Chemical Engineer

Performing professional mechanical engineering such as:

• Administers the assigned federal stock classes and related activities within the unit. Based upon review of available product information and requirements; research, evaluates, documents, and assesses customer product requests (and other functions/activities) to ensure chemical qualities, composition, and other similar elements of products meet customer requirements in terms of acquisition, transportation, storage, and delivery.
• Performs technical evaluations and prepares technical support documents for specifications, standards, commercial item descriptions, item purchase descriptions, and qualified product lists, in GSA managed federal stock classes and for NSNs supporting GSA managed products to include but not limited to chemicals, cleaners of all types, disinfectants, insecticides, polishes and floor finishes for commercial or military applications.
• Assists contracting officers during the procurement process by evaluating vendor product data for concurrence with item purchase description salient characteristics. Analyzes requests from contractors for deviations from contract specifications to determine the impact on the function or service ability of an item and provide recommendations to the contracting officer which include cost considerations related to materials and processes.
• Reviews complex engineering problems and provides recommendations to GSA management. Analyzes characteristic data concerning new or improved commodities and new items proposed for inclusion in the GSA system. Analyzes characteristic data concerning items submitted to GSA by customer agencies via Supply Support Requests (SSRs).