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USAJOBS · 22 hours ago

Chief Environmental Branch

New London, Connecticut, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$100K/yr - $130K/yr

1+ years exp

USAJOBS is seeking a Chief Environmental Branch for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The role involves overseeing environmental compliance, providing supervision to technical staff, and managing environmental services contracts.

ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Serving as the Academy's principal authority on environmental compliance, ensuring adherence to all regulations, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, and CERCLA

Providing first-line supervision and direction for the Environmental Branch technical staff

Preparing, reviewing, and approving all National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) program for all Academy projects

Managing the Academy's environmental services contracts, including developing scopes of work, leading Architect-Engineer (A-E) selection evaluations, and overseeing contractor performance

Providing authoritative advice during construction, resolves complex compliance conflicts, and represents the Academy in meetings and negotiations with regulatory agencies (e.g., EPA, Connecticut DEEP) and other federal, state, and local stakeholders

Managing the multi-year EC&R program by securing funding, managing budgets, initiating restoration projects, and fulfilling all reporting requirements to address the backlog of environmental remediation efforts

Qualification

Environmental EngineeringEnvironmental Compliance ManagementSupervisionFinancial ManagementProject ManagementInfluencing/NegotiatingKnowledge ManagementPerformance Management

Required

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service

A one-year probationary period may be required

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation

Selectee must be able to obtain/maintain a valid state driver's license

Selectee subject to successful completion of pre-employment medical exam

All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit

Degree: Professional Engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics

Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering

To qualify at the GS-12 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the federal sector

Specialized experience must include the following: Managing environmental compliance for an organization, Supervising and directs work for more than 1 individual on team, Providing advice during construction, resolves compliance conflicts, and represents the organization with regulatory agencies (e.g., EPA, Connecticut DEEP) and other federal, state, and local stakeholders