[ES_JOBS_NET] Environmental Protection Specialist, Dept. of Transportation, CT

Thu Sep 20 16:46:13 MDT 2018

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Overview

.         Open & closing dates

 09/19/2018 to 09/28/2018

.         Service

Competitive

.         Pay scale & grade

GS 11 - 12

.         Salary

$68,031 to $106,004 per year

.         Appointment type

Permanent

.         Work schedule

Full-Time - Full Time

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1 vacancy in the following location:

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Glastonbury, CT

Relocation expenses reimbursed

Yes Relocation expenses are authorized for this position.

Telework eligible

Yes as determined by agency policy

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ic/> U.S. citizens, nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

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Announcement number

FHWA.FO-2018-0316

Control number

511284800

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Summary

You will be responsible for providing technical guidance concerning all
Federal-aid Highway Program environmental programs, activities, and analyses
within a State or, as a shared resource in multiple States. 

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Responsibilities

As an Environmental Protection Specialist you will: 

o    Assist in assuring that environmental programs, studies, and documents
on Federal-aid highway projects comply with the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act,
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, archeology, noise
impacts, Presidential Executive Orders, and other Federal environmental laws
and requirements.

o    Provide guidance and technical assistance to the FHWA Division Office,
State DOT, State and local transportation partners, Tribal Governments, and
Federal resource and regulatory agencies, and participate in process reviews
related to the environmental aspects of all program areas.

o    Represent the Division Office and serve as a technical advisor on FHWA
policy, laws, regulations, Executive Orders, and directives related to NEPA
and FHWA's project development process.

o    Advise FHWA stakeholders and Federal and State partner agencies on
Federal responsibilities and the requirements of NEPA, the Council on
Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508), and FHWA regulations,
policies, and guidance.

o    Ensure environmental laws are addressed and integrated into the NEPA
decision-making process.

o    Provide feedback on environmental documents and studies.

o    Collaborate with and advises stakeholders of special environmental
concerns such as those related to context sensitivity, environmental
justice, community impact assessments, wetlands, cultural resources, Section
4(f), biological resources, ecosystems, hazardous wastes and brownfields,
greenhouse gas emissions, project level air quality conformity and global
climate change, and highway traffic noise.

o    Conduct field reviews to resolve complex environmental issues/problems
and provides technical assistance to the Division Office's transportation
customers.

o    Review and/or coordinate the review of NEPA documents and other
environmental documentation within the Division Office to ensure compliance
with requirements.

o    Provide technical assistance to resolve program and project-specific
issues.

o    Conduct program and process reviews of Federal-aid projects to ensure
that Federal requirements and environmental commitments are achieved.

Ideal candidate:  Federal-aid Highway environmental activities within
Connecticut. You will assure that environmental studies on Federal-aid
highway projects comply with National Environmental Policy Act, Section 4(f)
of the Department of Transportation Act, Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act, and other Federal requirements. You work on
environmental activities with FHWA staff, State and local transportation
partners, Tribal Governments, and other Federal agencies.

Travel Required

Occasional travel - Some travel is required.

Supervisory status

No

Promotion Potential

12

.         Job family (Series)

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Specialist

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

o    You must meet specialized experience to qualify.

o    Submit application and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing
date.

o    Review Required Documents Section as documents are required by closing
date

o    Announcement also advertised Status & VEOA Applicants:
FHWA.FO-2018-0315.

o    This position is eligible for telework.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:

o    SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for
the Selective Service.

o    DEU REQUIREMENTS: Applicants selected under delegated examining
procedures may be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary
period (unless already completed).

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet either
the education or specialized experience requirements for the grade at which
you are requesting consideration.

To qualify on for the GS-11 on Experience, you must have at least one year
of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-09, it must include BOTH OF THE
FOLLOWING:

o    Experience applying environmental standards, methods, and practices to
assure full implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
and other environmental laws, regulations or policy (such as Section 4(f) of
the DOT Act, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, laws
concerning archeology, endangered species, noise impacts, project level Air
Quality conformity determinations, or Executive Orders).

o    Experience preparing and reviewing environmental documents including,
but not limited to Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Environmental
Assessments (EA), Categorical Exclusions (CE), Environmental Assessments,
Purpose and Needs Statements, Alternative Analyses, etc.

To qualify for the GS-11 on Education alone, you must have:

o    3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a
Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

o    You can also qualify based on a combination of higher level graduate
education and experience.  

To qualify on for the GS-12 on Experience (in addition to the GS-11), you
must have at least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-11,
it must include ALL of the following:

o    Experience applying environmental standards, methods, and practices to
assure full implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
and other environmental laws, regulations or policy (such as Section 4(f) of
the DOT Act, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, laws
concerning archeology, endangered species, noise impacts, project level Air
Quality conformity determinations, or Executive Orders);

o    Experience preparing and reviewing environmental documents including,
but not limited to Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Environmental
Assessments (EA), Categorical Exclusions (CE), Environmental Assessments,
Purpose and Needs Statements, Alternative Analyses, etc.,  AND

o    Experience working with other Federal and/or State agencies to advance
projects in accordance with NEPA requirements.

