Job opening: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SPECIALIST
Salary: $82 764 - 128 956 per year
Published at: Oct 11 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
You will serve as WATER PROGRAM MANAGER as an ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SPECIALIST in the INSTALLATION AND ENVIRONMENT DIVISION of MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO.
Duties
You will identify and implement training and procedural or technological controls to reduce the associated risks to stormwater, erosion and sediment controls, wastewater, drinking water and the base mission.
You will prepare documentation and applications for environmental permits for the base water program as required by federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.
You will conduct pollution surveys involving field studies and laboratory analyses to identify types and amounts of effluent or emissions being discharged.
You will assist principal resource specialists in other disciplines in the development of a comprehensive installation, multiple land use management plan.
You will provide guidance and instructions to subordinate members of the Water Program Management Team on technical and administrative matters and provides input to the Section Head on performance reviews of subordinates.
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.
- You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination.
- You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.
- 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.
- The incumbent must possess a valid United States driver’s license and be able to obtain and maintain a Marine Corps Base Quantico driver’s license for government vehicles.
- The incumbent must possess (or obtain within one year of start date) and maintain a combined Administrator Certification from the VA Dept. of Environmental Quality.
Qualifications
GS-12: Your resume must 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: managing a program with emphasis on those pertaining to the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, erosion and sediment control, and storm water pollution prevention as a subject matter expert on environmental laws and regulations and the coordination of external and internal audits, inspections, and reviews in accordance with regulatory compliance.
GS-11: Your resume must 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: identifying, developing, and implementing environmental compliance activities with emphasis on those pertaining to the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, erosion and sediment control, and storm water pollution prevention as a subject matter expert on environmental laws and regulations and the coordination of external and internal audits, inspections, and reviews in accordance with regulatory compliance.
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
In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:
GS-11:
Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
or
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
or
LL.M., if related
A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.
Contacts
- Address MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO
2004 Barnett Avenue
Quantico, VA 22134
US
- Name: Department of Navy EIC
- Email: [email protected]
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