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This position is located in the USACE Huntington District, Operations and Readiness Division, Kanawha Area Office, where you will function as the technical expert for the area office projects within the assigned drainage basin, providing direction, coordination, oversight and implementation of natural resources management and environmental compliance program activities.
Major Duties
- Conduct annual environmental compliance inspections for Environmental Review Guide for Operations (ERGO) procedures as stated in applicable Corps policy and guidance for all projects within the assigned area.
- Ensure proper procedures are adhered to in the storage, handling, and disposal of hazardous waste.
- Prompt and coordinate environmental training for project personnel in various environmental requirements.
- Work closely with state regulatory agencies to ensure Notices of Violations are prevented or remedied immediately.
- Provide continuous evaluation, program direction, and coordination of the recreation and natural resources management activities at water resource development projects throughout the District.
- Apply professional principles of wildlife management, land management, soil conservation, park planning, policy and administration, public use management, as well as other biological and social sciences to the recreation program for the project.
- Initiate correspondence, directives, conferences, program consistency reviews, and benchmarking for all matters pertaining to assigned areas of responsibility.
- Prepare and review plans related to environmental compliance requirements, including spill prevention and response plans and pollution prevention plans.
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)Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActNon-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and 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 Requirement for Natural Resources Management Specialist (ECC): A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
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B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes prescribing and implementing natural resource management actions that promote biodiversity and native species re-establishment; Reviewing project operation and maintenance activities to ensure environmental compliance. 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, such as: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry or related disciplines appropriate to 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:
Contract AdministrationEnvironmental Compliance and Preventive ActionEnvironmental PlanningNatural Resource ManagementSafety Management Time in Grade Requirement: 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). To be referred, applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade and specialized experience requirements within thirty (30) days after the closing date of the announcement.
Pay Range
$62,236.00 - $80,912.00