Environmental Protection Specialist

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: The installation rests in the beautiful 'hill and lake' country of Central Texas between Killeen and Copperas Cove and is approximately 60 miles north of the capital city of Austin, 50 miles south of Waco, 160 miles south of Dallas, and 150 miles north of San Antonio.

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conduct environmental compliance audits; review various environmental and technical documents to determine compliance with local, state, or federal issued permits; and/or recommend changes in environmental project policies or procedures.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Environmental Engineering; Biology; Chemistry; Geology/Geoscience; or Ecology.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Serve as an Environmental Protection Specialist (EPS) for the Environmental Division at Fort Hood military installation.
• Serve in the Environmental Compliance Assessment Team (ECAT) to ensure Fort Hood units comply with Fort Hood Environmental Management System (EMS) and regulations concerned with the protection of public welfare and the environment.
• Provide assistance and guidance to units to maintain environmental compliance.
• Guide environmental process owners toward compliance in areas relating to the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), etc.
• Achieve continuous process improvements through an in-place Environmental Management System by identifying operational problems and improving productivity for optimum effectiveness through changes within allowable costs and established policies.
• Perform a variety of functions in support of the environmental protection programs at Fort Hood, TX.