Total 56 Others job vacancies in Lake Forest - Main Campus

• You will read drawings or circuit diagrams to locate defects in utility systems.
• You will install, maintain, and repair mechanical, electrical, and manually operated components and equipment associated with the operation of utility systems.
• You will maintain daily logs to track utility systems testing results.
• You will operate computer programs (e.g., System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) to monitor the runtime, total current, and total voltage of wells, and equalizer tanks.
• You will collect daily samples for analysis to facilitate an organization's ability to obtain annual recertifications.
• You will perform emergency procedures to resolve trouble or malfunctions as indicated by meters.
• You will inspect control gauges, valves, timers, or switches to verify the operation of components.
• You will read and interpret meters, gauges, and recording instruments used in water treatment, waste water recycling, and boiler systems to respond to emergency calls.

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Directs the work of key assistants and assures that grading activities are properly coordinated and administered in accordance with existing law, regulation, and policy.
• Sets standards of performance for field personnel and reviews, through reports and other means.
• Assists the Regional Director with directing, coordinating, and executing policies and procedures necessary in the administration of the National grading program for QAD commodities.
• Interviews applicants and selects qualified individuals for vacant positions.
• Assists the Regional Director in monitoring funds obligated, expended, and collected in the execution of the program.
• Maintains contact with State Commissioners of Agriculture and Directors of marketing activities, with whom cooperative agreements are maintained.
• Makes binding determinations on formal appeals, from decisions made by subordinate supervisors.

• Provide direct oversight and management of 8-12 geospatial professionals providing support across 3-4 national forests.
• Manage the Geospatial program within a geographic service zone.
• Develop program of work that is in alignment with forest programs of work.
• Coordinate with multiple forests to resolve conflicting priorities for geospatial requests and data analysis support.
• Work with DRM and forest leadership to develop and manage work priorities; balancing regional, forest and district geospatial requests.
• Advise, counsel and assist Forest staff and leadership regarding geospatial project planning including timelines, data analysis capabilities, contracting, and other information management considerations.
• Ensure interagency policies and procedures, communication procedures, geospatial protocols and training requirements are adhered to and met.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Information Technology Specialist (CUSTSPT) IT Specialist - Reservist position, you will be a member of the IT Cadre and will perform a wide range of IT management activities that extend and apply to specified units in the FEMA organization and its major components. Typical assignments include:

• Deliver technical support services, including troubleshooting, installation, removals, systems knowledge assistance and/or training in response to customer requirements.
• Assist functional uses in resolving technical computer problems and malfunctions.
• Install, configure and test software on customer workstations and participating in the delivery of a full range of customer support services to the organization.
• Identify users' locations equipment, and software and determining the nature of the problem (e.g. routine user error, faulty data lines, equipment malfunctions, software malfunctions, etc.).

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission to help people before, during and after disasters; so, every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

As a Reservist Employee, your role is to support response or recovery efforts. Reservists are intermittent, on-call employees. Please note that this is not a full-time position, and you only are paid when deployed. Deployment frequency and length varies based on disaster response need. Due to the irregular nature of disasters, Reservist employees are not guaranteed regular recurring hours, deployments, or renewal of employment.

The Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce (CREW) Act protects the job rights of FEMA Reservists while they are deployed to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings by including FEMA Reservists under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployments Rights Act (USERRA). This means that if you hold another job, you are able to deploy as a FEMA reservist and your job will be protected. It also protects you against penalization, discrimination, or loss of employee benefits as a result of your deployments to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings. For more information, please visit FEMA.gov/careers or review the USERRA Resources from the Department of Labor.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit fema.gov.

