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Supervisory Biologist/Toxicologist/Chemical Engineer/Physical Scientist/Chemist
Environmental Protection Agency · Posted 14 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $126K – $197K Apply by Sep 8, 2026 General Natural Resources Management And Biological Sciences INTJINTPISTJ EngineeringOperations
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This position is in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), Office of Mission Critical Operations, Risk Assessment Support Division, Advanced Health Effects Solutions Branch. About this organization: OCSPP This is an office-centered position--you must physically report to one of the duty stations stated in this announcement on a regular basis (location TBD after candidate selected).
What You'll Do
- →At the full performance level of this position, you will: Plan, organize, and direct the activities of the organizational unit, ensuring that they comply with legal and regulatory requirements and meet customer needs.
- →Exercise supervisory personnel management responsibilities.
- →Participate as a researcher in representation, planning and implementation of team-based research.
- →Serve as an expert consultant on various workgroups, panels or committees.
- →You will spend less than 25% of your work time on contracts, grants/cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements.
- →One or more positions may be filled (in the organization advertised and/or in other organizations), if appropriate to the position.
Requirements
- ✓#LI-DNI You must meet time-in-grade requirements no later than 30 calendar days after the closing date of this announcement.
- ✓This position is designated as High Risk and requires a background investigation.
- ✓Unless an appropriate background investigation is already on record with the Office of Personnel Management, you must undergo a background investigation.
- ✓All conditions of the pre-employment security process must be met before an official letter of employment can be issued with a report for duty date.
- ✓If you are selected, you must complete (or have already completed) a 1-year supervisory or managerial probationary period.
- ✓Upon acceptance of an initial appointment to a supervisory or managerial position with the EPA, you agree to complete all elements of the EPA Successful Leaders Program.
- ✓This development program is designed to enhance leadership competencies and meet the agency's goal of providing new leaders with the tools needed for success.
- ✓If you are selected, you will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure form within 30 days of your first day of employment and annually thereafter.
- ✓Biologist: You must have a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited or pre-accredited college or university in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position; OR a combination of education and experience with courses equivalent to a major, as listed.
- ✓Toxicologist: You must have a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited or pre-accredited college or university in toxicology; or an appropriate discipline of the biological, medical, or veterinary sciences that included at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, biochemistry, or physiology, and 12 semester hours in toxicology.
- ✓The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: Professional registration as an engineer.
- ✓Evidence of passing the Engineer-in-Training written test.
- ✓Successful documented completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences as described by OPM.
- ✓Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's or higher degree from an accredited or pre-accredited college or university in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field and at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance.
Benefits
- ★Benefits will not change for current permanent EPA employees.
- ★If you are selected for this position, situational telework may be approved by your supervisor if you meet eligibility requirements, as allowable by agency policy and/or applicable collective bargaining agreement.
- ★EPA policy only allows telework to be approved situationally.
- ★Situational telework is for work or assignments of specific limited duration on an occasional, emergency, or ad hoc basis.
- ★NOTE: If you are an EPA employee who currently works at a remote work location (i.e., full-time telework), your approval for remote work does not transfer to this position, subject to Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Personality Fit
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