About the Position: As an Environmental Engineer in the Environmental Division, you will serve as a program manager for one or more environmental programs, technical expert, and main advisor to the Division in the formulation and implementation of Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) environmental policies and programs that are necessary for mission sustainment and protection of natural resources and the environment.

Duties

Utilize scientific and engineering principles to conduct environmental assessment audits to develop alternatives, evaluate possible consequences, and to recommend feasible courses of action for top-level management decision making. Provide expert advice/technical assistance concerning local, State, Federal, DOD, and Army environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Provide recommendations to the Command Group, Director of Public Works, Division Chiefs, project engineers, tenants, contractors, managers/supervisors, and other interested parties. Prepare and submit the Annual Compliance Certification reports to State and Federal regulatory agencies. Review and evaluate installation environmental management programs and policies for compliance with current applicable environmental laws, regulations, and directives. Serve as program manager for one or more environmental programs and principal advisor to the Division in the formulation and implementation of Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) environmental policies and programs. Participate in various meetings and technical workgroups on issues pertaining to resource conservation, hazardous waste management, environmental protection and pollution prevention, air emissions control and water/wastewater discharge management. Plan, develop, prioritize, direct, and control environmental projects and accounts and be responsible for the budget. Participate in meetings with state/federal regulators to address issues concerning environmental violations, fines, agreed orders, and compliance schedules. Direct or oversee the inspection of installation infrastructure as it pertains to the assigned program areas.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Incumbent must be able to obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance.
• Incumbent is required to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450.
• Incumbent may occasionally be required to lift items weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Incumbent must be able to wear a chemical mask.
• This position has Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility responsibilities. As such, incumbent is required to successfully complete appropriate training IAW BGAD's RCRA permit within six months.
• This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% or less of the time.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315. While probationary the incumbent can be terminated with limited appeal rights.

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. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic 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.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 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. Basic Requirement for Environmental Engineer. A Degree: 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. 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:1. 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.2. 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, or Puerto Rico.3. 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.4. 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 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Providing expert advice and/or technical assistance concerning local, State, Federal, DOD, and Army environmental laws, regulations, and policies; 2) providing highly technical assistance/advisement concerning management and disposal of hazardous waste restoration program, chemical spill response and remediation, waste minimization, environmental permits (i.e., hazardous waste, air, water), personnel training, and management; 3) performing environmental assessments and recommending corrective actions; 4) protecting natural and cultural resources; 5) reviewing technical project design documents and integrating environmental considerations; 6) reviewing and evaluating an installation environmental management program and policies for compliance with current applicable environmental laws, regulations, and directives such as Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Air Act, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Department of Transportation (DOT), Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), and pertinent Army regulations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-11 or above. 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 DocumentationEnvironmental Emergency Response SupportEnvironmental Stewardship and Advocacy 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).

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 AU-APF-W0L7AA BLUEGRASS ARMY DEPOT DO NOT MAIL Richmond, KY 40475 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk