This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Serve as Regulatory Specialist using professional knowledge of natural/human environment theories and practices to evaluate compliance for activities in US navigable waters under the Clean Water Act and the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Assist with permits and develop procedures.

Duties

Assist in the development of procedures to implement directives from higher authority. Determine appropriate type of authorization for proposed projects. Evaluate Department of the Army (DA) permit application, compliance and/or enforcement cases for activities in US waters under the Clean Water Act and the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Analyze the full range of public interest review (PIR) factors and any other factors which are revealed and bear on the decision to issue, modify or deny permits. Participate in interagency meetings with long-range planning needs. Perform field site reviews and prepares site evaluations to establish base environmental conditions. Prepare technical documentation, e.g., environmental assessments (EAs) or Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), alternative analysis evaluation, Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines analysis, Endangered Species Act determinations, etc. Assist in the development of general permits (GP). Serve as a District representative on groups and task forces with missions of interest to the District and/or the regulatory program. Complete assignments related to special regulatory initiatives directed toward effective, efficient, and consistent application of the regulatory program. Coordinate the activities of subject matter specialists within or outside the District to produce a timely and quality product that meets the overall objectives of the regulatory program. Coordinate proposed projects/modifications with the applicant/permittee, their agent, consultants, and/or attorneys, the general public, elected officials such as Federal and State Congressional representatives, and other governmental agencies. Advise, train, and/or mentor lower-graded employees on a wide variety of regulatory program functions and activities. Serve as a technical expert in a specific programmatic area for the Regulatory Program.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent to possess or obtain and maintain a valid state Driver's License in one of the 50 U.S. states or possessions to operate vehicles.
• This position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the BASIC EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE requirements described below. 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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Education Requirement for Regulatory Specialist (Biologist), 0401: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. (You must provide transcripts to support educational claims). OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. (You must provide transcripts to support educational claims). Basic Education Requirement for Regulatory Specialist (Physical Scientist), 1301: A. A bachelor's degree from an accredited university 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. (You must provide transcripts to support educational claims). OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education, with courses equivalent to a major as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. (You must provide transcripts to support educational claims). Basic Education Requirement for Regulatory Specialist (Environmental Engineer), 0819: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) 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. (You must provide transcripts to support educational claims). OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying 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 or licensure - 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 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 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, or Puerto Rico. Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. Related curriculum - 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 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. (You must provide transcripts to support educational claims). In addition to meeting the basic education requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the specialized experience qualification requirements listed below: Specialized experience to qualify for GS-12:One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Evaluating applications and modifications of regulatory permits. 2) Preparing decision documents, assessments, or impact statements that involve substantial consequences. 3) Evaluating compliance and/or conducting investigations related to regulatory permits. or 4) equivalent types of Regulatory work. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the specialized experience qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM04 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-PITTSBURGH DO NOT MAIL Pittsburgh, PA 15222 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk