SUPERVISORY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER

Supervisory Environmental Engineer – Head of the Environment Division (106.3), Occupational Safety Health and Environment Office (106), and Chief Environmental Engineer of Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Responsibilities You will develop effective and efficient teams and organizations. You will evaluate environmental programs to ensure that staff, equipment, and procedures are adequate to meet environmental legal/regulatory requirements and objectives. You will provide consultation and advice to management and technical personnel, particularly in dealing with issues not readily covered by established methods/guidance. You will communicate and participate in public relations sufficient to represent the command in both internal and higher echelon meetings and conferences. You will participate in dealings/negotiations with representatives of regulatory agencies and the public. Qualifications Experience working in an industrial environment. Experience managing multiple environmental compliance programs. Experience interpreting environmental laws and regulations. Experience collecting and assembling data for regulatory submittal. Experience negotiating with regulatory agencies. Experience forecasting resource needs and managing scheduled workload. Experience assessing shipyard project needs and relationships to environmental risk and liability. Experience communicating with various personnel levels in organizations including production, engineering and leadership both written and oral. Experience identifying and fostering working relationships with separate navy commands. Experience applying engineering principles to solve problems. Conditions of Employment Must be a U.S. citizen. Must be determined suitable for federal employment. Must participate in the direct deposit pay program. New employees must be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Within the Department of Defense, the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code §3326. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. You will be required to successfully complete a pre-appointment physical examination. You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. You will be required to wear personal protective equipment such as helmets, gloves, coveralls, glasses, goggles, respirators and safety shoes continuously for the duration of the work shift. Work is performed in areas where potentially harmful physical and chemical agents are present (e.g. fumes, dust, heat, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and chemicals). You will be required to participate in medical surveillance programs. This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time. You will be required to climb ladders and scaffolding. Supervisors in the executive branch have a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. You will be required to review the 14 General Principles of Ethical Conduct at 5 CFR 2635.101. Education and Professional Credentials Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must 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 include differential and integral calculus and courses in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: statics, dynamics; strength of materials; fluid mechanics, hydraulics; thermodynamics; electrical fields and circuits; nature and properties of materials; or any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics. OR Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. OR Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. OR Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and in engineering that included the courses specified in the basic requirements. OR Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least one year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Benefits Federal employees have access to a comprehensive benefits package. #J-18808-Ljbffr