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Summary The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health regulatory agency responsible for ensuring the safety of meat, poultry and processed eggs. The incumbent serves as Laboratory Quality Assurance Manager with designated authorities and responsibilities outlined in the laboratory quality manual and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard for testing laboratories. Responsibilities Manages the Laboratory Quality Assurance Plan, Chemical Hygiene Plan, Biological Safety Program, and Radiation Safety Program. Serves as QA expert and information liaison between the Field Service Lab (FSL) and OPHS divisions, federal, state, local, and international agencies, ensuring compliance, scientific integrity, and effective collaboration on laboratory standards. Provides input at the laboratory's highest level of authority at which decisions are made on laboratory policy or resources; provides guidance to laboratory staff and OPHS personnel regarding the laboratory quality system. Maintains laboratory ISO 17025 accreditation status through developing, revising, reviewing, approving, issuing, monitoring, and controlling quality system policies and procedures. Collaborate with other FSL and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) personnel to ensure any developments or modifications to the quality system are reflected and considered within LIMS. Performs laboratory audits and targeted assessments, acts as liaison during external audits, and prepares and compiles the laboratory response to audit reports. Documents through objective evidence whether the laboratory is compliant with the overall quality assurance system and analytical methodology and determines if corrective actions are required. Continually evaluates laboratory safety, health, security and environmental practices and programs and provides technical guidance. Oversee the laboratory’s hazardous waste management program by assuring hazardous wastes are properly classified, accumulated, transported and stored. Conducts quarterly inspections of laboratory operations to verify compliance with applicable occupational safety and health regulations and established procedures. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Time in Grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet the time in grade requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. Specialized Experience: For the GS-13 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-12 level) that demonstrates the following experiences: (You MUST demonstrate these requirements within your resume to show how you meet the experience requirements for this position). Performing microbiological or chemical laboratory analyses in a food laboratory setting. Working in a laboratory with a quality assurance or quality control program. Analyzing or reviewing microbiological or chemical data. Providing oral briefings, updates, or presentations involving microbiology or chemistry. Writing or participating in the creation or revision of scientific or quality system documents involving microbiology or chemistry. Experience in one of the following areas: developing project objectives, developing a plan to complete goals and objectives, working on a project to complete goals and deliverables, or evaluating methods, policies, or procedures for support of established guidelines. 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. Education Transcripts are required. You must submit a copy of your college transcripts. An unofficial copy is sufficient with the application; however, it must include student name, school name, and enough information to validate qualifications such as course names, prefixes, grades, semester or quarter credit hours, date degree was awarded, etc. If you are selected, you will be required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Education must have been obtained from an accredited school, college, or university, to verify your institution's credentialing, visit Dept. of Education Accredited Schools. This position is interdisciplinary and may be filled with either the 1320-chemistry series or the 0403-microbiology series. In addition to the specialized experience requirement, both series have a basic requirement that you must meet to qualify. You can meet the IOR for the chemistry 1320-series with education or a combination of education and experience: Degree: 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. Combination of education and experience -- course work equivalent to a major as shown in A above, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience, or additional education. You can meet the IOR for the microbiology 0403-series with undergraduate education, a combination of education and experience or graduate education. Degree: microbiology; or biology, chemistry, or basic medical science that included at least 20 semester hours in microbiology and other subjects related to the study of microorganisms, and 20 semester hours in the physical and mathematical sciences combining course work in organic chemistry or biochemistry, physics, and college algebra, or their equivalent. Combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in microbiology, biology, chemistry, or basic medical science that included courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Graduate Education: Microbiology, or a specific area of study such as bacteriology, virology, mycology, algology, protozoology, parasitology, immunology, serology, microbial genetics, or soil microbiology; or specific applied fields of microbiology such as clinical and public health microbiology, food technology, production processes, industrial fermentation, pollution, etc. If using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your college transcripts. An unofficial copy is sufficient with the application as long as it includes: student name, school name, and enough information to validate qualifications (course names, prefixes, grades, semester or quarter credit hours, date degree was awarded, etc.). If selected, you will be required to submit official transcripts prior to entering on duty. Education must have been successfully obtained from an accredited school, college, or university. Verify accreditation here: Dept. of Education Accredited Schools. If any education was completed at a foreign institution, you must submit evidence that the institution was accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and is equivalent to U.S. education standards. For a list of private organizations that evaluate education, visit NACES. All transcripts must be in English or include an English translation. Additional Information This announcement may be used to fill additional like vacancies should any occur in the announced duty location(s). Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP), Reemployment Priority List (RPL), or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP): Visit the OPM website for information on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority for this vacancy, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through a score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD).