Lead Environmental Protection Specialist

About the role

As the Lead Environmental Protection Specialist serves as the FAA Logistics Center Environmental Occupational Safety and Health (EOSH) program manager, implementing and enforcing ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) and other related initiatives.

What you will do

• Serves as Team Lead and Subject Matter Expert (SME) in EOSH related matters.
• Represents the FAA Logistics Center with internal and external stakeholders.
• Applies experience and comprehensive technical knowledge applicable to his/her discipline, as well as an understanding of new technologies and methodologies, to solve complex problems and develop improved technical processes or systems.
• Works under the minimal direction of a manager pr program/project manager.
• Provides recommendations and briefings to senior management on EOSH issues and assists divisions and their respective environmental representatives in the proper implementation of accepted recommendations.
• Reviews changes in EOSH policy and laws.
• Interprets, creates and implements policy and procedure changes.
• Provides guidance to FAA Logistics Center and external stakeholders (AMC and ATO) on EOSH issues that have significant impacts across the Agency.
• Leads a team of employees and assigns and reviews work on a continuous basis, assuring the accuracy and program requirements are met.
• Serves as team lead by assigning and monitoring workload, providing input to employee performance, mentoring staff, and managing resources to include leave, travel and training.
• Advises stakeholders to ensure compliance with environmental requirements through training, one-on-one support, site visits, document reviews and communications tools.
• Conducts timely review of environmental and systems planning documents to ensure compliance with appropriate laws and regulations and mitigate risk to the Agency.
• Develops environmental compliance procedures (work instructions) and identifies opportunities to streamline environmental processes while ensuring effective integration of environmental stewardship with planning, engineering, project delivery and operations.
• Provides technical advice and assistance to internal and external stakeholders on matters relating to the development, execution, and maintenance of adequate environmental protection plans and programs.
• Independently handles matters that are unique or unusual in nature where guidance may not be readily available.
• Provides advice and assistance in administering, or performing OSHA tasks and functions.
• Provides training and instruction to both internal and external EOSH representatives.
• Technical assistance provided includes: developing work instructions, interpreting guidance, developing communication tools, conducting training, evaluating projects/program to ensure compliance, conducting progress reviews and site visits, managing and monitoring the oversight of contractor staff, implementing checks and balances to ensure project/program success, preparing reports and compiling data on complex environmental issues and complex operations issues, and making recommendations or suggesting corrective measures.
• Develops and/or analyzes proposals for new or revised environmental protection regulations and determines their impact on air, water, and land resources.
• Conducts studies to identify environmental problems, and performs analytical work which contributes to the effectiveness of environmental plans, programs, and methods.
• Work is reviewed rarely, typically though status reports and at project completion, to ensure technical compliance and alignment with the requirements of the project or other work activity.
• Work activities typically impact directly on the objectives of one or more major subdivisions or LOB/SOs and may impact on the objectives of the FAA.
• In some areas, the work may affect the safety and security of customers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.

Education

See qualifications required. Information Regarding KSAs: As a part of the Federal-Wide Hiring Reform Initiative (streamlining the hiring process), the FAA is committed to eliminating the use of the Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSA) narratives from the initial application in the hiring process for all announcements.

Therefore, as an applicant for this announcement, you are NOT required to provide a narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA. In lieu of providing a KSA narrative response in the text box listed below each KSA, in your work history, please include information that provides specific examples of how you meet the response level or answer you chose for each KSA.

Your work history examples should be specific and clearly reflect the highest level of ability. Your KSA answers will be evaluated further to validate whether the level that you selected is appropriate based on the work history and experience you provided. Your answers may be adjusted by a Human Resource Specialist as appropriate.

Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements and Selective Factor(s), if applicable, may be further evaluated on the Quality Ranking Factor (QRF), if applicable, and the KSA¿s listed in the announcement.

Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or alphabetical and referred to the selecting official for consideration.

How you will be evaluated

IMPORTANT: Applicants may be rated on the extent and quality of experience, education, and training relevant to the duties of the position(s). All answers provided in the on-line process must be substantiated. Ensure that your application package/resume supports your responses.

Documents you must provide

• Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50) will be required to verify area of consideration.
• Other supplemental documentation, etc. will be accepted in combination with your on-line application.
• These documents must be uploaded or emailed to *** on or before the closing date of this announcement.
• All submitted documents should reference the announcement number.
• If you are an FAA employee, you MUST provide a copy of your SF-50 (Notification of Personnel Action) containing information in Blocks 15, 17, 18, 19, 22, and 24 so it can be used to verify your position title, series, grade, tenure, and organization of record by the closing date of the announcement.
• You may fax your SF-50 or upload it into the on-line application.
• If faxing the SF-50, please ensure you include the vacancy announcement number on the faxed copy.
• If you are an FAA employee, you can access and print your SF-50 from the eOPF system ***

What to expect next

Once we receive your complete application, the Human Resources Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications. Eligible and qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. You will be contacted directly if selected for an interview.

For instructions on how to check the status of your application, please go to: USAJOBS Help Guide. Important - If you make any changes to your application, you must resubmit it. If you make changes to your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and only your previously submitted application will be evaluated.

All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of political affiliation, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact listed in the Agency Contact Information section of this announcement or the hiring manager. An employee with a disability must notify the decision-maker of the accommodation request.

Job applicants and employees are required to follow up oral requests in writing. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Additional information on reasonable accommodations procedures or on EEO Programs is available on Office of Civil Rights (ACR) or by contacting the local FAA Civil Rights Office.

Additional information

We may use this vacancy to fill other similar vacant positions. Position may be subject to a background investigation. A one-year probationary period may be required.

The person selected for this position may be required to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entry on duty. FAA policy limits certain outside employment and financial investments in aviation-related companies. *** NOTES: 1.

Applicants must apply on-line to receive consideration for this vacancy announcement.

2. Some, none or all applicants may be interviewed. 3.

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or may result in you not being considered for the job. 4.

Position is covered by the FAA Core Compensation plan. Additional information about core compensation is available on the following website: Pay & Benefits | Federal Aviation Administration (faa.gov) 5. Additional information regarding living in Oklahoma can be found at ***

6. To confirm receipt of emailed documents please contact Holli Malaske at *** or ***. This is not a bargaining unit position.

Links to Important Information: Locality Pay, COLA