• Provides leadership, technical guidance, interpretations, and recommendations to assigned technical staff, Field Offices, Area Offices, and the Assistant State Conservationist for Field Operations (ASTC-FO).
• Provides support to field office staff in implementing National and State Conservation planning policies, procedures, and requirements of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG).
• Reviews plans submitted by field staff for Certified Conservation Planner status or re-certification; also provides recommendations to the ASTC (FO) for those seeking to attain or maintain this certification.
• Provides direction in the completion of program contracts, including review for accuracy; and verifies appropriate documentation on file which includes any requested contract modifications.
• Develops innovative techniques and recommends technical and administrative changes where needed to improve program quality and efficiency.
• Analyzes the quality of development and application of conservation plans within the area assigned.
• Reviews area office and/or field office staffs work for accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, and timeliness on an as-needed basis, provides informal OJT training while they are providing production assistance to the Field Office staff.

As an IT Specialist (SYS ADMIN), GS-2210-11, you will:

Provides remote and on-site field technical support services, such as software baseline installation, configuration, planning, installing, testing, operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining enterprise hardware and software, to the organizations fixed and tactical Military Intelligence (MI) systems, Army intelligence networks, and partner nation coalition networks. Provides advice and guidance on implementing automation in support of intelligence production. Facilitates user and administrator access to Army Intelligence networks and tactical MI systems. Maintains all necessary administrator and user accounts, clearance, privileges, and training to perform maintenance on Army Military Intelligence systems; including, but not limited to, the below or equivalent Top Secret/SCI with read on Counterintelligence scope polygraph NSA privileged access. Coordinates the receipt of periodic system security and software updates to subordinate units. Tracks organization and subordinate unit MI systems and networks type, version, accreditation, information assurance (IA) compliance, and mission capable statuses. Coordinates lifecycle replacement, warranty replacement, and sustainment level support and funding to organization and subordinate MI systems and networks.

Responsible for developing and establishing policies and procedures to manage the organization's MI Systems maintenance program in accordance with applicable regulation, policy, and law. Provide oversight of MI systems maintenance locations within the organization. Manages the MI maintenance programs and use of MI equipment within designated facilities throughout the organization. Provides guidance, instruction, and maintenance briefings to subordinate units, senior leaders and other staff regarding maintenance policies and procedures in all areas relating to MI systems and maintenance programs. Coordinates MI system support events and personnel as needed for organization and subordinate unit system maintenance.

Utilizes multiple automated systems to generate reports to account for and report on organization and subordinate unit MI system maintainer/integrators, and applicable MOS's for training, clearance, certification, user, and administrator account requirements. Executes established processes to coordinate with appropriate offices on the correction of identified deficiencies. Coordinates with appropriate intelligence organizations and units for applicable system and user specific training. Facilitates with various organizations for access to mandatory and/or regulatory training, and certifications. Provides guidance and advice to the Senior Intelligence Officer (SIO) for career management of MI system maintainer/integrators.

Coordinates and tracks MI system fielding, training, and modernization initiatives. Coordinates subordinate unit equipment fielding priority with ARNG, State Force Integration Readiness Officer (FIRO), and State Property Book Officer (PBO). Ensures subordinate units enter major training events and mobilizations with latest available software and technologies. Coordinates with State FIRO and PBO for New Equipment Fielding (NEF), New Equipment Training (NET), technology insertions, and technology refreshes for subordinate unit MI systems.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Location Negotiable After Selection. You must choose one of the following locations:

• Boston, MA
• Buffalo, NY
• Chicago, IL
• Detroit, MI
• El Paso, TX
• Jacksonville, FL
• Laredo, TX
• Miami, FL
• Orlando, FL
• Tampa, FL
• Washington, DC
• San Juan, PR
• Newark, NJ
• Baltimore, MD

• Managing and directing all operations and facilities related to programs, policies, and new and continuing initiatives of Office of Field Operations with operational functions that are worldwide
• Assisting senior leadership by planning, evaluating, integrating and coordinating initiatives within OFO and coordinating staff actions with CBP leadership, special staff, directors, division chiefs, regional directors, and mission support staff
• Planning for short and long-term operations for OFO with a particular focus on interactions with and support from various Program Office personnel across CBP
• Serving as second line supervisor and directing subordinate supervisors concerning professional, technical, administrative, or comparable work and exercises full range of delegated personnel management for subordinate responsibilities for personnel
• Establishing overall OFO managerial and administrative objectives, developing long-range plans and identifying required resources in order to promote an efficient, economical and progressive organization

