Washington, DC Participating Exhibitors

About The Company:

With headquarters at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, DESC is one of five inventory control points in the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Although the Center’s work force handles over 30 percent of the Agency’s procurement budget, the 675 DESC employees worldwide account for a relatively small percentage of the DLA work force.
DESC exercises procurement and sales responsibility for crude oil for the Department of Energy’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a program used to store crude oil as a buffer against potential national energy emergencies.

The Defense Energy Support Center's mission is to provide the Department of Defense and other government agencies with comprehensive energy solutions in the most effective and economical manner possible. DESC directs the Department of Defense organization responsible for purchasing and managing all petroleum resources used by the U.S. Military. In addition, DESC guides the growing mission of total energy support by developing strategies to buy and sell deregulated electricity and natural gas to DoD and other federal agency customers. DESC also directly supports DoD’s initiative to privatize the military base infrastructure that distributes those utilities (in addition to lighting, heating, air conditioning and water/wastewater systems).

DESC is divided into four commodity business units, each specializing in a specific product or process. By taking advantage of an integrated teaming concept, DESC’s customers enjoy “one-stop shopping” for all of their needs.

Job Titles and Descriptions:

Supply Systems Analyst
Inventory Management Specialists
Logistics Management Specialists
Contract Specialists
Accountants
Budget Analysts
Systems Accountants

The Corporate Intern Program is a Human Capital initiative and was established in 2000 at the direction of the DLA Corporate Board as a result of extensive study of our Agency's resource replenishment needs.

The Program is a 2-year corporate training program designed to train entry-level personnel for subsequent advancement to the journey-level in professional, administrative, and technological career fields. This is accomplished through on-the-job assignments, cross-training, rotational assignments, and formal training (e.g., classroom, distance learning, Web-based training, conferences, and seminars). Participants enter the Program at the GS–7 level and are targeted to the GS–11 level upon successful completion of the program requirements.

DLA utilizes both external and internal sources to identify interested candidates for the Corporate Intern Program. Internal candidates utilize Merit Promotion to apply for the Program while those external to the Federal Government are brought in through various appointing authorities. DLA primarily utilizes the Federal Career Intern Program (FCIP) authority to appoint external candidates. For more information on the FCIP program, please go to the OPM website: http://www.opm.gov/careerintern/index.asp .
While in the Program, participants will enjoy permanent, full-time employment, competitive salaries and benefits, and career advancement. Please read on for more information about the DLA Corporate Intern Program and qualification requirements.

The Program participant will be trained in the following:
• Enterprise-wide perspective of logistics support.
• State-of-the-art product and industry knowledge to communicate with their military customers and commercial suppliers and to employ strategies to provide integrated logistics support.
• Technical skills required to perform at the journey-level in a career field.
• Other career fields at their activities so they can function effectively on a multifunctional team.