This is a public notice flyer for a position with NAVFAC Atlantic to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Duties

You will serve as a technical authority in the full spectrum of Environmental Engineering Programs in relation to new developments or problems with storage tanks, petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POLs). You will provide guidance in the development and execution with storage tank/POL compliance work for a command by following International, Federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations. You will perform storage tank inspections and oversee contractors on site visits across the United States, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. You will provide environmental compliance related technical guidance to ensure technical feasibility of scopes of work and help solve compliance issues at installations, Facilities Engineer Commands (FECs) and HQ. You will maintain familiarity with changes in regulations and industry standards that affect compliance and review and comment on new rules. You will write and review Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans, Spill Prevention and Response Plans, and Storage Tank Management Plans. You will serve as a subject matter expert in storage tank/POL programs and will work with and support other program managers within their respective regions or at their installations.

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
• 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 a current valid United States driver’s license.
• 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.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card to make official government purchases for goods and services.
• You will be required to complete ethics orientation within three months of appointment and submit a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450, within 30 days of appointment.

Qualifications

The GS-13 position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: Applicants must have a current registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) from any state, the District of Columbia, Guam or Puerto Rico. If you meet this requirement, you must provide a copy of your current registration with your application. A copy of a wall certificate that does not show current registration status will not serve to verify you meet this requirement. GS-13: In additional to the basic education and PE license requirement, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 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) Applying federal and/or state environmental laws/regulations and industry standards in order to integrate environmental factors into facilities and operations; 2) Interpreting environmental legislation and regulations to determine potential impact on facility operations; 3) Supporting the planning, design and execution process to address environmental requirements, particularly in POL storage tanks and shore facility infrastructure projects; and 4) Developing a wide variety of written studies, reports, procedures, plans, correspondence, and/or briefing materials to ensure effectiveness of environmental projects. NOTE: This information must be fully supported in your resume. GS-12: In additional to the basic education, your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 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) Interpreting and assisting others with applying petroleum compliance related regulations to projects involving petroleum storage tanks and other facility compliance (e.g., Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), subtitle I Underground Storage Tank (UST) regulations, and Clean Water Act (CWA) Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control (SPCC) regulations); 2) Conducting site surveys and assisting to prepare associated petroleum compliance related technical plans and reports, such as Spill Prevention Countermeasure and Control (SPCC) plans, Storage Tank Management Plans (STMPs), etc.; 3) Assisting with the interpretation, applicability, and/or implementation of current policies and directives; and 4) Reviewing plans, designs, and specifications for improvement, alteration, and/or construction of facilities to ensure conformance with environmental requirements. NOTE: This information must be fully supported in your resume. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: Environmental Engineering Series 0819 (opm.gov) AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual:

Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) 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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
OR
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 more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org
OR
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, and Puerto Rico The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html.
OR
Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above)
OR
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 bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one 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.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL FACILITIES ENG COMMAND ATLANTIC 6506 Hampton Blvd Norfolk, VA 23508 US
• Name: Wesley Bauman
• Email: [email protected]