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This position is for the Chief of the Environmental Resources Branch in Planning Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, located in Philadelphia PA. It is Interdisciplinary in nature and can be filled with any of the following series: Supervisory Archeologist (0193) Supervisory Biologist (0401) Supervisory Ecologist (0408) Supervisory Physical Scientist (1301) Moving expenses are not authorized.
Major Duties
- You will serve as Chief, Environmental Resources Branch, responsible for planning and directing the accomplishments of investigations and analyses pertaining to navigation, hurricane protection, beach erosion, and other projects.
- Exercises administrative and technical supervision over professional employees in grades GS-12 and GS-13. Provides technical advice and assistance as required.
- Performs functions relating to review or work, including establishment and approving performance standards, accepting or rejecting completed work, and recommending disciplinary actions.
- Manages positions by conducting an annual review of job descriptions and conducts review as positions are vacated, determining the propriety or duty assignments, re-engineering, abolishment, etc.
- Directs the preparation of environmental documentation for reconnaissance and feasibility studies, technical analyses and special studies pertinent to the evaluation of navigation, hurricane protection, beach erosion, local flood protection projects.
- Consults with various other subject matter specialists, develops a general plan or approach to the project, and requests compliance or data affecting or required in reports or findings.
- Confers and negotiates with Federal, state, and local government for cooperative investigations in connection with studies to assure optimum water resource development at considered sites.
- Oversees ecological, environmental and sediment and water quality aspects for proposed and authorized Civil Works projects for flood control, navigation, beach erosion, hurricane protection, recreation, water supply, and ecosystem restoration.
- Acts as the District liaison with higher authority on the review, interpretation and dissemination of all environmental resources related guidance.
- Technically reviews of all Planning reports and is responsible for report adherence to current regulations on environment resources matter in accordance with Environmental Principle and Guidelines for Water Resource Studies.
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)Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority 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 a Supervisory Archeologist: A. Education - Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) that included 3 semester hours each in the following course areas: (1) history of archeology; (2) archeology of a major geographical area such as North America or Africa; (3) regional archeology, archeological cultures, or sites in a specific part or portion of a major geographical area to acquire or develop a foundation for regional specialization for professional development; (4) theory and methods of archeology. Methods include, but are not limited to, typology, classification, sampling, cultural evolution, diffusion, dating, and analytical techniques; (5) archeological field school, to provide a basic understanding of theoretical and practical approaches to research design implementation, field preservation techniques, and report preparation by participation in actual field work; AND six semester hours of related course work in: (1) geography, geology, or cultural geography; (2) history, historiography, or historical archeology; (3) environmental studies; (4) scientific writing (nonfiction English composition); and/or (5) surveying; AND archeological field school. OR B. Education - Related Curriculum: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in anthropology (with emphasis on ethnology, physical anthropology, or scientific linguistics), history, American studies, or a related discipline may be accepted as satisfying in full the educational requirements, provided the curriculum supplied academic course work sufficiently similar to the requirements listed in A above (including archeological field school). OR C. Combination of Education and Experience: College-level education or training that provided knowledge equivalent to that described in A above, plus appropriate technical experience or additional education. OR D. Experience: Four years of archeological work experience that demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the fundamental principles and theories of professional archeology. The work experience must have included archeology field experience, which may include that gained in an archeological field school. Field experience should have included a combination of professional experience in archeological survey, excavation, laboratory analysis, and preparation of written materials. Applicants with such field experience should, after additional experience under the direction of a higher grade archeologist, be able to demonstrate the ability to be a crew chief, directing the work of others at a single location as a part of a larger archeological project. Basic Requirement for a Supervisory Biologist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirement for a Supervisory Ecologist: Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biology, or a related field of science underlying ecological research that included at least 30 semester hours in basic and applied biological sciences. These hours must have included at least 9 semester hours in ecology, and 12 semester hours in physical and mathematical sciences. Basic Requirement for a Supervisory Physical Scientist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in 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 B. Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to one of the majors, as shown in A above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position, you must all meet the experience requirements listed below. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: experience preparing environmental documentation for feasibility studies; experience performing investigations on the impact of a proposed project and experience presenting findings to a public or private audience. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next 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 PlanningLeadershipOral CommunicationWritten Communication 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-12).
Pay Range
$99,170.00 - $128,924.00