Position Overview
Type: Temporary, 120 days
Location: Huntsville, AL
Travel: None
Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a site-level clearance
Work Authorization: U.S. Citizenship required

Summary/Objective

5SRC seeks a Junior Chemist to support the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Center for Explosives Training and Research (NCETR) on Redstone Arsenal. NCETR consolidates all of the agency’s key explosives, fire, canine, and response operations out of Huntsville, Alabama. ATF provides outstanding training facilities and the unmatched expertise of its training staff in delivering life-saving advanced explosives and arson training for our nation’s explosives handlers, bomb technicians, criminal investigators, and military EOD teams. The main NCETR facility and explosives ranges in Huntsville make this center a unique resource in the fight against explosives-related violent crime and the government-wide C-IED efforts.

Essential Functions

Junior Chemist performs routine safe, effective, and efficient methods of synthesizing chemicals including high explosives to support R&D, participate in experiments using corrosive, explosive, and toxic materials in a safe manner under the direction of a senior chemist, and utilizes lab equipment in support of synthesis experiments and lab scale process development. Performs tasks such as preparing graphical or tabular presentations of data, simple data interpretation, preparation of supporting material, etc. under the direction of a senior chemist, and independently. Perform routine safe, effective, and efficient methods of characterizing chemicals including high explosives to support R&D, by utilizing analytical instrumentation in tandem with a senior chemist by utilizing knowledge of instrumentation and standard laboratory practices. Provide support in analysis of the characterization results independently and alongside senior chemist using previous direct experience with energetic materials. Perform research and report writing tasks independently to support project work using knowledge of energetic materials field for literature reviews and document formatting.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in a technically related field from an accredited university
• 1-year technical experience in Chemistry

Preferred Education and Experience

Previous experience working with explosives

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Experience

• 1 year(s): 1-year technical experience in Chemistry

Education

• Bachelors or better

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)