This position is located at the Construction and Facilities Management in Washington, District of Columbia. Salary: GS-13: $117,962 - $153,354 GS-14: $139,395 - $181,216

Duties

Serves as Environmental Engineer within the Resource Management Office, Office of Acquisition, Logistics and Construction, Construction & Facilities Management, Office of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The Office provides a wide array of administrative support to internal elements and also oversees national compliance for historic preservation. Responsible for providing assistance, guidance and training on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related environmental matters; the analysis and definition of program and project review requirements, the timely quality control of Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), Environmental, Assessments (EAs) and other environmental documentation that supports the NEPA review Work schedule: Required to work Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Available Telework: Available Remote/Virtual: This is not a virtual or remote position. Position Description Title/PD#: Environmental Engineer GS-0819-13/14/PD1604869 The full performance level of this position is GS -14. At the level GS-13, you will perform similar duties but under closer supervision. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

• Subject to a background/security investigation.
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Selective Placement Factor: The Candidate must have a minimum of 5 years in Environmental Compliance and 3 years direct NEPA experience.
• Transcripts Required.
• Must obtain and maintain Project Management Certification.

Qualifications

To qualify applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/29/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If your most recent non-award SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional non-award SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience experience, as described below: Specialized Experience GS-13: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods to protect and improve the quality of the environment and its resources; and to monitor, control, abate and prevent pollutants; Understand and appropriately apply procedures, requirements, regulations and policies related to specialized expertise; maintain credibility with others on technical matters. Assists in the application of the process of discovery that involves the diagnosis of a problem or issue, identification and gathering of relevant information, formulation and evaluation of alternative solutions or courses of action, and selection or recommendation of the preferred solution or course of action; Responsible for providing assistance, guidance and training on National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA) and related environmental matters; Assists in the development of necessary technical requirements, scopes of work, technical directives, specifications, and regulations; Manage, monitor reports status, directs and controls element technology environmental efforts for assigned area; coordinates with other experts including industrial hygienists, physicians, chemists, engineers, and other specialists in the resolution of environmental projects that have compliance implications. (Evidence of this specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of the like duties performed in positions held on your resume. You will also need to provide work experience information such as hours per week, salary and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of specialized experience at the required grade level). Specialized Experience GS-14: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods to protect and improve the quality of the environment and its resources; and to monitor, control, abate and prevent pollutants; Understand and appropriately apply procedures, requirements, regulations and policies related to specialized expertise; maintain credibility with others on technical matters. Apply the process of discovery that involves the diagnosis of a problem or issue, identification and gathering of relevant information, formulation and evaluation of alternative solutions or courses of action, and selection or recommendation of the preferred solution or course of action; Responsible for providing assistance, guidance and training on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related environmental matters; Develop necessary technical requirements, scopes of work, technical directives, specifications, and regulations; Manage, monitor reports status, directs and controls element technology environmental efforts for assigned area; coordinates with other experts including industrial hygienists, physicians, chemists, engineers, and other specialists in the resolution of environmental projects that have compliance implications. (Evidence of this specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of the like duties performed in positions held on your resume. You will also need to provide work experience information such as hours per week, salary and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of specialized experience at the required grade level). Selective Placement Factor: The Candidate must have a minimum of 5 years in Environmental Compliance and 3 years direct NEPA experience. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analysis and Problem SolvingCommunicationEnvironmental EngineeringResearch Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; 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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary and performed in an office environment. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level. However, you have to meet the Basic Education Requirement below:

Basic Education Requirement - Professional Engineer: Do you possess: Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)

OR

College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:

- Professional registration -- Current registration as a professional engineer 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 example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.

- Written Test-- Evidence of having successfully passed the Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college of university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5. Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program. Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in paragraph A. Because of the diversity in kind and quality of BET programs, graduates of other BET programs are required to complete at least 1 year of additional education or highly technical work experience of such nature as to provide reasonable assurance of the possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for professional engineering competence. The adequacy of this background must be demonstrated by passing the EIT examination.

- Specified academic courses -- 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. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of a professional engineering curriculum as described in paragraph A.

- Related curriculum -- Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in engineering technology or in an appropriate professional field, e.g., physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) (TRANSCRIPTS/SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION/DETAILED FEDERAL RESUME REQUIRED)

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

Contacts

• Address Construction and Facilities Management 425 I Street NW Washington, DC 20001 US
• Name: VACO OCHO HRSC Recruiting & Staffing Team
• Email: [email protected]