ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

You will serve as a Environmental Protection Specialist in the Public Works Department of NAV FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND SE.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Demonstrated understanding of hazardous material properties, chemical compatibility, and waste stream characterization protocols.

2) Solid working knowledge of and state/local environmental regulations regarding the storage, handling, and disposal of hazardous materials.

3) Inspecting, documenting, labeling, and packing hazardous waste for transport.

4) Apply knowledge by provide information of hazardous materials properties to the Installation Environmental Program Director (IEPD).

5) Operating varied automotive, materials handling equipment including a forklift operator license.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.

Physical Demands: The work requires physical exertion such as long periods of standing on hard surfaces; climbing stairs, and ladders; walking over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces; recurring bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, reaching, or similar activities.

Incumbent uses hand-trucks and other types of material handling equipment to move, load, and unload large drums and various size containers from trucks and containment areas.

Work involves recurring lifting or moving of moderately heavy items such as DOT 55-gallon and 80-gallon drums, tri-walls, boxes, or large awkward-sized containers, or carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds.

The duties require the ability to wear a Level A suit, including a self-contained breathing apparatus, for up to 60 minutes at a time.

Duties also require use of other personal protective equipment and material handling equipment that requires physical stamina to work for prolonged periods in a heat-stressed environment.

Incumbent must be able to pass an annual occupational health physical examination and an annual respirator fit test. Work may require some travel beyond local work locations.

Work Environment: The work involves moderate risks or discomforts that require special safety precautions, e.g.

working around moving parts, carts, or machines; exposure to irritant chemicals such as toxic substances, fumes, infectious materials, and contaminated water; work outside in high heat, high humidity, cold and inclement weather.

Employees will be required to use protective clothing or gear, such as masks, Tyvek suits, steel-toed shoes/boots, goggles, gloves, respirators, and/or face shields.

Work is performed in an office and in the field where site visits may involve hazardous environments including oil and hazardous material spill sites, hazardous waste storage areas, fuel storage tanks, etc.

During visits to sites and facilities, there may be exposure to situations which are dangerous and may contain a variety of hazardous wastes due to their toxic, flammable, corrosive, reactive, mutagenic, teratogenic, carcinogenic, etc.

properties. The work is frequently dirty and greasy and exposes the individual to the possibility of cuts, bruises, abrasions, and falls during collection and processing operations.

Other Requirements: Skill in the safe operation of varied automotive, materials handling, spill recovery and neutralization equipment.

Incumbent must drive a motor vehicle and operate forklifts, so a valid driver and forklift operator license are required and must be maintained.

Holding current training certificates and licenses obtained via an accredited/certified school and/or state agency to perform the work described in this position requirements document.

Initial training requirements are 40-hour training in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 29 CFR 1910 HAZWOPER, DOT Hazardous Material Training (49 CFR 172.704) and RCRA/Hazardous Waste Management (40 CFR 262.17(a)(7)).

OSHA training is required before the incumbent can do any field work.

DOT training is required within 90 days of position assignment, but incumbent can do field work while supervised by a trained employee.

RCRA training is required within 6 months of position assignment, but incumbent can do field work while supervised by a trained employee.

Refresher training is demonstrated by annual refresher training in OSHA (8-hour) and RCRA courses with triennial (every 3 years) refresher training in DOT/Hazardous Materials/Waste Transportation courses.

Incumbent must be OSHA Respirator Program Qualified which will require an annual physical/medical monitoring and enrolled in the Medical Surveillance Program.

Duties also require use of other personal protective equipment, requiring physical stamina to be able to work for prolonged periods in a heat-stressed environment.

Incumbent must be able to pass an annual occupational health physical examination. Major Duties:

• You will inspect regulated waste containers at the pickup site for structural integrity, accumulation dates, proper identification markings, and transportability.
• You will inspect contents of regulated waste containers to ensure compliance with regulations, installation management plans, and permits.
• You will transfer wastes from one container to another or lab pack as required due to deteriorated containers or incompatible wastes.
• You will prepare and submit all required paperwork, review and track all waste shipping paperwork including 1348s, manifests, and Land Disposal Restriction Forms to ensure timely receipt and regulated installs.
• You will perform weekly regulated inspections of the HWSF and any associated storage sites and maintain files of internal inspections complying with regulations.