Supervisory Environmental Engineer (Deputy Director)

Summary

The Architect of the Capitol is seeking a highly qualified and experienced Supervisory Environmental Engineer to serve within the Office of Safety and Code Compliance, Environmental Division. The incumbent serves as the Deputy Director and as a senior technical and supervisory authority responsible for leading environmental compliance, environmental engineering, pollution prevention, permitting and environmental management programs affecting facilities and operations across the Capitol Complex.

Duties

**This position is essential. The employee is required to report to work during emergencies and inclement weather situations. Major Duties: Supervisory and Leadership Responsibilities Provides input to the Director and office leadership regarding vision, operational planning, and budget in pursuing environmental program improvements. Provides administrative and technical supervision to professional and technical environmental staff within the Environmental Division. Plans, assigns, and evaluates work to ensure timely completion of projects and program objectives. Develops performance standards and conducts employee performance evaluations to support professional development, and organizational effectiveness. Identifies training needs and promotes employee development through mentoring, coaching, and technical guidance. Supports Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) principles and fosters an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Coordinates workload priorities, resource allocation, and operational objectives to support agency mission requirements. Environmental Program Management Leads and oversees agency-wide environmental compliance and environmental protection programs. Interprets and implements Federal, state, and local environmental regulations and standards. Develops environmental policies, procedures, guidance documents, and best management practices. Provides expert technical guidance on environmental engineering, permitting, compliance assurance, hazardous materials, spill prevention and response oversight, and leads the development of pollution prevention programs. Represents the agency in interactions with regulatory agencies, stakeholders, customer representatives, and external partners regarding environmental compliance matters. Assists in responding to regulatory inspections, audits, investigations, and regulatory enforcement actions. Environmental Engineering and Project Management Oversees work on such projects as environmental engineering studies, environmental planning efforts, and long-range master planning design initiatives to ensure application of evolving technologies and environmental compliance requirements, practices in remediation technologies and approaches. Reviews project specific work such as engineering designs, specifications, and operational plans for environmental compliance considerations. Provides technical oversight for environmental registrations, permitting, inspections, monitoring and reporting activities. Conducts environmental assessments, investigations, and compliance reviews. Supports sustainability and risk management initiatives across the Capitol Complex and at our Maryland and Virginia facilities. Develops and monitors project schedules, budgets, and deliverables. Contractor Oversight Serves as a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) on assigned contracts and projects. Reviews contractor submissions, technical deliverables, and project performance for compliance with contractual and technical requirements. Coordinates with contractors, consultants, engineers, and project teams to resolve technical issues and ensure project success. Technical Consultation and Advisory Services Serves as a senior technical advisor on complex environmental engineering and compliance matters. Provides briefings and recommendations to executive leadership, management officials, and stakeholders. Conducts research and analysis related to environmental regulations, engineering solutions, and emerging environmental risks. Supports emergency response activities involving environmental incidents, spills, or hazardous conditions.

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at OPM qualification standards Specialized experience: is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Candidates for the GS-14 grade level must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower (GS-13) grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is having experience that demonstrates all of the following: Managing or overseeing environmental engineering or environmental compliance programs; Interpreting and applying Federal, state, or local environmental laws and regulations; Interacting with regulators and industry peers or counterparts; Leading environmental projects involving permitting, compliance inspections, pollution prevention, environmental assessments, or sustainability initiatives; Providing technical guidance related to environmental engineering, environmental protection, or regulatory compliance; and Supervising staff, leading teams, or managing environmental program operations.

Education

In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirements for this position, applicants must possess the following: Education Required for Engineers: A. Bachelor's degree in professional engineering: To be creditable, the program must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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: statics, dynamics;(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 professional 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: 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