This position serves as an Environmental Protection Specialist for the Office of Airports (ARP), Planning and Programming Branch, Southern Region in support of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The incumbent serves as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Southern region's principal contact responsible for all airport environmental compliance and noise abatement matters.

Duties

Performs multiple, varying and complex assignments with minimal direction. Acts as principal technical specialist, project manager for large environmental activities. Serves as a senior technical point of contact and authoritative consultant for environmental and noise matters. Reviews projects for applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, including FAA Advisory Circulars, Orders, Guidance and Grant Assurances. Provides specialized technical services to ensure compliance with NEPA and other federal environmental laws for airport development and planning projects. These services include, but are not limited to - overseeing the environmental analysis, agency consultation, public involvement and preparation of environmental documents in accordance with NEPA and FAA requirements. These documents include - Categorical Exclusions (CATEX), Environmental Assessments (EA) and/or Environmental Impact Statements (ElS). Participates in the development, review/approval of Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Records of Decision (ROD). Applies experience and comprehensive technical knowledge, as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and develop improved technical processes or systems. Provides specialized technical services related to Airport Noise Compatibility Studies prepared pursuant to 14 CFR Part 150 and Notice and Approval of Airport Noise and Access Restriction prepared pursuant to 14 CFR Part 161. Prepares Federal Register Notice, Records of Approval, and other documents. Provides technical input and guidance to planners, engineers, and airport sponsors in the development of Airport Capital Improvement and Master plans to ensure compliance with NEPA and other environmental laws. Provides technical input and guidance to Part 139 inspectors and other lines of business to minimize environmental impacts while promoting airport/aviation safety. This includes participation in the development, review and approval of Wildlife Hazard Assessments and Management Plans. Draws on experience to solve unusual problems and creates new solutions and policy interpretations as the situation requires. Provides policy guidance and instruction to others, both internally to FAA and externally. Resolves almost all technical problems without the intervention of management or a more experienced technical specialist. Develops plans, techniques and policies to address current or anticipated problems and issues. Work with management to solve problems. Work is rarely reviewed, and review is typically through status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position all applicants must demonstrate in their application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level. SPECIALIZED experience is experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must be at least equivalent to the next lower grade or band level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.To qualify for this position at the FV-J or FG/GS-14 level, one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (FG/GS-13) or pay band level (FV-I).Examples of specialized experience include: Synthesizing the written work products across a wide variety of environmental disciplines; Editing technical documents, and writing for a wide audience so that complex issues can be conveyed to the general public; Overseeing the environmental regulatory process, including scoping, public participation and public notice and the ability to communicate this process to others; Reviewing integrated noise modeling and/or establishing noise contours; Reviewing air quality assessments; and Reviewing historic/architectural/archeological/cultural reviews, Endangered or Threatened species reviews, and/or wetland delineations and mitigation measures. .Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and selective factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) listed in the announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements. Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA. Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided.In addition to the minimum qualifications, the following has been determined to be a selective factor for this position. This means possession of this criterion is part of the minimum qualifications and is essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. Applicants who do not possess this criterion are ineligible for further consideration.Selective Placement Factor - Experience with NEPA review or development of environmental documents such as Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Environmental Assessments (EAs), or Categorical Exclusions(CATEX). IMPORTANT: Ensure that your work experience supports your Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) answers. Your answers and associated work experience will be evaluated further to validate whether the answers that you selected are appropriate.

Contacts

• Address Federal Aviation Administration ASO Regional HR Services Branch 1701 Columbia Avenue AHF-S510 College Park, GA 30337 US
• Name: Angela Southerland
• Phone: 1 (404) 305-5424
• Email: [email protected]