This permanent position is offered through the PALACE Acquire Program, providing a structured 3-year formal training plan with opportunities for personal and professional growth. The role involves applying professional principles and techniques to investigate, analyze, and interpret the composition, molecular structure, and properties of substances.
Responsibilities
Perform developmental assignments in the application of professional principles, techniques, methods, and procedures relating to the investigation, analysis, and interpretation of the composition, molecular structure, and properties of substances
Perform recurring assignments of limited, but gradually increasing, difficulty and complexity as directed by the supervisor or team lead
Participate in special initiatives, studies, and projects
Work with other specialists to plan, perform research, and conduct special initiatives, studies, and projects
Draft or prepare a variety of documents to include responses to routine inquiries, reports, letters, and other related material
Determine the practices and procedures to use in accomplishing conventional tasks
Interpret and adapt guidelines in order to resolve procedural or factual issues
Carry out special projects and participate in special initiatives and studies
Draft or prepare a variety of documents to include newsletter items, responses to routine inquiries, reports, letters, and other related documents
Requirements
Degree in physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics
For GS-7: Completed or will complete a 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's from an accredited institution AND documented Superior Academic Achievement (SAA) at the undergraduate level in the following:
Grade Point Average 2.95 or higher out of a possible 4.0 as recorded on your official transcript or as computed based on 4 years of education or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of curriculum OR 3.45 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in your major field or the required courses in your major field completed during the final 2 years of your curriculum
For GS-9: Completed 2 years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree:
Grade Point Average - 2.95 or higher out of a possible 4.0 as recorded on your official transcript or as computed based on 4 years of education or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of curriculum OR 3.45 or higher out of a possible 4.0 based on the average of the required courses completed in your major field or the required courses in your major field completed during the final 2 years of your curriculum
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If more than 10 percent of total undergraduate credit hours are non-graded (e.g., pass/fail, CLEP, CCAF, DANTES, military credit), you cannot qualify based on GPA
Professional knowledge of the concepts, theories, principles, and standard practices of Chemistry, methods, and techniques of the occupation sufficient to perform assignments
Skill in applying the principles, concepts, and practices of the occupation to perform assignments
Knowledge of the occupation to perform studies and prepare reports, documentation, and correspondence to communicate factual and procedural information clearly
Ability to communicate information clearly, both orally and in writing, as well as work in a professional manner with peers and management
Ability to plan/organize work, consult effectively with coworkers and apply analytical investigative techniques to accomplish work in the subject-matter field
Provide transcripts to support educational claims; education must be accredited by an institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
Submit copies of all transcripts to include transferred hours (official copies not required at time of application; if selected, official copies will be required)
Degree Audits are not accepted
For foreign education, show proof that education credentials have been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. education program
Important Details
Contract: permanent upon completion of formal training plan
Probationary period: 1 year
About the Company
The PALACE Acquire Program offers a permanent position upon completion of a formal training plan.