Lead Environmental Protection Specialist
What you'd do
About the Position: As Project Lead Environmental, Safety and Occupation Health Officer (ESHO), serves as advisor to the Operations Project Manager(s) of the Operations Division, multi-purpose hydroelectric projects.
Major duties
As a Project Team Leader, incumbent will be responsible for assigning tasks and coordinating workload for a team consisting of Environmental Compliance Coordinators (ECC), Safety Officers and administrative staff on a regular and recurring basis. As Project Lead ESHO, the incumbent will develop, analyze, evaluate, and modify the Projects environmental program in order to ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations and reduce environmental impacts of the Project. Serve as Project Safety and Occupational Health Officer, the incumbent works for the elimination or minimization of human injury and property and productivity losses, caused by harmful contact incidents. Maintain in-depth knowledge concerning current safety and occupational health laws/regulations, policies and determines their applicability and consistent application at the Project. Serve as Quality Assurance representative on various contracts as required.
What you need to qualify
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. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) 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 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer People with Disabilities, Schedule A 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 Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Planning and evaluating comprehensive safety and occupational health programs at complex, multi-purpose facilities; 2) Interpreting and enforcing applicable Federal, State, and local environmental and safety laws, regulations, and policies (e.g., EPA, OSHA, DEQ, DERP, Superfund, National Fire Code); and 3) Overseeing the collection and analysis of water, air, and other environmental samples. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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. 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-11).
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