SUPERVISORY INTERDISCIPLINARY LIFE SCIENTIST/ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER/PHYSICAL SCIENTIST

Summary

You will serve as either a SUPERVISORY LIFE SCIENTIST, SUPERVISORY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER, or SUPERVISORY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST in the COMPLIANCE AND QUALITY DEPARTMENT of FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST.

Duties

• You will establish methods, techniques, and parameters of data collection, direct employees to collect and organize data, conduct analyses and formulate conclusions relative to environmental regulatory compliance.
• You will assess the abilities of department personnel to meet current, future and contingency requirements and develop plans and programs to enhance capabilities while performing within budget.
• You will represent the division in matters relating to the development of new or innovative methods and processes to improve environmental compliance, increase pollution prevention and conserve energy resources.
• You will communicate the compliance forecast for regulatory issues and their potential impact to the industrial operations of an industrial aerospace repair facility with management representatives, Installations and Logistics, and Supply.
• You will ensure adequate funding is available for waste disposal, equipment purchases and replacements, consumable items, contract support, contract services, salaries, training and travel.
• You will manage the contractor service contracts, procurement review, contract administration, and all funds allocated to and expended by the Environmental Division.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 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) Directing/coordinating pollution prevention initiatives through industrial engineering resources (e.g. purchasing equipment or systems to replace current equipment/systems identified as contributors to environmental problems); 2) Researching technology to alleviate environmental problems in complex industrial operations; and 3) Recommending major acquisition research/reviews impacting environmental issues. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf 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.

Education

Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: 0401 Series: Successful completion of a degree in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or a related discipline appropriate to this position. OR Successful completion of a combination of education and experience in one of the above majors that includes at least 24 semester hours in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or a discipline related to this position plus appropriate experience or additional education. The quality of the combination of education and experience demonstrates that I possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the work of the position and is comparable to that normally acquired through the completion of a full four year course of study with a major as described above. 0819 Series: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training…