About the Position: Serves as a Environmental Protection Specialist at the Defense Health Agency, Small Market and Stand Alone Organization (SSO), Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.

Duties

Develop goals and objectives that integrate Bioenvironmental Engineering (BE) Flight and Operational Environmental Assessment objectives. Plan and manage assigned programs for environmental quality. Develop instructions and procedures establishing installation environmental policy. Perform periodic inspections, evaluations and surveys of facilities, equipment and operations and identifies deficiencies in programs and procedures and reports deficiencies to base, federal, and state authorities as required. Evaluate a variety of complex safety and occupational health problems and perform risk assessment of the hazards. Develop sampling, analysis, and monitoring of plans and protocols to ensure environmental compliance. Identify deficiencies and develops instructions for corrective action. Serve as the primary program manager to ensure compliance with Federal and State Safe Drinking Water Act and other water quality requirements.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position may require the incumbent to work on any day or shift, including PMs, nights, weekends, holidays, or on an "on call" basis, necessary to meet mission requirements.
• This position requires the Level 2 state water certification which can be completed within 1 year of getting hired.
• This position is designated as moderate risk involving Public Trust. Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation including a credit check to determine suitability for Federal employment and/or the position.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes managing environmental programs to ensure federal/state compliance requirements are met; preparing plans, technical guidance, policy statements, oral briefings and/or program directives for the integration of health requirements into environmental programs; and implementing all aspects of the water quality and compliance monitoring program. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Environmental Compliance and Preventive ActionEnvironmental Document PreparationHazardous Materials Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11).

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DD83AX DHA STAND-ALONE MKT-KIRTLAND AFB DO NOT MAIL Albuquerque, NM 87108 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk