You will serve as an Environmental Protection Specialist in the Environmental Division of Public Works Department, Great Lakes, NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC..

Duties

You will provide technical guidance to department and tenant commands to ensure proper segregation, containerization, labeling and disposal of regulated waste in accordance with Federal, State, local, and Navy instructions. You will ensure all required paperwork is completed and available at the time of waste pick-up. You will assist the Hazardous Waste Program Manager in implementation of resultant waste reduction programs for departments and tenant commands. You will accompany lab samplers and coordinate sample locations with sampler in advance to ensure access to site and material being sampled. You will participate in spill drills as required by response plans and assure compliance with emergency response duties.

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.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 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) Experience developing and implementing environmental programs, to include experience planning and scheduling work on a recurring basis 2) Experience making environmental work decisions within area of responsibility 3) Experience ensuring compliance with Federal, state, and local environmental laws, regulations and policies 4) Experience reviewing activities that could affect the Navy environmental posture or mission status to ensure environmental regulatory compliance 5) Experience updating management plans, determining applicability of environmental regulations, and facilitating mitigation efforts 6) Experience developing, tracking, and processing permit applications 7) Experience developing environmental requirement project narratives and inputting date into the programming database 8) Experience in providing advice to leaders and decision makers on development and implementation of technical policy and directives 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 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

The following table shows the amounts of education and/or experience required to qualify for positions covered by this standard.

1 year equivalent to at least GS-7and or master's or equivalent graduate degree
or
2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
or
LL.B. or J.D., if related

Contacts

• Address NAVFAC ENGINEERING CMD MID-ATLANTIC 9324 Virginia Ave Norfolk, VA 23511 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]