Job Summary

Serves as a Senior RPEDS Environmental Specialist and Expert for the New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Memphis district of USACE. Provides advice to RPEDS, Division Chief and other staff in area of expertise on the most complicated, local, regional, and nationally significant civil works projects.

Major Duties

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 EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/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. BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT:

Transcripts are required with your application and the Basic Requirements for each individual series can be located by clicking the links below:

Community Planning, GS-0020 series

Archaeologist, GS-0193 series General Natural Resources Management And Biological Sciences, GS-0401 series

Ecology, GS-0408 series

Wildlife Biology, GS-0486 series

Landscape Architecture, GS-0807 series

All Engineering Positions

General Physical Science, GS-1301 series SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:

GS 13: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level which includes experience: 1). Selecting and developing ecosystem and environmental models as necessary to determine project impact. AND; 2) conducting original biological field surveys to determine the extent and degree of potential environmental effects AND: 3) making decisions consistent with broad environmental policy guidance. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

Environmental PlanningLeadershipTechnical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Time-In-Grade requirement must be met no later than 30 days after the closing date of this announcement. 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 GS-12(or equivalent). With regards to time-in-grade validation, if you held a position other than a GS pay plan, be sure your resume includes the pay plan and the salary you earned during the assignment. Without this information, your time-in-grade validation may not be able to be verified and will result in your not meeting the time-grade requirement for this vacancy.

Pay Range

$88,704.00 - $129,598.00

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