About the Position: This is an Interdisciplinary, GS-13 position with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Southwestern Division, Fort Worth District, Regional Planning and Environmental Center (RPEC).

Duties

Serve as the Southwestern Division's (SWD) Civil Works HTRW expert, providing independent technical review and technical guidance to SWD districts on proposed investigations and completed products. Serve as a senior Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) subject matter expert for the full range of reimbursable environmental remediation, environmental engineering and environmental compliance programs. Keep customers appraised of program execution status through periodic project and financial reviews. Assist other RPEC environmental project managers and technical managers who have been assigned projects within their program area with funding needs, customer concerns, and procedural advice. Responsible for managing the accomplishment of project planning, acquisition strategy development, scope preparation, contract pre-award activities, and contract post-award administration of major environmental projects for assigned program areas. Represent the District Commander, serving as the district's primary point of contact for assigned projects with customer, federal, state and local government agencies, congressional interests, other external organizations and higher authorities. Control and manage project milestones and budgets from planning through project completion. Monitor execution of assigned work may be conducted using in-house resources, Architect-Engineer contracts, various service contracts or the large indefinite quantity remediation contracts, or other types of contracts. Provide technical input into various activities through the remedial investigation/feasibility stage, work plans/Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP), site characterization, risk assessments, and screening of alternative treatment methods.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Temporary Duty (TDY) Travel is required up to 20% of the time.

Qualifications

DUTY LOCATION INFORMATION: The RPEC has duty stations in: Fort Worth, TX; Galveston, TX; Little Rock, AR; and Tulsa, OK Salary posted is a range for the standard RPEC duty station localities and will be adjusted to the locality of selectee's physical duty location. 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. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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 experience performing at least 2 of the 3 following duties: 1) Exercising project management duties for environmental remediation/restoration projects to include monitoring progress to ensure activities are completed on time and within budget; AND 2) Conducting field engineering or environmental engineering analyses on projects for hazardous waste, environmental remediation/restoration, or air quality; AND 3) Communicating with customers, stakeholders, or state/federal agencies regarding environmental investigation, design, or remediation activities. 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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: 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-12). In addition to meeting the requirements above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the basic education requirement(s) listed below: Basic Requirement for General Natural Resources Management and Biological Science, series 0401: General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series Basic Requirement for Civil Engineering- series 0810, Environmental Engineering- series 0819, Chemical Engineering - series 0893: Professional Engineering Positions Basic Requirement for General Physical Science, series 1301: General Physical Science Basic Requirement for Chemistry, series 1320: Chemistry Basic Requirement for Geology, series 1350: Geology

Education

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 RK-W2SU02 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT FORT WORTH DO NOT MAIL Fort Worth, TX 76102 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk