Supervisory Agricultural Commodity Grader

Supervisory Agricultural Commodity Grader

Department: Department of Agriculture

Location(s): Clark County, Kansas, Finney County, Kansas, Ford County, Kansas, Grant County, Kansas, Greeley County, Kansas, Hamilton County, Kansas, Haskell County, Kansas, Hodgeman County, Kansas, Kearny County, Kansas, Lane County, Kansas, Meade County, Kansas, Morton County, Kansas, Ness County, Kansas, Scott County, Kansas, Seward County, Kansas, Stanton County, Kansas, Stevens County, Kansas, Wichita County, Kansas, Beaver County, Oklahoma, Cimarron County, Oklahoma, Texas County, Oklahoma, Dallam County, Texas, Hansford County, Texas, Hartley County, Texas, Hutchinson County, Texas, Moore County, Texas, Ochiltree County, Texas, Roberts County, Texas, Sherman County, Texas

Salary Range: $74678 - $116362 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is responsible for developing, implementing, and administering programs for the grading, certification, and/or inspection of livestock, meat and meat products, shell eggs, poultry, and rabbit products.

Major Duties:

• The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity.
• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Oversight of grading several classes of meat according to official standards and regulations.
• Supervise subordinates involved in examining and evaluating commodities to determine their official grade in terms of quality or condition.
• Plan, organize, and assign work to subordinates and assures that a satisfactory quantity and quality of work is performed in a timely manner.
• Supervise the safekeeping and control of grading equipment to ensure that only authorized use is made of such equipment and that adequate and usable equipment is available when needed.
• Assist the Regional Director, or designee, in conducting interviews for hiring new employees within their area of responsibility.

Qualifications: Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. FOR THE GS-11 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-09 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates: Train selected plant personnel to grade according to U.S. standards and monitors their grading/inspection work. Monitor the plant and/or processing operations to ensure the plant remains in compliance with regulations with respect to operating procedures OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in Agriculture, Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Business, Economics or a related field. OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. OR LL.M., if related Note: Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for this grade level. FOR THE GS-12 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-11 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates: Perform grading and/or inspection tasks involved in directly supplying grading services to producers or members of the trade with respect to the primary agricultural products in commodity specialization. Perform final grading reviews, making appeal determinations, resolving controversies, or providing broad guidance on difficult and/or controversial grading inspection problems. Advise other graders on difficult determinations and instructs trainee graders. Note: There is no education substitution for this grade level. TRANSCRIPTS are required if: You are qualifying for the position based on education. You are qualifying for this position based on a combination of experience and education. This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college, or university. COMBINATION OF EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE AT THE GS-11 GRADE LEVEL: Applicants may have combinations of successfully completed education and specialized experience to meet total qualification requirements. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for that grade level. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How to Apply: Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement. Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement in order to be entered into the system prior to its closing. Resume cannot exceed two pages. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this. Step 1: Create a USAJOBS account (if you do not already have one) at www.usajobs.gov. It is recommended that as part of your profile you set up automatic email notification to be informed when the status of your application changes. If you choose not to set up this automatic notification, then you will have to log into your USAJOBS account to check on the status of your application. Step 2: Create a Resume with USAJOBS or upload a Resume into your USAJOBS account. You may want to customize your resume to ensure it documents duties and accomplishments you have gained that are directly related to this position in order to verify that qualifications are met. In addition, your resume must support your responses to the online questionnaire (you may preview the online questionnaire by clicking on the link at the end of the How You Will Be Evaluated section of the job announcement). Step 3: Click "Apply Online" and follow the prompts to complete the Occupational Questionnaire and attach any additional documents that may be required. You can update your application or documents anytime while the announcement is open. Simply log into your USAJOBS account and click on "Application Status." Click on the position title, and then select "Update Application" to continue. NOTE: Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded documents must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-06