This position is part of the Natural Resources Office in WAPA Headquarters (HQ). As an Interdisciplinary-Natural Resources/Engineer/Physical Scientist, you will lead WAPA's Sustainability and Environmental Management System (EMS) programs setting overall direction and ensuring implementation, develop climate change mitigation strategies, evaluate environmental conditions to determine regulatory compliance, and review legislation and policy. This is not a remote position.

Duties

At the full performance level the incumbent:

Requirements

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENT: Basic Education Requirement for Natural Resources Management And Biological Sciences (GS-0401 series): A. Degree: Biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. -OR- B. Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Education Requirement for Engineering (GS-0800 series): A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. -OR- B. Combination of education and experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) Basic Education Requirement for Physical Scientist (GS-1301 series): A. Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. -OR- B. Combination of education and experience: education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. *Transcripts MUST be provided, or you will not be eligible* Applicants must meet one of the basic education qualifications above as well as one year of specialized experience below to be considered for this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the next lower grade in the federal service: For the GS-12 grade level: Experience relative to leading or supporting in all of the following areas - your resume must reflect this experience in order to receive credit: Sustainability and Climate Change Mitigation program planning and oversight; Leading interdisciplinary teams to implement Sustainability and Climate Change Mitigation strategies and solve problems; Completing federal Sustainability and climate change mitigation reporting requirements; Reviewing and evaluating organizational sustainability and climate change mitigation performance; Environmental compliance activities related to hazardous waste, water quality, soil contamination, or oil spill control; and Environmental Management System implementation and management of environmental goals, programs, and documentation. For the GS-13 grade level: Experience relative to leading in all of the following areas - resume must reflect this experience to receive full credit: Sustainability and Climate Change Mitigation program planning and oversight; Leading interdisciplinary teams to implement Sustainability and Climate Change Mitigation strategies and solve problems; Completing federal Sustainability and climate change mitigation reporting requirements; Reviewing and evaluating organizational sustainability and climate change mitigation performance; Environmental compliance activities related to hazardous waste, water quality, soil contamination, or oil spill control; and Environmental Management System implementation and management of environmental goals, programs, and documentation. Time-in-Grade: Current career or career-conditional GS employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional GS employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current career or career-conditional federal employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

This vacancy has a positive education requirement. In order to be rated as qualified, you must provide copies of your college transcripts. Failure to provide copies of your college transcripts may result in a rating of "Ineligible".

Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.

Contacts

• Address WAPA Headquarters 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US
• Name: Michael Dickison
• Email: [email protected]