Summary This position is duty station negotiable within a Bureau of Land Management Oregon or Washington district or state office. This position is open to Bureau of Land Management current permanent employees on a competitive appointment and employees that meet Land Management Authority. Salary Range for GS-12: $86,962 - $113,047 Salary Range for GS-13: $103,409 - $134,435 Responsibilities This position is considered a career ladder opportunity, with a full performance level of GS-13. If selected at a lower grade level, you may be non-competitively promoted to the next grade level at the discretion of your supervisor and is contingent upon meeting regulatory and legal requirements for promotion, satisfactory performance, and the availability of higher-level work. Promotion is not guaranteed, and no promise of promotion is implied. The incumbent serves as the program lead, highest technical authority, and primary advisor and authoritative expert to the State Director, Associate State Director, Deputy State Director for the Division of Resources, Lands, and Minerals, Branch Chief for Land, Mineral, and Energy Resources, District and Field Office Managers, and staff for the Abandoned Mine Lands and Hazardous Materials Management (AML/HMM) Program for the OSO. Reports directly to the Branch Chief, Lands, Minerals and Energy Resources. Provides environmental expertise, leadership, assistance, and technical guidance to all levels and programs of the Oregon/Washington State Office with respect to abandon mine lands and hazardous material impacts, which are often complex and controversial. Administers the budget processes as well as assisting the BLM-HQ in preparing the nationwide annual Planning Target Allocations (PTA) and Directives and Annual Work Plan (AWP) for the program. Incumbent coordinates CERCLA response activities for the Oregon and Washington region and provides technical and scientific advice to the field offices and functions as the On-Scene Coordinator/Remedial Project Manager where the situation involves an unusually high degree of complexity or controversy. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application. You must meet the BASIC Requirement AND meet the ADDITIONAL Requirement in order to qualify for this position. BASIC Requirement for the 1301 series: Degree: Successfully completed a 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. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts as proof of any claimed education. OR Combination of Education and Experience: Courses 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. When combining education with experience, first determine your total qualifying education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; then determine the your experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; finally, add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify this grade level. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts as proof of any claimed education. AND ADDITIONAL Requirement: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience for the position in which you are applying: GS-12: Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sector) performing the following 3 or more of the following: 1) providing training or guidance on proper handling, transportation, or disposal of hazardous materials in accordance with governing laws and/or regulations; 2) coordinating response activities to resolve hazardous material related incidents; 3) identifying fiscal, workload, or resource needs to effectively support a hazard material or resource restoration program; 4) analyzing site investigation, assessment, or inspection results to recommend mitigation strategies and/or remedial actions; 5) overseeing restoration of resources impacted by hazardous releases and/or oil spills. GS-13: Specialized Experience: Applicants must have one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service (obtained either in the private or public sector) performing the following 3 or more of the following: 1) managing a hazardous material management program to include oversight, planning, or restoration; 2) conducting environmental site assessments to determine need for remedial action; 3) providing technical expertise on environmental investigations, inspections, remediation actions, or oversight activities related to hazardous materials; 4) developing program management plans (e.g., work plans, health and safety, community relations, quality assurance project, restoration plans, site investigation, etc.) for staff implementation; 5) implementing strategies to resolve resource management, public health, hazardous waste disposal or facility compliance. Any individual who is currently holding, or has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet time-in-grade requirements (must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent in the Federal service). Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year at the GS-11 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-12 level. One year at the GS-12 is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-13 level. Must submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. No award SF-50 will be accepted). Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Volunteer 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. You must include months, years and hours per week worked to receive credit for your work and/or volunteer experience. One year of specialized experience is equivalent to 12 months at 40 hours per week. Part-time hours are prorated. You will not receive any credit for experience that does not indicate exact hours per week or is listed as "varies". Education To qualify based on education, you must submit a legible copy of transcripts from an accredited institution with your name, school name, credit hours, course level, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Transcripts do not need to be official, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet qualification requirements, you must show that your education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. There is no substitution of education for experience at the grade level(s) of this announcement. Additional Information Physical Demands: Office and field work are needed to accomplish the duties of the position. Office work for the most part is sedentary requiring long periods of sitting. Outside working conditions require physical stamina for frequent field work or travel and exposure to sometimes unpredictable Pacific Northwest weather conditions. Fieldwork is often in harsh conditions where the climate may be extremely hot, cold, wet or windy. Temperatures may be below freezing in winter and exceed 100 degrees in the summer. Conducts assessments, inspections and investigations that often necessitates hiking or vehicular travel over rough terrain to remote locations. Field work involves operation of 4 X 4 vehicles over rough terrain and walking, bending, climbing over steep terrain covered with brush, rock, and other debris which is unstable and can cause falls. Occasional heavy lifting may be required. Working Conditions: The work environment will consist primarily of an office environment, with some office duties conducted in a meeting setting. Periods of varying length of sedentary duty in front of a computer are expected. However, some work occurs in field conditions which require a person to be in sound health and be able to withstand extreme weather conditions including extremes of cold and heat. Occasional travel is required in the position. Although safety protocols and precautions are exercised, program operations related to inventories, investigations, incident responses, site assessments, and other duties may result in exposure to regulated or hazardous material substances. Unknown risk of a toxic materials' investigation can cause both mental and physical fatigue. Use of personal protection equipment is required in situations that pose bodily risk due to a potentially contaminated site. Incumbent will adhere to all safety rules and regulations as prescribed in manuals/supplements or by the designated safety officer. Tax Law Impact for PCS: Moving expenses reimbursement is a taxable benefit. However, the Federal Travel Regulation 18-05 issued by General Services Administration has authorized agencies to use the Withholding Tax Allowance and Relocation Income Tax Allowance to pay for "substantially all" of the increased tax liability resulting from the "2018 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" for certain eligible individuals. Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation or Student Loan Repayment) may be authorized to eligible selectees. If eligible and qualified, you may be offered a recruitment or relocation incentive. The decision to offer an incentive will be made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteed. For information visit: Recruitment Incentive or Relocation Incentive or Student Loan Repayment. Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP): For information on how to apply as an ICTAP or CTAP eligible see http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ctap_guideline.pdf. To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated at 90 or above on the rating criteria for this position. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, please contact San Antonio Services Branch at SASBMailbox@opm.gov or 816-541-8101.