As a Supervisory Physical Scientist within the New York Water Science Center, some of your specific duties will include:

• Serve as part of the management team of the New York Water Science Center in the role of supervisor of the Integrated Water-Quality Research Section.
• Assist the Integrated Science Branch Chief in the scientific, technical, and administrative direction at the Center level of all integrated water-quality research projects of the NYWSC, including those carried out in cooperation with Tribal, local, State, and other Federal agencies.
• Assist the Integrated Science Branch Chief in identifying, stimulating, promoting, developing, and maintaining programs of integrated water-quality research. Promote and maintain cooperative relationships with representatives with the Tribal, local, State, and other Federal agencies.
• Ensure USGS Fundamental Science Practices, Center Internal Technical Review Procedures, and Center Quality Management Systems are followed.
• Exercise first-line supervision of a team of hydrologists, physical scientists, and biologists
• Responsible for internal controls, safety and occupational health, effective performance management, development, and evaluation of performance through EPAPs, counseling of subordinates, prioritizing and justifying awards, personnel actions for recruitments, promotions, effective management of ethics, conduct, and discipline issues etc.

As an IT Cybersecurity Specialist within the Office of the Associate Chief Information Officer, some of your specific duties will include:

• Develops, implements, and evaluates the security programs of the bureau/office, including the implementation of security programs designed to anticipate, assess, and minimize system vulnerabilities such as intrusion detection or access authentication programs;
• Provides advice and instruction to employees and supervisors on security issues, and establishes and maintains liaison with internal and external groups working on legal, internal audit, physical security, and other information security matters, as assigned;
• Modifies, adapts, and/or refines broader guidelines to resolve specific complex and/or intricate issues and problems; and identifies and researches trends and patterns in order to develop new methods and criteria and/or propose new policies and practices;
• Participates in implementation of systems security policies, guidelines and procedures related to web-based applications, network, and systems designs. This includes initial design, system lifecycle change review, and configuration management;
• Coordinates with other Department of the Interior staff on the development of information security system and application policies, guidelines, standards, requirements, and procedures. Recommends ways to protect the bureau/office's information and information systems

This position is located in the Gulf Restoration Office (GRO). The objective/mission of the GRO is to work together with State and Federal agencies, and the public to plan and implement restoration strategies to return injured natural resources to the conditions that existed prior to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Service has an unparalleled responsibility to the DOI, the Gulf states, our partners and the American public for managing an unprecedented settlement to be used in restoring the Gulf of Mexico. This position serves as a Biologist for the GRO. The incumbent will work with state, federal, and other organizational partners on federal and non-federal lands to propose, develop, implement, monitor, and adaptively manage restoration projects. The position will work with multiple USFWS programs across Regional boundaries, wherever projects are implemented.

As a Biologist your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Identify resource or environmental problems affecting protection of wildlife habitats (e.g., plant ecology, soil science, restoration ecology, land management/conservation, fire ecology, etc.) and apply principles of landscape-level conservation biology as it relates to large-scale restoration programs to provide recommendations to agencies on projects affecting migratory birds, threatened and endangered species, or other Federal trust resources.
• Design, plan, and work with partners (internal and external) to conduct conventional investigations, assessments or inspections involving a full range of biological, chemical, and physical processes involving pre-and post restoration conditions of lands and environments.
• Reviews and/or prepares work plans, budgets, program accomplishment reports, and technical reports of findings, conclusions, and/or recommendations regarding appropriate courses of action, such as management approval/disapproval, offering alternative projects or approaches, or taking remedial action.
• Work as a team member to coordinate multidisciplinary teams, including biologists, solicitors, and natural resource specialists within and outside the federal government.
• Communicate scientific concepts and agency polices with clarity and logic to a variety of audiences, including external audiences and diverse audiences. Communicate technical and non-technical information to a broad range of individuals, groups, and organizations.

