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: Serves as a technical specialist repsonsible for the execution of environmental, cultural resource, and land use planning activities for the Corps civil works program.

Duties

Coordinates and serves as District point of contact for federal, state, and local agencies and private interests on environmental, cultural/historical resource and land use aspects of assigned projects. Represents the District as spokesperson on environmental and cultural resources in a variety of formal and informal meetings and conferences for the purpose of reaching agreements on the adequacy of documents and plans. Coordinates with Office of Counsel to assure that environmental laws and regulations are being properly interpreted and applied. Plans and conducts scooping meetings required for National Environmental Policy Act compliance. Provides Operations and Real Estate with professional review of National Pollution Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) permit requirements. Manages the Environmental Compliance Review Program. Develops the annual schedule for environmental assessments. Develops and conducts District information briefings on environmental regulations. Collects data and implements field environmental investigations to collect primary data ranging from broad study area/ecosystems to site species specific data recovery/preservation studies. Prepares reports to include environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, categorical exclusions, Findings of No Significant Impact, and draft Records of Decision.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical.
• Possess and maintain a valid state motor vehicle operator's license prior to appointment.

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 (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 (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 and/or Education to qualify at the GS-11 level: One year of specialized experience which includes assisting in environmental protection, environmental, biological and cultural resource management, and land use planning; applying knowledge of environmental protection, enhancement, and compliance regulations under supervision; and contributing to the implementation or development of local policies as part of a team. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D. or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Specialized experience to qualify for GS-12:One year of specialized experience which includes: knowledge of environmental protection, environmental, biological and cultural resource management, and land use planning; enhancement and compliance regulations; and responsibility for implementing and/or developing local policy and preparing reports. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

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