Environmental Protection Specialist

Summary

The Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) works to promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve resources offshore through vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement. For information about our bureau go to: http://www.bsee.gov/

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Duties

This position is located within the Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Office of Administration, Management Support Division, Facilities Team, duty stationed in Sterling, VA.

At the full performance level (GS-12) the major duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:

1. Leads and coordinates comprehensive efforts for the development, maintenance, measurement, and improvement of the Environmental Management System (EMS). Ensures adherence to the sixteen (16) elements of an International Standardization for Organization (ISO) 14001:2004 conformant EMS, and that each element is documented fully and will not result in non-conformities during audit.

2. Provides technical guidance for environmental regulatory compliance and EMS, and expertise and advice to management and employees. Represents the bureaus to the department Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance (OEPC) and the Sustainability Council.

3. Coordinates and provides oversight for environmental policy and guidance documents. Updates bureau guidance in accordance with evolving programs and regulatory conditions to assure field knowledge and compliance with regulatory requirements and responsibilities.

4. Plans, coordinates, directs, and evaluates activities for all projects associated with environmental management program and regulations and determines their impact on air, water, and/or land resources.

5. Prepares briefing materials and delivers presentations to management at Departmental and Bureau level meetings. Develops and communicates action plans for mitigating risks associated with aspects and impacts identified in the annual EMS evaluations.

6. Leads policy and procedure reviews with the bureaus’ Cross Functional Team (CFT). Reviews ongoing bureau activities to evaluate the scope of the EMS, makes adjustments to policy and commitment statements as necessary, conducts annual aspect and impact inventory, performs annual risk analysis to determine significant environmental aspects, and develops specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) action plans.

7. Documents progress and planned actions for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Sustainability/Energy Scorecard. Maintains and updates information for all goals covered by the SSPP and responds to the Departmental level Sustainability Council Data Calls.

8. Develops and conducts internal and external audit plans for BSEE EMS. Creates non-conformity tracking database and resolves non-conformities in a pre-established time frame. Reports findings and status of the EMS to senior management at least annually.

Salary Range Information:

GS-12: $99,200 – $128,956

First time hires to the federal government typically start at the beginning salary in the range for their respective grade level.

This vacancy may be used to fill additional positions as vacancies become available.

This vacancy is also announced as BSEE-EECC-24-FS-179(MP) for those applicants who wish to apply and be considered under Merit Promotion procedures.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

1. You must be a U.S. Citizen.
2. You will be subject to a background/suitability investigation/determination.
3. You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit.
4. You must submit ALL required documents and a completed questionnaire.
5. Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service system, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See http://www.sss.gov/.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position you must meet the Specialized Experience for the series/grade to which you are applying.

Specialized Experience:

To qualify for the GS-12, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as demonstrated experience:

1. Applying the principles, theories, concepts, methods, and techniques of environmental management systems sufficient for the development and operation of an International Standards Organization (ISO) 14001:2004 or ISO 14001:2015 conformant Environmental Management Systems (EMS); AND

2. Interpreting and reviewing various regulations and directives (e.g. E.O 14057; SO 3407) to establish and maintain required record keeping; AND

3. Evaluating environmental management and sustainability issues to assess how existing or new program goals and objectives can be implemented.

MUST MEET ALL.

Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualification Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions and is available at OPM’s website: https://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/num-ndx.asp

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Education cannot be used as a substitution for experience.

Additional information

Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position.

Identification of promotion potential in this announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligation on the part of management to promote the employee selected at some future date. Promotion will depend upon administrative approval and the continuing need for and performance of higher-level duties.

The application contains information subject to the Privacy Act (P.L. 93-579, 5 USC 552a). The information is used to determine qualifications for employment, and is authorized under Title 5, USC, Section 3302 and 3361.

Notice of Financial Disclosure Report Requirement: The position to which you will be appointed is subject to a financial disclosure reporting requirement and you will be required to complete a new entrant Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) within 30 days of your appointment.

