About the Position: Serves as a Regulatory Transportation Program Manager with the Army Corps of Engineers. If you are not an internal Army employee but would like to be considered for this time-limited appointment, please apply under Announcement#CERE23414 1073643R. If you are an internal Army employee and would like to be considered for a Temporary Promotion, please apply under Announcement# CERE234141073643R

Duties

Develop and recommend resolution of enforcement actions. Develop procedures to implement directives from higher authority, manages, and evaluates transportation program activities throughout the state. Meet with customers, including DOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), to identify customers needs and priorities to better manage customer expectations and regulatory resource needs. Advise lower-grade employees on procedural aspects of the regulatory program, including but not limited to the preparation of public notices, letters, EAs, and correspondence. Review and coordinate work prepared in either draft or final form by lower grade employees, for technical accuracy and adherence to policy. Recommend and coordinate production goals, priorities, and major work schedules with the appropriate supervisor(s) and provides to the Regulatory Office Chief for approval. Monitor resource needs and provides feedback to Regulatory Office Chief for budget and manpower forecasting. Provide advice and technical assistance to lower grade employees on technical aspects of determining jurisdiction, evaluating impacts to waters of the United States, and documenting decisions. Evaluate Department of the Army (DA) permit applications for transportation projects to include activities in water and/or navigable waters of the United States within regulatory authority of Clean Water Act and Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Prepare environmental assessments, statement of findings, decision documents, and detailed field-based site evaluations to establish baseline environmental conditions. Assist in the management of the District regulatory program through the development, administration, and implementation of programmatic initiatives and requirements related to transportation projects Serve as the Regulatory Division representative on groups and task forces to complete assignments related to special regulatory initiatives directed toward effective and efficient application of the regulatory program. Monitor compliance with permits issued for transportation projects in Tennessee.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, (5CFR Part 2634, Subpart I USOGE, 6/08).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license.
• Work is performed in an office and field setting. Field visits involve regular and recurrent exposure to adverse weather conditions or situations in which one is exposed to heavy earth moving equipment or unimproved roads that must be traversed.
• Such work environments may also involve exposure to unfavorable conditions such as dangerous chemicals, noise, fumes, and contaminated water and require the use of protective equipment such as hard hats, protective shoes, etc.
• This position requires Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) up to 40% of the duty time.
• This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: U.S. Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS - BIOLOGIST-401 A degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or a related discipline. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR A combination of education, with courses equivalent to a major as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) PHYSICAL SCIENTIST-1301 A degree in 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR A combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience, or additional education. GEOGRAPHER - 0150 A degree in geography; or related physical or social science such as geology, meteorology, economics, statistics, sociology, anthropology, political science, history, cartography, computer science, urban studies, or planning that included at least 24 semester hours in geography or related fields. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR A combination of education and experience - education equivalent to a major in geography, or a related field that included at least 24 semester hours in geography or related fields, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education In addition to meeting the basic requirement above and in the education section, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, you must have: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes working with environmental principles, regulations, policies, procedures, laws, and techniques to critically evaluate non-routine Section 404 Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act permit applications for compliance with legal standards; Identifying, interpreting, and evaluating complex regulatory factors and related environmental, cultural, and social conditions to prepare or evaluate the adequacy of environmental documentation or similar analyses (such as those conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act, Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines, Endangered Species Act, and National Historic Preservation Act); evaluating permit compliance and conduct non-routine investigations/ field work related to regulatory permits; developing, implementing, evaluating, and improving processes and procedures to monitor productivity of the regulatory program. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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.

Education

Additional Education Requirement: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER-0819
A bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
OR
A combination of education and 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. I am currently registered as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensed 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts, AND proof of registration as an Engineer Intern (EI) or Engineer in Training (EIT) or copy of your Professional Engineer (PE) license.)
OR
A combination of education and 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. I have 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, or Puerto Rico. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts, AND proof of passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or other written test required for professional registration.)
OR
A combination of education and 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. I have successfully completed at least 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
OR
A combination of education and 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. I have successfully completed 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, and have 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.) (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address GJ-APF-W2SM03 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, NASHVILLE DO NOT MAIL Louisville, KY 40201 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk