Interdisciplinary (Arch/Civ Eng/Env Eng/Chem Eng/Geo).

Duties

• Serves as a senior technical specialist in the environmental and Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) fields, directing large-scale environmental projects.
• Leads a multi-disciplined team through the entire project lifecycle, from initial site assessment to remedial design, construction, and site closure.
• Manages multiple interdisciplinary teams, distributing workload, setting priorities, and ensuring the timely completion of milestones.
• Resolves complex design problems, provides expert advice on difficult technical issues, and develops design solutions for environmental remediation.
• Ensures quality control for in-house work and quality assurance for contractor-produced products.
• Oversees scopes of work, reviews contractor proposals, and participates in the technical evaluation of bids and procurement methods.
• Works with project managers to define project scope, timelines, and budgets, and secures necessary resources from various internal and external entities.
• Provides input on team member performance appraisals, arranges for training, resolves informal complaints, and fosters a safe, efficient, and equitable team environment.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Relocation/PCS NOT authorized.
• Recruitment/Relocation/Retention NOT authorized.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: 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.

• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Veterans 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.

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In addition to meeting one of the basic requirements above, you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

GS-13 Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes meeting all of the following: 1) Working initial site assessments and planning through the final remedial design; 2) directing the technical efforts for large environmental and (Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste) HTRW projects; 3) Communicating and leading assignments to ensure the team completes tasks effectively; and 4) Providing quality control for work produced by team members and contractors to ensure all designs are accurate. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the Federal Service (GS-12).

"Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone—no substitution of education for experience is permitted".

Selective Placement Factor: The duties of this position require the incumbent to possess and maintain license/registration as a Professional Engineer and/or Professional Geologist, and/or Registered Architect. This license/registration must be in good standing and issued by any one of the 50 states, or its territories. (Note: You are required to submit your up-to-date license from any state or territory with your applicant package.)

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Civil Engineering
• Planning and Evaluating
• Technical Competence

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).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: