This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/499464700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
This position will be the Lead Environmental Protection Specialist for the Office of Airports (ARP), Alaskan Region in support of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The Airports Division serves as the principal Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) organization responsible for all airport program matters in environmental compliance and noise abatement.
Learn more about this agency05/12/2018 to 06/01/2018
$100,701 - $156,114 per year
Salary range includes 28.02% locality pay. In addition, a 3.74% Cost-of-Living Allowance is authorized. Locality and COLA are subject to change.
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Occasional travel - The job may require travel from time- to-time, but not on a regular basis. The travel may be for training or other work-related duties.
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AAL-ARP-18-070-57445
499464700
As the Lead Environmental Protection Specialist, incumbent will be the point of contact, authoritative consultant, and technical expert for environmental and noise compliances, incumbent reviews projects for applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, including FAA Advisory Circulars, Orders, Guidance and Grant assurances.
Provides specialized technical services to ensure compliance with NEPA and other federal environmental laws for airport development and planning projects. These services include, but are not limited to: overseeing the environmental analysis, agency consultation, public involvement and preparation of environmental documents in accordance with NEPA and FAA requirements. These include Categorical Exclusions (CATEX), Environmental Assessments (EA) and/or Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). Participates in the development, review/approval of Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Records of Decisions (ROD).
Provides specialized technical services related to Airport Noise Compatibility Studies prepared pursuant to 14 CFR Part 150 and Notice and Approval of Airport Noise and Access Restriction prepared pursuant to 14 CFR Part 161. Prepares Federal Register Notice, Records of Approval, and other documents.
Provides technical input and guidance to Planners, Engineers, and airport sponsors in the development of Airport Capital Improvement Plans and Master plans to ensure compliance with NEPA and other environmental laws.
Provides technical input and guidance to Part 139 inspectors and other lines of business to minimize environmental impacts while promoting airport/aviation safety. This includes participation in the development, review and approval of Wildlife Hazard Assessments and Management Plans.
Reviews and approves Scopes of Work, payment requests, grant applications and related project documents. Determines eligibility of work on projects involving environmental studies or assessments.
Reviews and prepares correspondence including Congressional correspondence, briefing papers, approval letters and guidance to sponsors associated with all aspects of airport development.
Participates in national teams to review current policy and guidance. Makes recommendations for changes to national policy.
Performs other duties as assigned.
To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to FV-I pay band or FG/GS-13 grade level. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. Specialized experience may include but is not limited to: synthesizing the written work products across a wide variety of environmental disciplines; editing technical documents, and write for a wide audience so that complex issues can be conveyed to the general public; overseeing the environmental regulatory process, including scoping, public participation and public notice and the ability to communicate this process to others; reviewing integrated noise modeling and/or establishing noise contours; reviewing air quality assessments; reviewing historic/architectural/archeological/cultural reviews; endangered or threatened species reviews, and/or wetland delineations and mitigation measures.
The applicant may have an environmental science degree and/or extensive environmental experience or may have an engineering or law degree with environmental program experience. Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history. Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
Make sure your resume includes detailed information to support your qualifications and answers to the job questionnaire.
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.
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, please include information within your resume work history that shows 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 response level you selected. 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.
Eligible applicants meeting the minimum qualification requirements must also meet the Selective Placement Factor to qualify. Applicants may be further evaluated on the Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs) listed within this announcement. Based on this evaluation, applicants will be placed in one of the following categories: score order, category grouping, or priority grouping and referred to the selecting official for consideration.
Interviews will be conducted in accordance with the Multi-Unit Bargaining Unit Contract, dated April 7, 2011.
Selection and placement is contingent upon waiver or successful completion of a satisfactory background investigation check.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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.
A resume is required. Your resume must be submitted online prior to the closing date.
A copy of your SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action is required to verify your status. Do not submit an "award" SF-50. See paragraph below regarding the items/blocks that must be apparent on your SF-50.
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 https://eopf.opm.gov/dot/.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Applicants must apply online through USAJOBS and the FAA's online application AVIATOR system.
Your application package must be submitted online prior to the closing date.
You must apply online to receive consideration. Your application must have a status of "Received" by 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the Close Date for it to be accepted. If you are applying for positions associated with FAA registers, your application must have a status of "Received" each time a referral list is created in order to receive consideration for positions associated with register.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE OR EDUCATION.
We strongly encourage applicants to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder in the creation of resumes.
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Candidates for FAA positions are evaluated using our Automated Vacancy Information Access Tool for Online Referral (AVIATOR) system.
AVIATOR compares your skills and experience as described in your application with the requirements of the position.
If you are found to be an eligible, highly-qualified candidate, you will be referred to the selecting official for further consideration.
(In some cases, individuals with priority for special consideration must be considered and selected before other candidates.)
Whether or not you are contacted for an interview depends upon the location of the position and the judgment of the selecting official.
Important - If you make any change to your application, you must resubmit it.
If you change your application and do not resubmit it, your changes will not be considered part of your application package, and your previous application will be considered.
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 us. 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.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/499464700. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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