Environmental Protection Specialist (Direct Hire)

US Headquarters, NASA; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NASA's Office of Strategic Infrastructure (OSI) as the JPL Site Environmental Technical Manager and help enable mission success through environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance.

You will provide technical leadership for complex environmental programs supporting JPL's mission operations, infrastructure, construction, and facilities while ensuring compliance with federal environmental requirements.

Qualifications

• Provide leadership for complex environmental compliance programs.
• Interpret and apply federal environmental laws and regulations (NEPA, CERCLA, Section 106).
• Manage environmental permitting, reporting, regulatory coordination, or remediation activities.
• Advise leadership on complex environmental compliance issues, risks, and requirements affecting facilities, infrastructure, or operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for complex environmental compliance programs.
• Interpret and apply federal environmental laws and regulations (NEPA, CERCLA, Section 106).
• Manage environmental permitting, reporting, regulatory coordination, or remediation activities.
• Advise leadership on complex environmental compliance issues, risks, and requirements affecting facilities, infrastructure, or operations.

Skills

Technical leadership

Environmental compliance

Regulatory knowledge

NEPA/Regulations

Permitting & reporting

Job description

Join NASA's Office of Strategic Infrastructure (OSI) as the JPL Site Environmental Technical Manager and help enable mission success through environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance. You will provide technical leadership for complex environmental programs supporting JPL's mission operations, infrastructure, construction, and facilities while ensuring compliance with federal environmental requirements. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

To qualify for GS-14

• Providing technical leadership or oversight for complex environmental compliance programs;
• Interpreting and applying federal environmental laws and regulations, such as NEPA, CERCLA, or Section 106 requirements;
• Managing environmental permitting, reporting, regulatory coordination, or remediation activities;
• Advising leadership on complex environmental compliance issues, risks, and requirements affecting facilities, infrastructure, or operations.

* The following training is preferred but not required for this position: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Information (RCRA) Hazardous Waste Generator Training, California Universal Waste Training (22 CCR 66273.36), RCRAInfo Training, DOT Hazmat Employee Training under 49 CFR 172.704, California Certified Emission Reductions (CERS) / Tier II Reporting Training

Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job.

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