Environmental Engineer

Summary

The environmental engineer is responsible for Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) planning and implementation as well as environmental compliance activities. The employee assumes a lead role in the development of facility environmental policy and procedural documentation. The employee is also responsible for directing the review of major engineering plans specifications and technical reports to ascertain the environmental impacts of construction activities.

Duties

Major Duties

The environmental engineer is responsible for GEMS planning and implementation as well as environmental compliance activities. The employee assumes a lead role in the development of facility environmental policy and procedural documentation. The employee is also responsible for directing the review of major engineering plans specifications and technical reports to ascertain the environmental

impacts of construction activities. The employee works with facility leadership to integrate environmental considerations into planning and operational addition the employee coordinates environmental activities with regional representatives and supports the development of integrated planning for all facilities within the region.

Environmental Policies & Programs

The employee supports the development of facility environmental policies programs and

procedural documentation.

Inter & Intra Agency Cooperation

The employee interacts with federal state and local environmental agencies with respect to facility environmental issues regarding compliance.

Environmental Audits & Investigations

The employee leads environmental audits and incident investigations conducts root cause analysis develops corrective actions and tracks incidents to closure.

Training of Staff

The employee trains facility employees and lower grade environmental staff.

Construction Projects

The employee leads construction projects reviews to determine environmental impacts confirm environmental compliance requirements and assess environmental risk control needs.

National GEMS Committees

The employee participates in the national-level GEMS committees within VA.

GEMS Committee

The employee chairs the local GEMS Committee.

Recycling Program Coordinator

The employee serves as the Recycling Program Coordinator.

ISO 14001

The employee is responsible for the implementation of ISO 14001.

This position is at full performance level.

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

Virtual : This is not a virtual position.

Position Description / PD# : Environmental Engineer / PD93113-0

Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI) : Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12 / 31 / 1959
• Subject to background / security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider :

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 02 / 06 / 2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement : Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade as required by the this instance you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note : Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

You may qualify based on your experience and / or education as described below :

Basic Requirements :

A. Degree : Engineering. To be acceptable the program must : (1) lead to a bachelors degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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. OR

B. 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 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. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following :

1. Professional registration or licensure Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI) Engineer in Training (EIT) 1 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 registration through a State Boards eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions.

2. Written Test Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) 2examination 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.

3. Specified academic courses Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical mathematical and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.

4. Related curriculum Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelors 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 bachelors degree in engineering provided the applicant has had at least 1 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.)

Applicants must also meet the Specialized Experience described below :

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position :

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; religions; 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.

Note : A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements : Some work may require periods of walking standing bending climbing or driving. Employees may carry light items such as books instruments and other similar materials. The work does not require any special physical effort.

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note : Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges universities schools or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here : If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information visit :

Additional information

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicants criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process visit Human Resources and Administration / Operations Security and Preparedness (HRA / OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits.

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Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

GIS,System Design,Data Collection,Technical Writing,Wastewater,Autodesk,OSHA,Drafting,Calculus,Oil & Gas Experience,EPA,EHS

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 98729 - 128350