Supervisory Physical Scientist/ Oceanographer

You will serve as a SUPERVISORY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST/ OCEANOGRAPHER in the Acoustics Department (NP5), Operational Support (NP51), Operations Support Branch (NP512), Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), of Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

**Applicant must have a general knowledge of acoustics, geophysics, mathematics, and computer science to provide guidance in these fields and to have a sufficient understanding of the subjects to review the work that is produced for technical soundness and conformance of accepted standards of content and format. **

• Experience monitoring the progress of projects, investigating delays, identifying causes, and initiating or recommending corrective action to ensure that deadlines are met.
• Experience setting priorities and preparing schedules for completion of work; assigning work to subordinates based upon their experience, selective consideration of the difficulty, and the requirement of the assignment.
• Experience controlling time and attendance, leave and scheduling ship manning to maintain production capability, and approving sick and annual leave.
• Experience advising subordinates of performance requirements and informing them individually of their progress and evaluating their performances.
• Experience preparing the Branch budget and ensuring the most cost-effective expenditure of the budget and preparing all task resource changes that involve the Branch and providing impact statements for any changes.
• Experience giving advice, counseling, or instruction to individual employees on both work and administrative matters and hearing group grievances and serious employee complaints, or ones not resolved and recommending actions to the Division Director in more serious cases.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
General Schedule Qualification Standards

General Physical Science Series, 1301

Oceanography Series 1360

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Applicants must meet the following positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: General Physical Science Series, 1301 Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements:

1. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.

   or

2. Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

***A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.***

Oceanography Series 1360 Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements:

1. Degree: major study of at least 24 semester hours in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of oceanography, physics, geophysics, chemistry, mathematics, meteorology, computer science, and engineering sciences.

   or

2. Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Applicants who qualify on the basis of major study in biology or geology must have had at least 6 semester hours in the major directly concerned with marine science or 6 semester hours in oceanography; applicants who qualify on the basis of other physical sciences or engineering must have had differential and integral calculus and at least 6 semester hours in physics.

***A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.***