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This is an Environmental Protection Specialist, GS-0028-09/11 position with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Southwestern Division (SWD), Fort Worth District, Regional Planning and Environmental Center (RPEC). This is a permanent and full-time position with a duty location of Webb City, MO. This position may be filled at the GS-09 level with non-competitive promotion potential to the GS-11 level or at the full performance GS-11 level.
Major Duties
- Develops and conducts environmental investigations for a wide variety of customers involving military and civil environmental activities.
- Using available data from numerous sources, develops sampling programs and procedures, designs field and laboratory testing programs and participates in executing the field sampling activities.
- Provides recommendations for additional study/mitigation as needed.
- Provides field oversight at Superfund sites in a support role for Superfund Remedial Project Managers (RPM).
- Primarily working in a field environment (outdoors and not in an office), oversees the implementation of environmental characterization, cleanup, and construction activities at a variety of sites to include Superfund Sites.
- Oversees work accomplished by contractors.
Qualifications
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Permanent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education or 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. To qualify for the GS-09: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: participating in environmental investigations/studies and collecting data for analyses and reporting. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).
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Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 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.
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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 first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. To qualify for the GS-11:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) conducting investigations involving military/civil environmental issues and communicating results; OR 2) conducting environmental studies and analyzing data results using applicable criteria, guidance and environmental laws. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).
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Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree 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.
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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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
Oral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingProject Management Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-09: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07). Time in Grade Requirement for the GS-11: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).
Pay Range
$52,905.00 - $83,210.00