Consumer Safety Inspector

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service; Gibbon (NE); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Credit for annual leave accrual

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Referral bonus awards

Job summary

USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service is seeking qualified candidates for Consumer Safety Inspector roles in multiple plants within the Denver District. Responsibilities include sampling, quality control, and sanitation in food production environments to ensure safety standards are met.

Applicants must meet specialized experience requirements at GS-05 through GS-09 levels, with increasing independence and responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience is experience that provided you with knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities or other products for human consumption.
• In addition to the qualifications, show in your resume examples such as applying proper techniques for collecting samples and/or performing field tests and examinations.
• Experience demonstrating the ability to report findings and communicate results to others; maintaining professional contacts with internal or external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Inspect meat, poultry, fish, eggs, or other food for human consumption, and other ingestible substances to ensure conformance with standards.
• Perform sampling, quality control, and sanitation duties in a food manufacturing or production environment.
• Provide recommendations and escalate issues related to product safety and compliance.

Skills

Specialized experience

Quality inspection

Job description

$5,000 Sign on Bonus, Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, and Referral Bonus Awards are available.

Shifts and species will vary based on assignment. For add'l information call:

Gibbon, NE: FLS Mr. Steven Perry @ 308-227-7953
Sandy, OR: FLS Dr. Lisa Last @ 503-510-2506

Employee will primarily work in one plant but may be detailed to any shift at any plant in the Denver District. Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

Specialized experience

Specialized experience is experience that provided you with knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities or other products for human consumption. Such experience may have been acquired in work such as consumer safety inspector or inspection aide, food inspector, public health inspector, quality inspection specialist, or similar position with responsibility for sampling, quality control and sanitation in a food manufacturing or production environment, or similar environment for other ingestible items.

See specific grade level specialized experience definitions below.

• For the GS-05 Level: Applicants must have at least 52 weeks of qualifying experience that provided knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities and substances; such as: meat, poultry, fish, eggs, or other food or beverages for human consumption, or other ingestible substances, such as pharmaceuticals. You are to show in your resume examples such as applying proper techniques for collecting samples and/or performing field tests and examinations (e.g. identifying abnormalities in the product or production environment and recommending corrective actions), developing written reports and/or reporting findings of results orally (e.g. documenting abnormalities in the product or production environment and communicating those findings to others), and/or skill in maintaining effective personal contacts with a variety of individuals (e.g. discussing findings with internal or external contacts regarding the food safety standards established in the production environment), or other similar work making determinations on products for human consumption or the production environment (e.g. ensuring conformance with established standards). Such experience may have been acquired working positions such as consumer safety inspector or inspection aid, food inspector, public health inspector, quality inspection specialist, or other related position.
• For the GS-07 Level: In addition to the qualifications above, applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 level), and incumbents are expected to have performed standard and recurrent duties on an independent basis. Your resume should demonstrate at least 52 weeks of experience in independently carrying out routine, standard assignments on a regular and recurring basis that provided you with knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities and substances; such as: meat, poultry, fish, eggs, or other food for human consumption, and other ingestible substances, such as pharmaceuticals.
• For the GS-08 Level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-07 level). In addition to the qualifications above, experience must include working with the Federal Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Acts in order to inspect meat, poultry and egg products; working with basic SSOP and HACCP principles and practices in order to verify plant HACCP and SSOP responsibilities; performing basic mathematics and elementary statistical concepts and methods to perform testing and sampling procedures; and experience in reaching and interpreting conclusions.
• For the GS-09 Level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-08 level). In addition to the qualifications above, incumbents are expected to have experience working at a more independent level than lower graded CSIs, which may include duties such as recommending refusal of exports and providing temporary coverage at locations outside of the official duty station.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Please view OPM's Qualifications Standards, Consumer Safety Inspector Series, GS-1862.

The duties of a Consumer Safety Inspector are performed in a hazardous working environment. The below requirements are not an all-inclusive list.