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Summary This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer. Responsibilities You will prepare and review Environmental Assessments (EAs)/Overseas EAs (OEAs) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)/Overseas EISs (OEISs) for proposed operations, training, homeporting/home-basing actions. You will prepare and review Environmental Assessments (EAs)/Overseas EAs (OEAs) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)/Overseas EISs (OEISs) for proposed shore infrastructure projects. You will review Navy shore facilities planning documents (master plans, capital improvement plans, special studies, construction and repair projects and site approval request). You will provide environmental planning consultation services, professional guidance and general assistance regarding NEPA and environmental compliance for proposed military operations, exercises, construction projects and force alignments. You will serve as contract COR and/or CTO COR for complex AE contracts for environmental planning services. You will mentor GS-12 and below co-workers regarding Navy and Marine Corps compliance with NEPA. You will lead an individually chartered team to complete NEPA documents. You will represents the Navy in meetings and conferences with DOD senior leadership, activity personnel and elected/appointed officials at local, regional, state and federal levels. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications For 819 Environmental Engineering Series only: This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: you must possess current registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in any state, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico or Guam. You must provide a copy of your current registration with your application. In addition to the Basic Requirements and Selective Placement Factor (if applying for 819 series), your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-12 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Overseeing the application of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related environmental programs for an organization; Reviewing NEPA documentation, including Record of Categorical Exclusions (RCEs), Environmental Assessments (EAs) and Environmental Impact Statement (EISs) for various actions; and Applying knowledge of a wide range of theories, principles, concepts, practices, standards and methods of natural resources management, biological and physical sciences in managing the NEPA program for an organization. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF AND https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/community-planning-series-0020/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0400/general-natural-resources-management-and-biological-sciences-series-0401/ https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1300/general-physical-science-series-1301/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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. Education Applicants for the Community Planning (0020 series) must meet the following basic requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: You have successfully completed a community planning degree, or a degree in a related discipline such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration that included at least 12 semester hours in the planning process, socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, urban and regional economic analysis, and development finance. OR You have a combination of education and experience where you have successfully completed a community planning degree, or a degree in a related discipline such as urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration and have one (1) year of work experience in community planning acquired under the supervision and guidance of a community planner. OR You have a combination of education and experience where the courses were equivalent to a major in community planning , urban affairs, architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, sociology, geography, economics, political science, or public administration; or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the listed disciplines of which at least 12 semester hours were in the planning process, and socioeconomic and physical elements of planning, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Applicants for the Environmental Engineering (0819 series) must meet the following basic requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must meet the following basic education requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Successful completion of a professional engineering degree. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) 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 (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. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. 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. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration For more information about EI and EIT registration requirements, please visit the National Society of Professional Engineers website at: http://www.nspe.org 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 The FE examination is not administered by the U. S. Office of Personnel Management. For more information, please visit: http://www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. 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 under paragraph A (above). The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A (above) 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. Ordinarily, there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. Applicants for the Physical Science (1301 series) must meet the following basic requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: You have successfully completed a bachelor's degree or higher in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics. OR You have a combination of education and experience with education equivalent to one of the majors shown above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Applicants for the Community Planning (0020 series): Please refer to the Qualifications section above to see the basic requirements for that series. Additional Information This announcement uses the Certain Personnel of the DoD direct hire authority to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. A 40 hour work week is typical for this position. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. A relocation incentive is generally a single payment intended to offset some of the relocation costs experienced by the selectee. A relocation incentive may be authorized. PHYSICAL DEMANDS Work is primarily sedentary and consists of office related activities including long periods of sitting, standing, walking and operating telephones, audio-visual equipment and computers. The work involves occasional field visits/surveys where there can be considerable walking, bending, and climbing to get in and out of sites and make observations, and lifting of loads less than 20 pounds. WORK ENVIRONMENT Work is in an office equipped with adequate ventilation, air conditioning, heating, light and toilet facilities. The employee is not exposed to hazardous substance or environments in the performance of duties. Work is sometimes conducted in the field under non-hazardous conditions. This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Several vacancies may be filled. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf.