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Senior Investigator II (Produce)
Food and Drug Administration · Posted 101 days ago
About the Role
This position is being filled under a stream-lined hiring authority, Title 21 of the United States Code (21 US Code 379d-3a) as amended by the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, section 3072 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Section 3624. The candidate selected for this position will serve under a career or career-conditional appointment and be paid under the provisions of this authority. This position is being recruited based on the Title 21 Pay Table 1, Band C (GS-13 equivalent).
What You'll Do
- →This position serves as a senior-level field investigator specializing in fresh produce safety.
- →The incumbent plans, conducts, and directs complex inspections and investigations related to the growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of fresh produce in compliance with FDA's Produce Safety Rule (PSR).
- →More than 75% of the work is directly tied to produce-specific inspectional and investigative activities, qualifying it under the 21st Century Cures Act.
- →Inspections & Investigations (Primary Function) Plans and independently conducts complex domestic and foreign inspections of produce industry establishments, including re-inspections of non-compliant firms or operations.
- →Evaluates compliance with the Produce Safety Rule (PSR), including agricultural water quality, biological soil amendments, health and hygiene, cleaning/sanitization, and environmental assessments.
- →Independently investigates complaints of injury or death attributable to FDA-regulated products.
- →Serves as lead investigator for team inspections and multi-agency or multi-government investigations.
- →Sampling & Evidence Collection Collects environmental and physical product samples, labels, photos, records, and other supporting documentation.
- →Plans the course of investigations, determines when investigations are complete, and identifies required reporting.
- →Compliance Analysis & Reporting Evaluates data and documentation gathered during inspections to assess compliance with federal laws and regulations.
- →Prepares final inspection reports, position papers, and written documentation supporting findings and recommendations, in a timely and quality-focused manner.
- →Program Planning & Data Management Manages personal workload and inspection schedule according to assignment priorities to meet operational targets and deadline, maintaining quality standards.
- →Maintains and updates produce farm inventory data in agency tracking systems, including inspection history and risk classifications.
- →Interagency & Stakeholder Coordination Coordinates and collaborates with federal, state, local, tribal, and foreign regulatory partners for joint inspections and information sharing.
Requirements
- ✓Pay careful attention to the Qualifications and Education sections to identify vacancies where a transcript is required.
- ✓Even if you hold a similar position or are a current employee, you are not exempt from transcript requirements.
- ✓TRANSCRIPTS: Positions which are scientific or technical in nature often have very specific educational requirements.
- ✓You must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.
- ✓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.
- ✓If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities, see the Foreign Education section below for additional requirements.
- ✓Electronic Transcript Caution: If you have obtained your transcripts electronically, the file might contain security measures that could prevent our application system from reading the file.
- ✓Therefore, you should consider asking the institution to provide the file in a non-secured electronic format.
- ✓Alternatively, you could scan or take a photo of the printed copy of the transcript.
- ✓If your uploaded transcript cannot be read by our system, you may receive consideration and credit for the information we can access.
- ✓For further information, visit the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 1b1c69a4-c9d5-48ab-b5f5-86f4947a138b
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