Hybrid Environmental Protection Specialist presso Department of Defense

Environmental Protection Specialist

Department: Department of Defense

Location(s): Tracy, California

Salary Range: $92433 - $120157 Per Year

Job Summary: See below for important information regarding this job.

Major Duties:

• Managing, and performing administrative or program work relating to environmental protection programs to protect or improve environmental quality, control pollution, and remedy environmental damage.
• Ensuring compliance with Federal, State, and Local environmental laws, regulations, and Executive Orders.
• Addressing overall environmental quality objectives, and comparing risks across programs, considering total pollutant loads and exposures, preventing pollution instead of controlling or transferring it to other parts of the environment.
• Reviewing proposed actions (construction, leasing, land transactions, mission activities, etc.) and ensuring that environmental effects are considered in planning and decision making.
• Evaluating and securing compliance with environmental laws and programs through self-assessments, audits, inspections, surveys, and investigations for assigned programs.
• Hosting external audits, and environmental regulatory agency inspections and report findings up the chain of command and to area supervisors, and respond to the findings.

Qualifications: To qualify for an Environmental Protection Specialist your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: Performing program work for an assigned environmental protection program. Ensuring compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations. Participating in audits of environmental programs. B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: A PhD or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade level GS-11, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11. 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. Work Environment: The work office environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, training rooms, and libraries. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The environmental field work involves some regular and recurring exposure to moderate risks or discomforts that require special safety precautions (e. g. , working at a storage, disposal, restoration or spill sites where there is risk of exposure to pesticides, hazardous chemicals, radioactive materials, or other pollutants). The environmental protection specialist must use protective clothing and/or gear when needed. The work involves inspections/audits of hazardous waste generating and storage facilities and environmental restoration sites.

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date to receive consideration. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online application. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to create a new account. You will be taken to an online application. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation, and submit the application. You will receive an email notification when your application has been received for the announcement. To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12770452.

Application Deadline: 2025-07-29