If selected for this position, you would work to serve as an Environmental Engineer for the National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, IA. You would be responsible for serving as a contact to ensure maintenance of and compliance with all Federal, State, local, agency, and Departmental environmental laws, regulations and standards.

Duties

The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity. The duties may include, but are not limited to: Works to ensure facility compliance with all Federal, State, Local and agency environmental laws, regulations, standards and Executive Orders. Creates and maintains databases, spreadsheets, records and other documentation including calculations and chemical evaluations to demonstrate compliance with environmental requirements. Effectively communicates issues associated with environmental maintenance and compliance to management, facility personnel and other government agencies. Reviews, analyzes and interprets environmental laws, regulatory standards and guidelines to identify current and potential impacts on operations. Prepares reports and advises on appropriate actions needed to meet deadlines, ensure compliance and take corrective action. Tracks environmental permits issued to facility to ensure adherence to the monitoring, record keeping and reporting requirements. Works with environmental programs associated with various laws including, but not limited to, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Assists with the implementation of Architectural and Engineering contracts that directly effect environmental maintenance, sampling, and compliance plans.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Individuals who were born male after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/
• Valid state driver's license is required at the time of application.
• Job duties during inspections and spill response may occasionally require some agility, dexterity, and personal strength to move objects up to 50 pounds and climb ladders.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement, including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. BASIC REQUIREMENT: A. Must have successfully completed a bachelor's degree (or higher) in 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; (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: Statics, dynamics Strength of materials (stress-strain relationships) Fluid mechanics, hydraulics Thermodynamics Electrical fields and circuits Nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties Any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Must have a 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)1, 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 Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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. 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.) FOR THE GS-09 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-07 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates: Performing calculations and chemical evaluations, creating and maintaining databases, spreadsheets, records and other documentation to demonstrate compliance with environmental laws, regulations, standards, operational directives and executive orders. Reviewing and implementing conventional plans, designs, contract Statements of Work, design specifications, and related documentation. Articulating information through various venues such as discussions, meetings, fact sheets, reports, design documentation, briefings, staff training, and presentations. OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a Environmental Engineering or a closely related field. Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for this grade level. TRANSCRIPTS are required if: This position requires specific coursework or a degree in a specific field to be basically qualified. You are qualifying for the position based on education. You are qualifying for this position based on a combination of experience and education This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college, or university COMBINATION OF EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE AT THE GS-09 GRADE LEVEL: Applicants may have combinations of successfully completed education and specialized experience to meet total qualification requirements. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for that grade level. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies 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

Please see above for education qualification requirement information.

Contacts

• Address Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service USDA APHIS MRPBS 250 Marquette Avenue, Suite 410 Minneapolis, MN 55401 US
• Name: APHIS Human Resources
• Phone: 612-336-3227
• Email: [email protected]