Important Note: All Department of the Interior (DOI) employees are subject to the conflict of interest restrictions imposed upon all employees of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and may be required to file a Financial Disclosure Report. In addition, DOI employees, GS-15 and above, who work in the Office of the Secretary; along with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) employees (at ALL grade levels), are further restricted concerning their interests in Federal lands and resources administered or controlled by the Department of the Interior. This includes holding stock in energy corporations which lease Federal lands (e.g.: oil, gas, coal, alternative energy resources, etc.). If you have any such investments you should contact the DOI, BOEM or BSEE Ethics Office before accepting employment. DOI employees are held to the highest level of integrity. Employees must be objective and impartial in the performance of their work. All potential issues (e.g.: work-related interactions with friends, family members, or previous employers) must be disclosed at the time of application or during the interview process.

NOTICE: This employer participates in E-Verify and will utilize your Form I-9 information to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S.

A preliminary background check must be completed before a new employee can begin work with the U.S. Department of the Interior. The preliminary background check consists of a search of Office of Personnel Management and Department of Defense background investigation files and an FBI National Criminal History Fingerprint Check; it may take up to 3 weeks to complete. If selected for this position, you will be extended a tentative offer of employment pending a satisfactory background check. Current Federal employees or individuals with an existing completed background investigation may not be required to undergo another background check; these will be handled on a case-by-case basis in coordination with the Bureau security office.

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How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the application process is complete, we will review your application to ensure you meet the job requirements. To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume, supporting documentation and responses to the online questionnaire will be made. Your responses to the online assessment will be used to measure the degree to which your background matches the requirements for this position. You are being evaluated under the Category Rating method, which means, if you are determined to be qualified you will be placed in one of three pre-defined categories. These categories are “Platinum”, “Gold”, and “Silver”. However, your resume must support your responses to the scored occupational questionnaire, or your score may be lowered. Candidates placed in the “Platinum” category will be identified for referral to the hiring manager and may be invited for an interview. Veterans’ preference rules for category rating will be applied.

Your answers to the on-line assessment will be used to evaluate your competencies in the following areas:

• Auditing: Knowledge of generally accepted auditing standards and procedures for conducting financial and compliance, economy and efficiency, and program results audits.
• Communications and Media: Knowledge of the production, communication and dissemination ofinformation and ideas to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Analytical: Ability to collect, analyze and interpret information or data.

If you are a status applicant (current career or career-conditional Federal employee or former permanent Federal employee with reinstatement eligibility in the competitive service), or are eligible under a special appointing authority and you are selected under this vacancy, you may be subject to serving a new one-year probationary period.

To preview the assessment questionnaire click: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12397041

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How to Apply

Your complete application, including required documents, must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.

To apply on-line, you must complete and submit an application by accessing the USAJOBS website at www.usajobs.gov. To begin, click the Apply Online button near the bottom of this screen and follow the prompts to register into your USAJOBS account, answer the questions, and submit all required documents.

To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account at www.usajobs.gov and click on “Application Status.” Click on the position title, and then select Apply Online to continue.

Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their application, associated documents and applicable personal information shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) that have vacancies within the same occupational series, grade, promotion potential and in the same geographic location(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive consideration.

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Agency contact information

HR Assistant HR Assistant

Phone

7037871446

Email

human.resources7@bsee.gov

Address

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

45600 Woodland Road

Sterling, VA 20166

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Next steps

You can track the progress of your application package via your USAJobs account. You will receive an acknowledgment from USAJobs that your submission was successful, once we have received your on-line assessment questionnaire, resume and any supporting documentation. You will be notified of the status of your application via your USAJobs account after we conduct a qualification review of your complete application package. You will be contacted if further evaluation or interviews are required. Any exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempt to conceal information may disqualify you for employment consideration. We may verify all information you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verification of your education. If you are selected, you will be contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement.

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