The Office of Operational Product Standards is hiring Containment Specialist II personnel for our Field Operations Division. Full-time, GS-11 equivalent, field assignments across the Grelmire region.
You will respond to consumer product incidents exceeding Category C severity, situations where a product has operated outside its rated parameters and standard consumer remediation is no longer viable. In practical terms: something went wrong with a product and it now needs to be physically contained before it becomes a multi-property situation.
Incident severity you will encounter in this role ranges from Minor (contained to a single structure, no lasting material alteration) to Moderate (structural compromise, localized atmospheric or spatial anomaly, possible neighborhood-level evacuation). We do not staff this position for anything above Moderate. If a situation exceeds Moderate classification, a different team responds and your instructions are to leave the area promptly and in the direction specified by your supervisor.
Requirements:
* Containment Certification, Level II minimum (Level III preferred) * Valid driver's license + O.O.P.S. fleet vehicle clearance * Physical fitness assessment within last 6 months: the running portion is timed, and yes, the time matters * Must be comfortable entering evacuated structures alone * Must not have a history of "developing rapport with anomalous phenomena" per Policy Memo 441-B. If you are unsure whether your history qualifies, it probably does.
Compensation: 58,000-72,000/year base, plus hazard pay differentials when applicable. Hazard differentials have applied to every shift since February. This is not a warning. It is context for your salary expectations.
Full benefits including extended healthcare coverage for exposure-related conditions. We are contractually required to inform you that this coverage exists. We are not required to disclose utilization rates. But it exists, and the coverage is generous, and you should draw your own conclusions about why.
Apply: recruitment@oops.gov.wv, subject line must read CONTAINMENT-II.