Food Safety and Inspection Service
Consumer Safety Inspector
Department of Agriculture
- Location
- Carlstadt, New Jersey · Edison, New Jersey · Salem, New Jersey
- Pay
- $40,736 per year – $80,243 per year
- Application deadline
- Nov 23, 2026
- Job level
- GS-5 to GS-9
- Schedule
- 1
- Work style
- See official announcement
Application details, eligibility, and closing dates can change. Confirm them on the official USAJOBS announcement.
About this job
$5,000 Sign on Bonus, Creditable Service for Annual Leave Accrual, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, Accelerated Promotion Program, and Referral Bonus Awards are available. Shifts and species will vary based on assignment. For additional information contact Laura Hutchison at (919) 214-1984 or laura.hutchison@usda.gov. Employee may be detailed to any shift at any plant in the Raleigh District.
How to apply
Read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59 p.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 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., ET, 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 12:00 p.m. ET on the closing date of the announcement. Applicants who submit a resume that exceeds two pages will be removed from consideration. This agency provides reasonable accommodations (RA) to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. Contact the Agency Contact listed on this announcement to request an RA. To begin, click "Apply" and follow the instructions to complete the assessment questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents. 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. We are not responsible for incompatible software or system failure, etc.
Source and verification
Announcement FSIS-26-MCE-13074039-TB is linked to its official USAJOBS record. USGovtJob is not affiliated with the U.S. government. Confirm details in the official announcement.
Last updated Nov 14, 2026. State codes in this announcement: NJ.
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