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Posted: February 13, 2026 (2 days ago)

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Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialist

United States Army Installation Management Command

Department of the Army

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$125,776 - $163,514

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GS-13 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves leading the environmental division at a large Army base in Kansas, overseeing programs for pollution prevention, conservation, and regulatory compliance to protect the environment while supporting military operations.

A good fit would be someone with extensive experience in environmental management, strong leadership skills, and a deep understanding of federal and state environmental laws.

The role requires advising top commanders on environmental issues and ensuring the base meets all legal and policy standards.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience in environmental protection, including knowledge of state and federal laws, regulations, policies, and procedures
  • Experience creating budget requirements for environmental projects
  • Experience developing environmental policies to support hazardous waste minimization
  • Ability to provide program oversight for compliance, conservation, restoration, and pollution prevention activities
  • Skills in evaluating program effectiveness, developing corrective action plans, and aligning with higher-level goals
  • Proficiency in monitoring emerging environmental regulations and advising senior leadership on their impacts
  • U.S. citizenship and ability to qualify based on experience alone (no education substitution)

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: Serves as senior staff consultant on all environmental program requirements at Fort Riley.

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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) Utilizing local guidelines related to environmental protection such as: State and Federal laws, regulations, policies and procedures; 2) Creating budget requirements for environmental projects; 3) Developing environmental policies to support hazardous waste minimization.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position of the federal service (GS-13).

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. Major Duties:

  • Serves as Chief, Environmental Division and senior staff consultant on all environmental program requirements at a large multi-mission installation.
  • Provides program oversight of activities related to compliance, conservation, restoration and pollution prevention.
  • Manages the installation environmental program in consonance with applicable policies and regulations.
  • Evaluates compliance and effectiveness of program in consonance with HQDA goals and objectives; develops corrective action plans as necessary.
  • Maintains awareness of current and emerging environmental regulations and policies; monitors impact on mission and operations and advises installation commander and senior mission commander and tenant leadership.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/13/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/13/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: MCFU-26-12884003-DHA