Supervisory Interdisciplinary (Chief, Environmental Sciences Section)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Kansas City (MO)

Remote

USD 108,000 - 117,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Kansas City seeks a Supervisory Interdisciplinary (Chief, Environmental Sciences Section) to lead a scientific team on complex environmental cleanup projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and collaboration with agencies like the EPA to safely execute remediation missions.

You will monitor contractor performance, manage project delivery, and guide interdisciplinary engineers and scientists.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree (or higher) in physical science, engineering, or mathematics with 24 semester hours in physical science/engineering.
Combination of Education and Experience: 24 semester hours in physical science/engineering plus appropriate experience or education.
Professional registration as Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE).
FE examination or equivalent written test for licensure.
60 semester hours of courses in physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences with specified coursework.

Responsibilities

Lead a scientific team on complex environmental cleanup projects and ensure regulatory compliance.
Monitor contractor performance to ensure deliverables meet cost and quality standards.
Collaborate with agencies (e.g., EPA) to safely execute remediation missions.

Education

Bachelor's degree in physical science/engineering/mathematics

Bachelor's degree in physical sciences/life sciences/engineering

Job description

Supervisory Interdisciplinary (Chief, Environmental Sciences Section)

Hiring Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

About the Position: You will serve as Section Chief leading a scientific team on complex environmental cleanup projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and collaborating with agencies like the EPA to safely execute vital remediation missions.

Key Responsibilities

Monitor contractor performance to ensure deliverables meet cost and quality standards.

Requirements & Education

***In addition to meeting the basic education requirements listed below, to qualify for this position you must also meet the minimum qualification requirements in the Qualifications section above.*** Basic Requirement for a Physical Scientist: A.

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) 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 B.

Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to one of the majors, as shown in A above, that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirement for a Chemist: A.

Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by course work in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics. OR B.

Combination of Education and Experience: Course work equivalent to a major in the physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering, including at least 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education. Basic Requirement for a Civil, Chemical, or Environmental Engineer: A.

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: (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), 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 Board's 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) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 4.

Related curriculum - 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 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. Basic Requirement for an Environmental Health Scientist: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B.

Combination of Education and Experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the 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.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $108173 – $117034/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-06.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.