Overview
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Duties
Performs, manages, and oversees all operational aspects of hazardous waste disposal, environmental support, and materials recovery from pre‑receipt through disposition.
Coordinates receipt of all hazardous material generated and ensures compliance with State laws, rules, and regulations.
Determines when permits are required, prepares or coordinates the preparation of the applications and resolves any problems to ensure permits are obtained at the right time.
Conducts pre‑receipt inspections of hazardous materials, waste generation, and turn‑in documentation.
Establishes and provides technical guidance regarding sales and reutilization of hazardous materials and waste receiving and warehousing functions.
Performs audits and inspections of hazardous property and facilities to ensure regulatory compliance; performs follow‑up actions to ensure procedures are followed to prevent regulatory failures.
Requirements
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Tour of Duty: Set Schedule.
Security Requirements: Non‑Critical Sensitive.
Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non‑Exempt.
Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12‑31‑59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Bargaining Unit Status: No.
Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
Subject to Overseas Rotation Agreement, Tour Length: Yes, 36 Months.
Physical Requirement: Yes.
Qualifications
To qualify for an Environmental Protection Specialist, your resume and supporting documentation must support:
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.
Performing tasks related to the oversight of disposal contracts.
Performing inspections of materials, containers and storage facilities to determine their nature and condition.
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. 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 Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.
Combination of Education and Experience
Combination of successfully completed post‑high‑school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels 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.
Physical Demands
Performance of work requires frequent inspections of generator collection points and areas, field office warehousing facilities and observing customer/contractor on site operations which requires extended walking and standing.
Work Environment
Work involves regular and recurring exposure to adverse weather conditions, and conditions within hazardous collection and storage facilities. This may require the use of limited safety equipment such as hard hats, safety shoes and other similar safety apparel.
Education
Are you using your education to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.
Graduate Education: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full‑time study. Such study may have been performed on a full‑time or part‑time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full‑time graduate study.
Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that 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.
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