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Environmental protection specialists play a central role in planning and administering environmental programs. Environmental protection programs deal with the environmental impacts of human activities on air, land, water, and other media. Environmental protection specialists support VA's Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) implementation and apply specialized knowledge of one or more programs or functional areas of environmental protection work.
Major Duties
The Environmental Protection Specialist position is located within the Facilities Management Service at the VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Trains employees and lower grade environmental staff and participates in national-level committees.
- Completes permits and leads facility self-assessments, inspections and other environmental investigations.
- Leads environmental audits and incident investigations, conducts root cause analysis, develops corrective actions and tracks incidents to closure.
- Responsible for facility environmental system management planning and implementation and assumes lead role in the development of facility environmental policy and documentation.
- Maintains compliance with federal, state and local regulations governing air emissions, hazardous materials, non-hazardous and hazardous wastes, oil spills, water quality and the storage of regulated substances (i.e. petroleum products, chemicals and wastes for the facility.)
- Manages facility environmental management systems program to assure compliance with applicable laws and regulations for air emissions, wastewater discharge, solid and hazardous wasted, fuel and oil storage, and spill prevention.
WORK SCHEDULE: Monday thru Friday, 8am - 4:30 pm.
Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you must meet one of the following requirements: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-9) in Federal Service that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the duties of an Environmental Protection Specialist GS-11. Specialized experience includes: Experience with hazardous materials and waste and their uses, interactions, dangers, production, handling, storage and disposal; Experience with EPA permit requirements; Planning, coordinating and executing business functions as it relates to environmental management; Experience keeping an environmental program in compliance with federal, state and local regulations governing air emissions, hazardous materials, non-hazardous and hazardous waste, oil spills, water quality and the storage of petroleum and chemicals. NOTE: Your experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: A Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a related field of study. This education must have been obtained at an accredited college or university. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent one (1) year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours will be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience, as described, may be used to meet the total qualification requirements. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:
Critical ThinkingCustomer ServiceForward ThinkingHydrologyLeadershipMeet deadlinesOrganizational StewardshipSelf Management IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.
Pay Range
$62,236.00 - $80,912.00