Purchasing Agent

About the Position:

This position is located with the Department of Materiel Management, Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington.

A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.

Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience;

if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

One year of specialized experience performing support duties which includes using unilateral instruments to establish contracts, i.e. purchase orders, call against blanket purchase agreements and credit card purchase; monitoring vendors performance through contract and review of progress reports; compiling a Bidders List of possible suppliers using automated small purchase systems sufficient to locate, and retrieve information. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-08).