Criminal Investigator

The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducts independent audits and investigations to promote efficiency and integrity within agency programs. Careers within the OIG and Office of Investigations offer professional development, flexible work schedules, domestic travel opportunities, and a strong commitment to work-life balance.

This position is located in the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Atlanta, Georgia; Houston, Texas; Jacksonville, Florida; Kansas City, Missouri; Los Angeles, California. The primary purpose of this position is serve as a Criminal Investigator responsible for independently planning, directing, and conducting the most complex and sensitive criminal, civil, and administrative investigations involving fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct affecting RRB programs, beneficiaries, trust funds, and operations. Duties performed: Plans and conducts complex, sensitive, and high-impact criminal investigations involving fraud across all RRB program areas, including retirement survivor annuities, disability, unemployment and sickness, representative payee matters, contract and procurement fraud, and Medicare benefits. Conducts and leads advanced investigative operations requiring expert use of undercover techniques, confidential informants, covert infiltration, mobile surveillance, and other sensitive methods. Represents OIG as a senior investigative authority on major multi-agency task forces addressing Medicare fraud, white collar crime, and other priority enforcement areas. Provides senior level investigative leadership supporting OI strategic efforts to focus on complex and high impact investigations.

You must successfully pass a background investigation. This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs. One-year probationary period may be required. This is a Testing Designated Position which requires the incumbent to undergo and pass initial and random drug testing. If you receive a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application. RRB uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing. The incumbent must be able to pass a medical examination and maintain physical fitness as a condition of employment. The incumbent must have completed the Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP), at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), FBI/DEA Basic Agent Training, or equivalent Federal law enforcement training. The incumbent must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license and be able to operate a motor vehicle. The duties of this position require the incumbent to carry a firearm. As such, the incumbent must be qualified to carry a firearm and pass firearm qualifications according to OI policy. Positions carrying a firearm are covered by the 1996 Lautenberg Amendment of the Gun Control Act, Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 922 (g) (9) which bans access to firearms for life by people convicted of crimes of domestic violence. Any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence cannot lawfully possess a firearm or ammunition. Candidates who have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence are not qualified for this position. Candidates under consideration will be required to certify whether they have ever been convicted of such an offense. False or fraudulent information provided by a candidate is criminally punishable by fine or imprisonment (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1001). The incumbent must comply with OI policy regarding Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP), under which the criminal investigator must work an average of two hours greater than their daily, eight-hour schedule. You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.