Consumer Safety Inspector

Summary

$5,000 sign‑on bonus, creditable service for annual leave accrual, public service loan forgiveness program, and referral bonus awards are available. Shifts and species will vary based on assignment. For additional information:
Crete, NE:
Dr. Suh Niba @ 308‑380‑9667;
Salida, CO:
Dr. Cameron Davis @ 970‑380‑8331. Employee may be detailed to any shift at any plant in the Denver District.

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education as defined below. Specialized experience is experience that provided you with knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities or other products for human consumption. Such experience may have been acquired in work such as consumer safety inspector, inspection aide, food inspector, public health inspector, quality inspection specialist, or similar position with responsibility for sampling, quality control and sanitation in a food manufacturing or production environment, or similar environment for other ingestible items.

For the GS‑05 level:
Applicants must have at least 52 weeks of qualifying experience that provided knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities and substances such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs, or other food or beverages for human consumption, or other ingestible substances such as pharmaceuticals. Applicants should provide examples such as: applying proper techniques for collecting samples, performing field tests and examinations;

developing written reports and/or reporting findings orally; communicating findings to internal or external contacts; maintaining effective personal contacts with a variety of individuals; and other similar work making determinations on products for human consumption or the production environment.

For the GS‑07 level:
In addition to the qualifications above, applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS‑05 level). Incumbents are expected to have performed standard and recurrent duties independently. Resumes should demonstrate at least 52 weeks of experience in independently carrying out routine, standard assignments that provided knowledge of the properties and characteristics of regulated food commodities.

For the GS‑08 level:
Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS‑07 level). Experience must include working with the Federal Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Acts to inspect meat, poultry, and egg products; working with basic SSOP and HACCP principles to verify plant HACCP and SSOP responsibilities; performing basic mathematics and elementary statistical concepts and methods to perform testing and sampling procedures;

and interpreting conclusions.

For the GS‑09 level:
Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS‑08 level). Incumbents are expected to work at a more independent level than lower graded CSIs, which may include duties such as recommending refusal of exports and providing temporary coverage at locations outside the official duty station. Volunteer experience such as through National Service programs is eligible for credit.

Benefits include: $5,000 sign‑on bonus; creditable service for annual leave accrual; public service loan forgiveness program; and employee referral bonus awards. USDA offers a comprehensive benefits package designed for federal employees. FSIS offers recruitment incentives to newly hired eligible Consumer Safety Inspectors.