Consumer Safety Inspector

Shifts and species will vary based on assignment. Employee may be detailed to any shift at any plant in the Raleigh District.

Responsibilities

• Apply proper techniques for collecting samples and/or performing field tests and examinations (e.g., identifying abnormalities in the product or production environment and recommending corrective actions).
• Develop written reports and/or report findings of results orally (e.g., documenting abnormalities in the product or production environment and communicating those findings to others).
• Maintain effective personal contacts with a variety of individuals (e.g., discussing findings with internal or external contacts regarding food safety standards established in the production environment).
• Make determinations on products for human consumption or the production environment (e.g., ensuring conformance with established standards).
• Perform standard and recurrent duties on an independent basis for routine, standard assignments (GS-07 level and above).
• Work with the Federal Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Acts to inspect meat, poultry, and egg products (GS-08 level and above).
• Apply basic SSOP and HACCP principles and practices to verify plant HACCP and SSOP responsibilities (GS-08 level and above).
• Perform basic mathematics and elementary statistical concepts and methods to perform testing and sampling procedures (GS-08 level and above).
• Reach and interpret conclusions based on inspections and testing (GS-08 level and above).
• Recommend refusal of exports and provide temporary coverage at locations outside of the official duty station (GS-09 level and above).

The duties of a Consumer Safety Inspector are performed in a hazardous working environment.

Requirements

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that provided 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 or 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.

• GS-05 Level: 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.
• GS-07 Level: In addition to GS-05 qualifications, at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 level) performing standard and recurrent duties on an independent basis.
• GS-08 Level: In addition to GS-07 qualifications, at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-07 level) including:
  • Working with the Federal Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Acts to inspect meat, poultry, and egg products.
  • Applying basic SSOP and HACCP principles and practices to verify plant HACCP and SSOP responsibilities.
  • Performing basic mathematics and elementary statistical concepts and methods to perform testing and sampling procedures.
  • Reaching and interpreting conclusions based on inspections.
• GS-09 Level: In addition to GS-08 qualifications, at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-08 level) working at a more independent level, which may include duties such as recommending refusal of exports and providing temporary coverage at locations outside of the official duty station.

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).

Benefits

As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits designed to make your federal career rewarding. FSIS offers various recruitment incentives to newly hired eligible Consumer Safety Inspectors (CSI), including:

• $5,000 Sign-on Bonus: For newly appointed employees only.
• Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual: Calculated to determine the annual leave accrual rate.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: For more information, visit PSLF Program.
• Accelerated Promotion Program
• $1,000 Employee Referral Bonus Award: Paid to employees who refer applicants who are hired with FSIS.