You will serve as a ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SPECIALIST (SPILLS) in the Hazardous Waste Management Branch of MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CTR.

Duties

You will provide expert technical, procedural, and regulatory guidance and legal operational constraints of assigned area of responsibility for the prevention of environmental spills and/or releases. You will review, conceive, revise, develop and/or promulgate environmental policy and procedure in the specified areas to ensure the mission is executed with minimal impact of operations. You will provide direct and indirect oversight on the required implementation of prevention measures, corrective action or abatement measures to control a release and to perform restoration of a release site. You will perform field sampling and analysis of spilled or released materials. You will investigate, monitor, track, and report as required by regulation all hazardous material and hazardous waste storage areas, and measures being utilized to prevent a release and measures taken in the vent of one. You will provide formal and informal instruction to organizations, units, and individuals on spills/release requirements. You will perform inquiries, investigations, monitor, track and report all actions causing a release, and measures taken to mitigate, abate, and restore a site of environmental release.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You may be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift.
• Misuse of Government IT systems is cause for disciplinary action, including removal.
• You will be required to sign an agreement not to disclose, in any manner, Classified Information to unauthorized persons.
• You may be required to independently lift and carry objects up to 40 pounds.
• This is bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
• Must maintain a valid class C driver's license.
• The incumbent might be required to work extended period during the supervision of abatement and spill cleanup actions.
• Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Planning, organizing, coordinating, managing, and executing the abatement, clean?up, and restoration of hazardous substance releases program for an organization. 2) Providing direct and indirect oversight to responsible organizations, units, and individuals on the required implementation of spill prevention measures, corrective action, or abatement measures to control of a release and to perform restoration of a release site. 3) Providing technical assistance, guidance, and direction to the command, organizations, units, and individuals to ensure sound environmental prevention, protection of resources, and response management occurring with minimal impacts to operations, the environment, and resources. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/environmental-protection-specialist-series-0028/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree

or

LL.M., if related

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Contacts

• Address MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CTR MCAGCC Twentynine Palms, CA 92278 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]