• Supervisory duties to include the planning of work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Evaluates work performance of subordinates; give advice, counsel, or instruction to incumbents on both work and administrative matters.
• Ensures efficient utilization and professional development of subordinates is achieved through training, production and quality improvements, and performance standards.
• Provides leadership and technical guidance to subordinates and to other managers and their personnel regarding requirements for assigned areas.
• Reviews and approves negotiation recommendations based on pricing and technical reviews, personal knowledge of the contractor's operations, and complex guidelines governing profit and fee to maintain quality of products.
• Represents the team and as appropriate the managing organization by articulating policy, justifying activities, defending operations and briefing management.
• Provides program guidance, committing resources and negotiating the resolution of problems attributed to pricing and/or technical pricing activities.
• Assures that team functions are conducted within the guidelines provided by higher authority, including ensuring cost and pricing cases are properly loaded and assigned in the appropriate Agency Authorized Capability.
• Provides advice to the higher-level Team Supervisor on the relationship and impact of team problems to total group and Command level programs as required.
• Resolves actions at their working level or moves requests forward for elevation until resolution occurs.
• Directs the team's pricing and/or technical pricing mission programs to include early acquisition engagement, cost and price analysis and technical support to negotiations.
• Directs the team's pricing and/or technical pricing mission programs for technical support to indirects, and other negotiation support such as forward pricing, progress payments, and final vouchers.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) Program Delivery Manager - Reservist position, you will be a member of the Public Assistance Cadre and will host key information meetings ensuring recovery priorities and program eligibility requirements are communicated; and gathering all required documentation to enable FEMA to write grants so the applicant can be returned to their Pre-Disaster condition as soon as possible.

Typical assignments include:

• Facilitate the delivery of Public Assistance grant funding on behalf of Applicants; this includes (but is not limited to) developing the list of damaged sites, scheduling site inspections, summarizing applicant damages, and coordinating requests for information and questions.
• Work with the applicants to resolve their program related needs ensuring projects are processed as efficiently and expeditiously as possible.
• Track and communicate the progress of all projects through the entire program delivery model in coordination with the Applicant.
• Engage stakeholders as soon as potential opportunities or concerns arise.
• Discuss potential Hazard Mitigation opportunities with the Applicant.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission to help people before, during and after disasters; so, every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

As a Reservist Employee, your role is to support response or recovery efforts. Reservists are intermittent, on-call employees. Please note that this is not a full-time position, and you only are paid when deployed. Deployment frequency and length varies based on disaster response need. Due to the irregular nature of disasters, Reservist employees are not guaranteed regular recurring hours, deployments, or renewal of employment.

The Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce (CREW) Act protects the job rights of FEMA Reservists while they are deployed to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings by including FEMA Reservists under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployments Rights Act (USERRA). This means that if you hold another job, you are able to deploy as a FEMA reservist and your job will be protected. It also protects you against penalization, discrimination, or loss of employee benefits as a result of your deployments to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings. For more information, please visit FEMA.gov/careers or review the USERRA Resources from the Department of Labor.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit fema.gov.

Major Duties: This is not an all-inclusive list

As a AIRCRAFT MECHANIC SUPERVISOR (TITLE 32), WS-8852-10, you will:

• Plans weekly or monthly work schedules and sequence of operations.
• Establishes deadlines and priorities based on established general schedules, methods and policies.
• Determines skills, materials and equipment required to do the work.
• Participates in the initial planning of current and future work schedules and development of budget requests.
• Provides workload data, estimates, information on staffing needs, and recommendations as the scheduling of projected work.
• Assigns tasks to be performed.
• Explains work requirements, methods, and procedures.
• Instructs subordinates on new procedures or methods and provides assistance on difficult or new problem areas.
• Reviews work in progress or on completion.
• Makes adjustments as necessary to effectively and economically accomplish the work.
• Notes and investigates work related problems and independently implements corrective actions which can be taken without affecting work operations controlled by other supervisors.
• Assures that equipment and materiel is available when needed.
• Coordinates work with other units.
• Recommends and participates in the selection of personnel to fill vacancies.
• Schedules and approves leave of subordinates.
• Sets performance requirements and makes formal and informal performance appraisals.
• Determines training needs of subordinates and arranges for its accomplishment.
• Counsels employees on problems. Adjusts informal complaints through discussions with employees and union representatives.
• Takes informal corrective action on conduct or performance problems.
• Initiates proposals for disciplinary action where needed. Works to achieve the objectives of Government-wide programs and policies, e.g., equal employment opportunity and labor management relations.
• Promotes the participation of subordinates in programs such as the suggestion program, cost reduction program, etc.
• Ensures that regulations governing safety and housekeeping are observed with appropriate protective clothing and equipment being utilized.
• Maintains production reports and records.
• Periodically reviews position descriptions of subordinates for currency and accuracy.
• Initiates the detailing of subordinates to positions other than their own. Initiates or participates in review and improvement of work methods, organizational features, and the structuring of positions to eliminate unnecessary positions and achieve optimum content in those remaining.
• Performs the nonsupervisory work of the function as needed.
• Implements regulatory safety requirements and ensures that subordinates wear appropriate safety equipment and follow pertinent safety precautions.
• Prepares for and participates in various types of readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization and command support exercises.
• May be required to perform such additional duties as structural fire fighting, aircraft fire/crash/rescue duty, security guard, snow removal, munitions loading and handling, heavy equipment operation, maintenance of facilities and equipment, or to serve as a team member on boards to cope with natural disasters or civil emergencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This position has job functions that must be executed within a specific geographic location. The official duty station is a federal facility, leased space, or an alternative worksite (typically the employee’s home). Positions include routine telework and remote work arrangements. The duty station of the selectee for this position can be anywhere within the Eastern Time Zone of the United States.

• Provides legal counsel on Federal government contracts law and government contract-related policy issues, including but not limited to, transactional matters, acquisition policy, personal property, contract compliance, and litigating bid protests and contract appeals. Incumbent provides counsel on contract formation, administration, and termination for various acquisitions and performs legal research, conducts analyses, and prepares legal opinions on novel and complex legal issues.

• Reviews and comments on regulations, policies, procedures, orders, and other agency issuances or rulemaking actions.

• May also be expected to represent the agency before the Government Accountability Office (GAO) or Agency Protest Official for protests filed against procurements for which the attorney is assigned counsel.

• Prepares or presents the agency position in appeals before the U.S. Civilian Board of Contract Appeals (CBCA), including pleadings, discovery, and recommendations for settlement when appropriate. 

• Provides litigation support to the Department of Justice in representing the Government in Federal court, such as protests before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.  

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Civil Rights Specialist (Civil Rights Specialist)- Reservist position, you will be a member of the Civil Rights Cadre and will provide administrative support to the Civil Rights Advisor and Lead.

Typical assignments include:

• Assisting in developing and performing research studies and evaluation projects of the implementation of civil rights policies and practices.
• Conducting community outreach and engagement to ensure that the civil rights message is articulated across all disaster designation.
• Preparing civil rights analytical data, staff reports, and memoranda reflecting upon equal protection of the law.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission to help people before, during and after disasters; so, every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

As a Reservist Employee, your role is to support response or recovery efforts. Reservists are intermittent, on-call employees. Please note that this is not a full-time position, and you only are paid when deployed. Deployment frequency and length varies based on disaster response need. Due to the irregular nature of disasters, Reservist employees are not guaranteed regular recurring hours, deployments, or renewal of employment.

The Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce (CREW) Act protects the job rights of FEMA Reservists while they are deployed to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings by including FEMA Reservists under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployments Rights Act (USERRA). This means that if you hold another job, you are able to deploy as a FEMA reservist and your job will be protected. It also protects you against penalization, discrimination, or loss of employee benefits as a result of your deployments to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings. For more information, please visit FEMA.gov/careers or review the USERRA Resources from the Department of Labor.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit fema.gov.