Supervisory Production Facility Branch Chief

US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The New World Screwworm Facilities operated by the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seeks a Branch Chief to lead the New World Screw Production Facility at Moore Airforce Base.

The role requires strategic planning, coordination of daily operations, and direction of the branch team.

Qualifications

• Basic requirements outlined include degree in biological sciences or related fields.
• Combination of education and experience may be accepted if it demonstrates required knowledge and abilities.
• Specialized experience at GS-14 level includes leadership in public health or veterinary contexts.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and supervision to the New World Screw Production Facility Branch at Moore Airforce Base.
• Plan, coordinate, and direct the assigned Branch operations and personnel.
• Develop staff through coaching, training, and career development opportunities.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Communication

Education

Biological Scientist (0401)

Engineer (0801)

Veterinary Medical Office (0701)

Job description

The New World Screw Production Facility Branch Chief provides leadership and supervision to the NWSF at Moore Airforce Base (MAB). The Branch Chief is responsible for the overall planning, coordination, and direction of the assigned Branch in the New World Screwworm Facilities. Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

All applicants must meet the Basic Requirement outlined below for the series they are applying to.

BASIC REQUIREMENT: Biological Scientist (0401)

Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.

OR Combination of education and experience:

post high school education with courses equivalent to a major, which is defined as 24 semester/36 quarter hours, in the biological sciences, agriculture, natural resources management, chemistry or related disciplines appropriate to the position, PLUS appropriate experience or additional course work. The quality of the combination must demonstrate that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the work of the position and is comparable to that normally acquired through the completion of a full four-year course of study with a major as described above.

BASIC REQUIREMENT: Engineer (0801)

Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

OR

Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.
2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.)

BASIC REQUIREMENT: Veterinary Medical Office (0701)

All 0701 Series applicants must meet the Basic Requirement outlined in the Education section below. In addition to the basic requirement

FOR THE GS-14 LEVEL

Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-13 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates:

• Providing authoritative expertise on diseases of national and international significance to ensure uniform and accurate application of national policies and procedures.
• Managing critical issues, establishing effective internal and external communication systems.
• Developing staff members, including subordinate supervisors, by providing coaching, training, and regular guidance and career development opportunities.
• Making significant decisions or recommendations impacting public policies or programs taking specific local or regional needs into account.
• Consulting and advising top level managers on a variety of complex veterinary issues.

TRANSCRIPTS

are required. This position requires specific coursework or a degree in a specific field to be basically qualified. this education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college or university.

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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.