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This position is part of the Southern Regional Office Engineering Unit with multiple duty location options in the Region. This position serves as the Regional Environmental Engineering Program Manager with responsibility for developing and implementing Regional policies, plans, directives and guidance For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Mark Meng at 404-347-7395 and mark.meng@usda.gov
Major Duties
- Exercises primary oversight and management responsibility for all environmental compliance and protection program areas for the Region.
- Provides technical program direction and staff coordination for all environmental quality program requirements.
- Serves as Environmental Compliance and Protection (ECAP) and Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Programs Manager to evaluate compliance and effectiveness of the program with major environmental laws.
- Provides Regional policies and strategies to clean up and restore contaminated NFS lands and facilities to a safe or productive state.
- Ensures environmental compliance through the use of external environmental compliance audits of Forest Service operations, facilities, and permitted activities, and through extensive employee training.
- Coordinates and prepares other environmental status reports required by the EPA and USDA.
- Serves as Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Coordinator.
- Serves as Regional HAZMAT Coordinator with responsibility for coordination of storage, handling, use and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes in the Region.
- Develops policy, procedures, standards, and guidelines relating to sanitary and environmental compliance activities for Regional application.
- Serves as technical consultant and advisor to the Regional Forester, Staff Directors, Group Leaders, and Forest line and staff officers on all environmental compliance and protection requirements.
- Serves as a team member on various regional reviews, inspections, and audits, and on an individual basis provides functional assistance to the Forests.
Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. This is an interdisciplinary position and may be filled in any of the job series listed below. Basic Requirement: See Education Section In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also possess experience and/or directly related education in the amounts listed below. Specialized Experience Requirement:
For the GS-13 Level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. Examples of specialized experience are: Serve as the primary contact on environmental matters such as the overall technical administration, evaluation and control of air quality, water quality, non-toxic and hazardous / toxic waste disposal, hazardous material control and subject programs; develop and establishes plans and procedures for regulatory compliance and use; e.g., Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure plans, Hazardous Waste Minimization, Pollution Prevention plans, Environmental Protection and Enhancement Regulation, CAA, CERCLA, RCRA, CWA, SDWA, TSCA and OSHA; provide advisory, consulting, reviewing and other services with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for CERCLA projects involving clean- up, abandoned, or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites; review and evaluates environmental management programs and policies for compliance with current applicable environmental laws, regulations, and directives such as Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and pertinent agency regulations; identify, defines, and resolves major problems encountered during the planning/execution phase of environmental projects relating to assigned programs which may adversely impact upon water, air and other natural resources; develop and evaluate proposed actions to ensure technical and administrative quality and compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as well as directives related to environmental engineering program area. 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. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Pay Range
$91,231.00 - $118,603.00