Clarification from the agency

Status Candidates (Merit Promotion and VEOA Eligiblies), Certain Military Spouses, Former Overseas Employees, Peace Corps and AmeriCorps Vista, Schedule A, and certain Land Management Eligibles, the Public (All U.S. citizens)

OPEN UNTIL VACANCIES ARE FILLED, MAY BE EXTENDED/CLOSED PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE. FIRST CUTOFF DATE IS 11/30/2023. OTHER CUTOFF DATES WILL BE DETERMINED AS NEEDED.

• Ensures agency's regulatory compliance with Clean Water Act (CWA), the Safe Drinking Water Act (SOWA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) regulations, Executive Orders, and pertinent case law.
• Develops environmental inventories (EI) and environmental assessments (EA).
• Coordinates the development of environmental impact statements (EIS).
• Conducts field investigations and participates actively with other government agencies in collecting and interpreting basic natural resource data.
• Reviews water quality reports, technical studies, engineering submittals, and NEPA documents to evaluate environmental impact.
• Serves as a Contracting Officer Representative for environmental contracts ensuring conformance with contractual requirements.
• Attends public and special interest group meetings and makes formal presentations.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or Naturalized U.S. Citizen.
• For Status Candidates Only: You may meet one or more criteria in the Area of Consideration section.
• You must obtain and maintain a favorable background investigation.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• You must possess and maintain a valid U.S. Motor Vehicle Driver License, without impeding restrictions, that a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory has issued.
• You must maintain Direct deposit of federal pay.
• You must complete and successfully pass the DHS required E-Verify employment verification check.
• You must successfully complete a pre-employment medical examination.
• You must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 44 pounds unassisted and sustain periods of bending, stooping, and reaching.
• You may be exposed to viruses and bacteria. Upon your request, you may receive preventative vaccinations against Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Typhoid Fever, Tuberculosis, and Tetanus at the agency expense.
• You must possess, or obtain and maintain, either upon or within 45 days of appointment, a Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer’s Representative (FAC-COR) Level I.
• You will be required to complete an immunization declaration form.
• You must complete and submit the required U.S. Office of Government Ethics Confidential Financial Disclosure Report within 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter.
• You may be required to work overtime.
• You may be required to enter Mexico to carry out official agency business.
• You may be subject to unfavorable conditions that include high and low temperature extremes, and excessive winds.
• You may be required to travel, with overnight stay, up to 15% of the time.

Qualifications

Qualifications for initial cutoff date must be met by 11/30/2023.

Minimum Qualification Requirement you must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service or an equivalent pay system; or obtained through the government or the private sector.

Grade Differential: Each grade levels perform a wide range of tasks similar to those described in the listing of functional area duties and responsibilities. At the lower grade levels the employee will be assigned work to further develop and refine their technical knowledge and skills. Assignments will combine productive work with ongoing training and instruction. Supervision received at the lower grade levels will be closer with oversight and review being provided on a regular basis.

Examples of Specialized experience: advance skill in natural resources management, GIS software and computer applications to plan, coordinate and accomplish all tasks necessary to support a variety of environmental projects and studies; knowledge of laws and regulations controlling government contracting for contract services, supplies, materials, equipment, and construction, as well as the contractor selection process; knowledge of a wide range of environmental protection concepts, principles, practices, and methodologies sufficient to conduct and review the full scope of analytical environmental documents; skill in applying analytical evaluative methods and techniques common to the discipline; knowledge of the ecological principles, ecosystem processes, and the procedures, techniques, and methods utilized in investigating and analyzing ecological relationships; knowledge of federal legislation and regulations impacting on environmental protection, such as NEPA, National Historic Preservation Act, Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Clean Water Act, Executive Orders, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); skill in interpersonal communications in order to convey both technical and informational environmental data; skill in interpersonal communications in order to convey both technical and informational environmental data; communicating with groups of people in formal and informal settings; technical writing sufficient to compose narrative, tabular, and graphic information for inclusion in typically voluminous reports; use of a computer sufficient to input, format, retrieve, modify, and produce such information in report form, operating a motor vehicle, such as a van, pickup truck, and sedan; engaging in environmental management studies, participating in critical reviews of environmental documents developed and submitted by other agencies or private interests; attending public and special interest group meetings and making formal presentations.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.

Time in Grade (TIG):Current and former Federal employees must have a minimum of 52 weeks at the next lower grade level to be eligible under Merit Promotion procedures. An SF-50 must be provided that verifies eligibility as stated in the Area of Consideration section.

Your resume must have complete information: Please ensure your resume accurately reflects the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume states complete information for each job entry (beginning and ending dates of employment stated as MM/YYYY; and total hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough information regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualification determination, your application package may be rendered disqualified, and you will no longer be considered for this position.

Part-Time or Unpaid Experience: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid work on the same basis as for paid experience. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. To receive credit for such experience you must indicate clearly the nature of the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.

How you will be evaluated

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

Once the announcement has closed, a qualifications review will be conducted. Resumes and supporting documents will be reviewed to verify eligibility and determine qualifications. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Your rating will be based on the responses to the assessment questionnaire and the information provided in your resume. If a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities. This could cause you to lose consideration for this position.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on your entire application and the extent to which you demonstrate the following competencies and/or knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Information Management
• Oral Communication
• Reasoning