Environmental Engineer - Projects

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Serves as technical authority Subject Matter Expert (SME) and expert advisor in all environmental sampling to support the design and execution of ordnance and explosive (OE), chemical warfare materiel (CWM), and Innovative Technology Programs.

Perform detailed review of Statement of Work, Work Plan, Safety Submissions, risk assessments, cost estimates, and final engineering reports.

Assist the Ordnance and Explosives Center of Expertise and Design Center in determining the minimum standard required for environmental sampling at all OE sites.

Perform detailed review of Statement of Work, Work Plan, Safety Submissions, risk assessments, cost estimates, and final engineering reports.

Ensure that all work is performed in accordance with Federal, State, and DOD environmental and safety laws, regulations, and policies.

Perform detailed review of in-house and contractor prepared Statements of Work, Work Plans, Safety Submissions, risk assessments, cost estimates, and final engineering reports.

Attend public hearings/meetings and defends projects as expert witness.

Perform detailed design reviews of plans, and specifications for complex domestic and industrial waste collection and treatment systems prepared by others.

Visit and maintain close liaison with the Environmental Protection Agency and state environmental offices to coordinate planned activities.

This job requires up to 50% travel.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., religious; spiritual; community; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) 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: (b) strength of materials (stress‑strain relationships);

(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.

College-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying 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. Professional registration or licensure - 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 example, an applicant who attains…