Supervisory Veterinary Medical Officer​/Public Health Veterinarian

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, coordinate and adapt the full range of meat and poultry inspection operations in slaughter and/or processing establishments.
• Ensure establishments meet requirements of the Pathogen Reduction and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations.
• Oversee consumer protection and non-food safety concerns such as proper labeling and packaging.
• Serve as team leader who works with and supervises other public health professionals to ensure establishments under our jurisdiction comply with sanitation standards and properly implement systems that control hazards from entering the food supply.
• Enforce Federal meat and poultry inspection procedures prior to slaughter and throughout the entire process, including humane handling.
• Conduct ante‑mortem inspection, post‑mortem inspection, processing, dispositions, transportation and distribution of meat, poultry, and egg products to markets and retail stores.
• Consult with plant management and discuss with subordinates new or revised regulations, policies and procedures.
• Maintain meaningful labor‑management relationships with subordinates by representing and expressing management’s viewpoints in daily communications.
• Follow EEO and Safety principles/programs, train subordinates, assign and review work, evaluate and rate performance, counsel employees on performance, resolve complaints and grievances, and recommend disciplinary action as necessary.

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) professional degree required. The DVM transcript must show the applicant’s name, the college name, and the date the degree was awarded. Applicants who have not yet graduated may be considered based on transcripts indicating likely completion of qualifying education within nine months from the application date.

Applicants must demonstrate possession of the following skills and competencies: communication skills, leadership, facilitation skills/negotiation, problem solving/judgment, and planning/time management.

• $20,000 sign‑on bonus (paid in four $5,000 lump‑sum payments).
• Assisted relocation for actual costs incurred.
• Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual (CSALA).
• Student loan repayment program.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
• Accelerated promotion program.
• $1,000 employee referral bonus award.

Under the Fair Chance Act, agencies are not allowed to request information about an applicant’s criminal history until a conditional offer of employment has been made. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is an equal opportunity employer.