As an Environmental Protection Specialist Lead in the Langley Research Center, Environmental Management Office you will advise management and personnel on environmental laws, policies and processes; and administer and oversee programs or projects that protect the environment, control pollution, remedy damage, and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policies.

Duties

Advise on, manage, perform administrative program work relating to environmental protection programs (e.g., programs to protect or improve environmental quality, control/mitigate pollution, reduce risk, remedy environmental damage). Utilizing the principles and methods of administering environmental protection programs and the laws and regulations related to environmental protection activities. Evaluate activities and integrate environmental considerations into the decision-making processes to protect and restore environmental resources and to ensure environmental compliance. Developing, reviewing, and implementing legislative proposal, regulations, standards, polices, and operating guidance. Compliance and enforcement, which involves evaluating and ensuring compliance with environmental laws and programs through permitting, self -assessments, audits, inspections, investigations, enforcement, and corrective action activities. Review proposed actions (construction, land transactions, mission activities) and ensure environmental effects are considered in planning and decision-making, considerations are documented, and that provision is made for public involvement. Comply with environmental reporting requirements and/or analyze and manage environmental records and information systems. Manage, administer, and coordinate programs/projects to achieve and maintain environmental compliance of ongoing operations or remediate past environmental violations of compliance issues. Ensure multimedia regulatory compliance by identifying/managing risks, implementing continuous improvements, providing effective awareness programs, implementing corrective actions, briefing management, and executing compliance obligations. Assist in the planning and execution of sustainability initiative and projects as directed. Collect, analyze, and report on sustainability metrics as required/requested. Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

Requirements

• This position is open to U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
• Position subject to pre-employment background investigation.
• You must meet qualifications requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• This position may require a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Leading a team of multi-disciplinary professionals in developing and implementing management plans to accomplish goals and requirements in diverse environmental compliance functions such as air, water, waste, underground and aboveground storage tanks, spill prevention, NEPA, cultural resource management, natural resource management, sustainability, energy and water conservation, and remediation; Maintaining environmental laws and requirements towards a compliance strategy to meet agency and/or organizational goals on environmental compliance functions such as permits, policies, procedures, and establishing and reporting on performance measures; Identifying risk, developing, and executing mitigation strategies, and communicating potential impacts and mitigation to personnel at various levels. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Langley Research Center 1 NASA Dr Hampton, VA 23666 US
• Name: NASA Shared Services Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-677-2123
• Email: [email protected]