Job opening: INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNITY PLANNER/NATURAL RESOURCES SPEC/ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER/PHYSICAL SCIENTIST
Salary: $73 572 - 114 634 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Apr 02 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
You will create plans and reports based on environmental conditions and operational requirements to make appropriate recommendations to customers and leadership.
You will keep abreast of current and proposed applicable Federal, state, regional, and local environmental laws and regulations to meet mission requirements.
You will evaluate original and specialized technical studies and resultant data for accuracy, sampling and monitoring for munitions constituents in the terrestrial and marine environment.
You will develop Military Range Complex Management Plans, Range and Water Sustainability Environmental Program Assessments, and munitions clearance action scopes.
You will perform or oversee contractor support to prepare environmental planning documents; including preparing scopes of work and cost estimates.
You will manage, guide, review, and/or evaluate environmental work of team members or contractors.
You will apply a wide range of environmental laws and regulations to be able to provide expert technical advice and assistance on the interpretation and applicability of current federal, state, regional, and local policies and directives.
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 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 for travel and travel-related purchases.
- 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
For GS-12:
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also 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 duties: 1) Applying a wide range of environmental engineering, scientific, planning and management principles and methods sufficient to be able to oversee high complex range sustainment projects, including evaluation of original and specialized technological studies and resultant data, sampling and monitoring for munitions constituents in the terrestrial and marine environment; 2) Serving as technical manager for range sustainability projects including but not limited to the development to Range Complex Management Plans, Range and Water Range Sustainability Environmental Program Assessments, Encroachment Management Plans, and munitions clearance actions; 3) Managing, guiding, reviewing, and/or evaluating environmental work of team members or contractors; and 4) Preparing scopes of work and cost estimates. NOTE: This experience must be fully supported in your resume.
For GS-11:
In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following duties: 1) Evaluating original and specialized technical studies and resultant data for accuracy, sampling and monitoring for munitions constituents in the terrestrial and marine environment; 2) Assisting in the development of Military Range Complex Management Plans, Range and Water Sustainability Environmental Program Assessments, and munitions clearance action scopes; 3) Applying environmental laws and regulations in order provide technical assistance on the applicability of current federal, state, regional, and local policies and directives; 4) Reviewing, and/or evaluating environmental work of team members or contractors for accuracy; and 5) Preparing environmental planning documents to include scopes of work and cost estimates. NOTE: This experience must be fully supported in your resume.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/community-planning-series-0020/
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0400/general-natural-resources-management-and-biological-sciences-series-0401/
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/environmental-engineering-series-0819/
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/general-physical-science-series-1301/
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 positive education qualifications requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:
Basic requirements for 0401 series:
A degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or a related discipline appropriate to this position;
OR
A combination of education and experience in one of the above majors that includes at least 24 semester hours in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or a discipline related to this position plus appropriate experience or additional education. The quality of the combination of education and experience demonstrates that I possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the work of the position and is comparable to that normally acquired through the completion of a full four year course of study with a major as described above.
Basic Requirements for GS-1301 Series:
Successful completion of a bachelor's degree or higher in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics;
OR
A combination of education and experience with education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Basic Requirements for 0020 Series:
Successful completion of a community planning degree, or a degree in a related discipline such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance;
OR
A combination of education and experience where I have successfully completed a community planning degree, or a degree in a related discipline such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration and have one (1) year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner;
OR
A combination of education and experience where my courses were equivalent to a major in community planning , urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration; or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the listed disciplines of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
Basic requirements for 0819 Series:
Review the link for full educational requirements at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/environmental-engineering-series-0819/
Successful completion of a professional engineering degree.
OR
Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE)
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.
At the GS-11 grade level: Applicants that do not meet the specialized experience as described above may qualify with education or a combination of experience and education, as follows:
Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree;
OR
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree;
OR
A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. My percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.
A transcript must be submitted with your application. A degree audit is not acceptable as a substitute for a transcript.
Contacts
- Address NAVAL FACILITIES ENG COMMAND ATLANTIC
6506 Hampton Blvd
Norfolk, VA 23508
US
- Name: Jennifer Tucker
- Email: [email protected]
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