Environmental Protection Specialist

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*THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Administers the Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) program with responsibility for management of GEMS activities and internal reporting activities.
• Advises senior level management officials within the facility on the status of environmental programs and recommends changes in the design of facility work programs to meet new environmental requirements.
• Interacts with Federal, state, and local environmental agencies with respect to facility environmental issues.
• Schedules and leads environmental audits to identify and evaluate program implementation and compliance activities.
• Trains other employees and lower grade environmental staff, providing instruction on a variety of subjects related to specific and specialized environmental topics; adapts various available media to fit special and unique training requirements; and participates in the development of novel or innovative environmental training and promotion activities.
• Evaluates, modifies, and implements pollution prevention alternatives to reduce the generation of waste.
• Conducts or oversees the identification, collection, segregation, packaging, and manifesting of hazardous wastes.
• Participates on the facility's GEMS committee.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm

Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved