Topic: Senior Firearms Examiner

[PaulKinder]

Senior Firearms Examiner
Resumes are being accepted for the position of Senior Firearms Examiner within the Criminalistics section of the Onondaga County Center for Forensic Sciences. The Center for Forensic Sciences is a full-service ASCLD/LAB-International accredited forensic laboratory.


Job Duties:
The Senior Firearms Examiner is responsible for the administrative supervision and technical direction of the Firearms Section. Responsibilities also include, but are not limited to: Training and guiding new or less experienced Firearms Examiners; Performing examinations of ammunition, spent bullets and casings, and the determination and recording of their physical parameters using measuring projectors, micrometers and other equipment; Performing examinations of firearms, bullets, shells, casings and other weapons; Conducting comparison examinations regarding spent projectiles, spent cartridge casings and shot shells; Performing data entry function for the Integrated Ballistics Identification System; Conducting research, method development and validation of new technical procedures; Performing chemical restoration of obliterated serial numbers and other markings on weapons; Taking notes and generating reports; testifying to findings in court; and assisting with quality assurance duties of the section. 

Minimum Qualifications:
Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with a Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a natural science, forensic science, criminalistics or closely related field and six (6) years of work experience, or its part-time equivalent as a forensic examiner in the discipline of Firearms.

NOTE: Education may be substituted for experience as follows:

A Master’s Degree or a Doctorate Degree (PhD) in a natural science, forensic science, criminalists or a closely related field can be substituted for one (1) year of the required work experience

Starting Salary: $56,909

Send letter of interest with a résumé to-

E-mail: paulkinder@ongov.net
                        or
Paul Kinder
Director of Operations
Center for Forensic Sciences
100 Elizabeth Blackwell St.
Syracuse, NY 13210

For additional information:  call Paul Kinder at 315-435-3800