This position is located in the Technical Integration and Defense Division (TIDD). The employee serves as a Microbiologist and Laboratory Director responsible for performing scientific and professional work in the field of microbiology. As the Laboratory Director, the employee is responsible for overseeing a technical staff of approximately forty (40) contractors and is a recognized technical authority and expert resource.
Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following: Serves as the Contract Officers Representative for the Laboratory Analysis Contract and other supporting contracts.
Responsibilities include operation of 24/7-365 bio-safety level (BSL) 3 laboratory, laboratory accreditation and compliance with appropriate safety requirements, including local, state, federal, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Environmental Protection Administration, Health and Human Services, National Institutes for Health (NIH), Center for Disease Control (CDC), and bio-security regulations.
Secures essential information through site visits, workshops, conferences, committees, and scientific and regulatory literature review, and discusses with scientists, engineers, and technical program managers, industrial hygienists, occupational health, emergency managers, and regulatory specialists in DoW, other federal agencies, and private, industrial, and foreign institutions.
ARE YOU QUALIFYING BASED ON EDUCATION or A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE? You must provide sufficient documentation of your education in your resume. You MUST provide a copy of official or unofficial transcripts or degrees in your application package. It may also be acceptable to document your applicable course listing in your resume (course number, credits earned, etc.). Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency.
If selected, an official/sealed transcript will be required prior to appointment. PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.
If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.
For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html
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This position is with Pentagon Force Protection Agency, Department of Defense.
The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-09.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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