
requirements and for the skills needed to perform the duties of the
position, as described in this vacancy announcement and identified by the
Selecting Official for the position.
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Benefits and Other Info
BENEFITS:
The Department of Defense offers excellent benefits
programs some of which may include:
Comprehensive health and life insurance
Competitive salaries
Generous
retirement programs
Paid
holidays, sick leave, and vacation time
Flexible
work environment and alternate work schedules
Paid
employment related training and education
Possible
student loan repayment
Payment of
licenses, certification, and academic degrees as applicable
Bonuses,
incentives, and awards as appropriate for the job.
OTHER
INFORMATION:
Click here for more information.
To
successfully claim veteran's preference, your resume/supplemental data
must clearly show your entitlement. Please review the information listed
under the Other Requirements link on this announcement or review our
on-line Job Application Kit.
Noncompetitive promotion potential to target grade.
Selection
is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral
system for displaced employees.
The
Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants will be
used in determining eligibility of annuitants. The DoD policy is
available on http://www.cpms.osd.mil/ASSETS/E8AB932EA1E44617BAC7222922E42A62/DoDI140025-V300.pdf
This is a
Career Program Position (CP). # 16
Salary
includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
In
accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code,
annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full
annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for
retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a
supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period.
Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e., retired under section
8336(d)(1) or 8414(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to
the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement
provisions of the new appointment as appropriate. (See DoD Instruction
1400.25, Volume 300, at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.)
This
position is a TERM position. It is temporary and may be extended up to a
maximum of four years.
Payment of
Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a
determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
Temporary
Duty (TDY) travel is 10 percent.
Defense
National Relocation Program will not be authorized.
Other Advantages: The NSRDEC has an excellent benefits package,
flexible work schedules, an emphasis on career development and growth,
possible student loan repayment and tuition assistance, a dynamic work
environment with the opportunity to collaborate with respected and
internationally recognized scientists and engineers, and state-of-the-art
equipment and facilities.
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How To Apply
HOW
TO APPLY:
Click here for more information.
Resumes
must be received by the closing date of this announcement.
Self-nomination
must be submitted by the closing date. Applicants wishing to withdraw
from consideration may contact the Central Resume Processing Center at
(410) 306- 0137 or applicanthelp@cpsrxtp.belvoir.army.mil.
Resume
must be on file in our centralized database.
Announcements close at 12:00am (midnight) Eastern Time.
You must
have an ACTIVE resume with the Army Centralized Resumix database before
you submit your Self-nomination. If you do not have an ACTIVE resume on
file, please click here to use the Army Resume Builder to create or update your resume.
REQUIRED
DOCUMENTS:
You will
be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
If
selected, official college or university transcript must be submitted.
AGENCY
CONTACT INFO:
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Central Resume Processing Center
Phone: 410-306-0137
Email: applicanthelp@cpsrxtp.belvoir.army.mil
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Agency Information:
Central Resume Processing Center
314 Johnson Street
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5283
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WHAT
TO EXPECT NEXT:
Once this announcement closes, candidates will be
evaluated using an automated system, (Resumix) which compares your skills
and experience as described in your resume with the requirements of the
position. If you are found to be a highly qualified candidate, you will
be referred to the selecting official for further consideration. (In some
cases, individuals with priority for special consideration must be
considered and selected before other candidates.) Whether or not you are
contacted for an interview depends upon the location of the position and
the judgment of the selecting official. You can view the status of
announcements that you applied for through our automated response system,
ANSWER, accessed through our Civilian Personnel On-Line web page.
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