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This position is in Region 7, Air and Radiation Division, Air Quality Management Branch, Atmospheric Programs Section.If selected, you must work at the location stated in this announcement. AboutRegion 7
Major Duties
You will:
- Evaluate and conduct highly complex projects pertaining to characterization of the air pathway for comparison to both regulatory and non-regulatory standards with specialized expertise in design, technical assessment, quality assurance evaluation, and systematic analysis to determine compliance with the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) at the regional, state, local and tribal levels.
- Provide authoritative technical advice to state, local, and tribal air quality management agencies and EPA program offices regarding air quality data management issues and the resultant policy implications for comparison with the NAAQS.
- Provide authoritative scientific advice to state and local agencies and EPA program offices regarding the traceability of atmospheric monitoring data to National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) primary standards in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
- Perform independent scientific assessment and evaluation of state, local and tribal air monitoring programs such as; field studies, state and local air monitoring program data, and other associated Clean Air Act (CAA) provisions in order to make authoritative recommendations to program offices and State and Local agencies concerning conformance with technical and scientific principles as well as conformance with CAA requirements
- Represent the Region in public meetings and scientific symposium.
Qualifications
You need a degree or combination of education and experience as described below to qualify for this position.
General Natural Resources Management and Biological Sciences Series, 0401
Individual Occupational Requirements
Basic Requirements Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR
Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in1 above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. General Physical Science Series, 1301
Individual Occupational Requirements
Basic Requirements: Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. or
Combination of education and experience -- education equivalent to one of the majors shown in1 above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. ALL Professional Engineering Positions, 0800
Basic Requirements:
Degree: professional engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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.
OR
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 professional 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 -- Current registration as a professional engineer 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 Engineer-in-Training (EIT) examination, or the written test required for professional registration, which is administered by the Boards of Engineering Examiners in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Applicants who have passed the EIT examination and have completed all the requirements for either (a) a bachelor's degree in engineering technology (BET) from an accredited college or university that included 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, or (b) a BET from a program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) may be rated eligible for certain engineering positions at GS-5. Eligibility is limited to positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of the engineering technology program. Applicants for positions that involve highly technical research, development, or similar functions requiring an advanced level of competence in basic science must meet the basic requirements in paragraph A
Pay Range
$92,159.00 - $119,810.00