You cannot qualify on education at this level, you must have experience.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work
done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and
other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious;
spiritual; community, student, social).  Volunteer work helps build critical
competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and
experience that translates directly to paid employment.  You will receive
credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

For additional information about applying to Federal positions, please click
on the following link:
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/gene
ral-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=e4

Students enrolled in a qualifying degree program can apply if the
anticipated graduation date is within six months of closing date of the
announcement. Graduation transcript must be received before start date.

Other applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing
date of this announcement.

Education

Additional information

Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority
consideration. For more information, please review
<http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp> the OPM
Employee's Guide to Career Transition.

EEO STATEMENT: The Department of Transportation (DOT) maintains a model
federal work environment that is free of discrimination. DOT ensures equal
employment opportunity for employees and applicants for employment,
regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including
pregnancy and gender identity), genetic information, age, disability, sexual
orientation, or protected activity.

This vacancy may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days for this
location.

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How You Will Be Evaluated

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

DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE
ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not
support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your
response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon
which to make a qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume
contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending
dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per
week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should
provide the position series and grade level. 

If you meet the qualification requirements, your application will be placed
in one of four categories: Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze, which is based
upon your responses to the vacancy questions. Within these categories,
applicants eligible for veteran's preference that have provided supporting
documents will receive selection priority over non-veterans. The top rated
applications will be reviewed for the quality of your experience, education
and training relevant to the position.

Your application will be rated on the extent and quality of your experience,
education and training relevant to the position. The answers you select in
the on-line process must be substantiated in your application package.  If
upon review, it is determined that your described work history,
competencies, and/or supporting documents do not support your answer
choices, your application may be updated or you may not be referred to the
selecting official. Please ensure that your work history provides enough
details to support your answers.   The Automated Staffing Office is
ultimately responsible for determining your final rating.

To preview questions please
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2&jnum=80527> click here.

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Background checks and security clearance

Security clearance

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Public Trust - Background Investigation

Drug test required

No

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Required Documents

ALL Applicants must provide a resume that fully supports the required
specialized experience and was created within USA Jobs Resume Builder and
respond to the vacancy questions by the closing date of the vacancy. 

The following is a list of documents that are only required based on the
type of position and consideration for which you are applying.  

TRANSCRIPTS - Transcripts are REQUIRED if you are substituting education for
experience. The transcripts need not be official, but must show that you
meet the stated education requirements, including specific major or class
requirements. 

o    If you have previously held a government position in the same series as
this position, you may be able to provide an SF-50 showing that you have
already qualified and worked in the federal service in this series.  

VETERANS: Your last DD214, Certificate of Release or Discharge From Active
Duty, that shows the type of discharge and all dates of active duty is
required to verify your eligibility.  It need not be official.

o    If you are applying to a vacancy opened to all US Citizens under
category rating and wish to be considered as a preference eligible, you need
to submit a copy of your DD214.

o    If you are claiming preference eligibility as a disabled veteran, you
must submit proof of entitlement of this preference which is normally a
valid letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying to the
present existence of the service-connected disability and indicating the
percentage of your disability.  An SF-15 is desired, but not required.

o    If you are applying to a vacancy opened Status and you are requesting
consideration under Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) (
<https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/shav/#veoa>
https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/shav/#veoa), you need to provide a copy of
your last DD214, which verifies your military service dates, reason for
separation, OR certification of separation that shows a discharge date
within 120 days of the closing of this announcement, and eligibility for
consideration under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act.

STATUS APPLICANTS:  If seeking eligibility consideration as
status/agency/DOT employee, you must provide proof of eligibility in the
form of an SF-50.   Your SF-50 must verify the highest grade held
competitively, full performance level of position, and eligibility as a
status applicant.  Please do not submit an Award SF-50, as these are often
incomplete and do not verify grade or status eligibility.

NON COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS: If requesting concurrent consideration for
Non-competitive (NC) appointment eligibility,  you must provide the
appropriate SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY DOCUMENTS, such as PCS orders
(military spouse) describing move & marriage certificate; letter from VA or
DD214 describing 100% disability of spouse; letter from State Vocational
Office certifying disability (schedule A), etc. For more information, visit
military spouse NC appointments or Persons with Disabilities NC
appointments.

DISPLACED EMPLOYEES: If requesting consideration under the Career Transition
Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet
the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements
for position and scoring at least an 85 or falling in the Gold Category)
and provide all of the following documents:  

o    your most recent performance appraisal,

o    the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and

o    your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade.

Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date of the
vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position.
Please review your application prior to final submission and ensure you have
submitted all appropriate documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT
ensure inclusion with your application to our system.  You must verify that
the documents are in the system with your application prior to final
submission.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

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
<http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/> 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.

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