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This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Deputy Commandant for Mission Support (DCMS), Assistant Commandant for Engineering and Logistics (CG-4), Office of Environmental Management (CG-47), Washington, DC.
Major Duties
As an Environmental Protection Specialist, this position serves as a subject matter expert for the development, execution, and oversight of the CG Environmental Compliance Programs. Environmental Compliance is defined to include, but is not limited to the following programs: Environmental Compliance Evaluations (ECE), Environmental Liability (EL), Hazardous Materials (HM), Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants (POL), Storm Water (SW), Waste Water (WW), Environmental Management (EM), Environmental Compliance and Restorations (EC&R) Environmental Compliance (EC), Air Emissions (AE), Clean Water (CW), and Environmental Sustainability (ES).
Responsible for the full range of duties related to environmental issues associated with the acquisition/procurement, operation, maintenance, management, restoration, and disposition of Coast Guard real and personnel property and consumables. Leads a team interdisciplinary staff comprised of professional civilian personnel from a variety of occupational areas including, but not limited to, engineering and environmental sciences.
Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the team. Typical work assignments include:
- Managing policy and resources at the national level for Coast Guard-wide initiatives managed by the Office of Environmental Management.
- Keeping abreast of and evaluating new regulations, requirements, technologies and procedures for environmental compliance being developed in industry, EPA laboratories, DOD, and universities.
- Evaluating strategies, processes, technologies, new products, processes, or techniques, recommending the adoption of those that would provide efficiency or economy in the Coast Guard.
- Preparing/giving briefings and providing input for issue papers, budget justifications and management reports for internal and external stakeholder consumption.
- Establishing key performance metrics, monitoring and measuring performance, overseeing execution, providing direction, establishing priorities, developing reports, preparing presentations, and informing leadership of performance.
- Providing program oversight by analyzing and evaluating, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs and operations in meeting established goals and objectives.
- Visiting commands or field installations to observe operations and inspect or discuss facilities and processes and recommending solutions.
Qualifications
To qualify for the GS-14, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in the federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.
Examples of specialized experience include: Serving as a subject matter expert for the development, execution, and oversight of an Environmental Compliance Program;
Performing duties related to environmental issues associated with acquisition/procurement, operation, maintenance, management, restoration, and/or disposition of real and personnel property and consumables;
Leading a team of interdisciplinary staff that consists of a variety of occupational professions including, but notlimited to engineering and environmental sciences. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
Pay Range
$117,191.00 - $152,352.00