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Environmental Protection Specialist

DLA Careers
Fort Belvoir, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/19/2026
Summary

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Duties

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  • Serve as an Environmental Program and Project Manager.
  • Manage, control, coordinate and execute assigned programs and projects involving Remediation and Environmental Compliance of Bulk Petroleum.
  • Plan, prepare, and implement corporate decisions, guidance, laws, regulations, and policy in the development of the project(s) in support of the program assigned.
  • Negotiate and integrate all the Agency’s Environmental Energy functions (i.e. Compliance and Restoration) into DLA Energy planning, designs, studies, cost engineering, construction, real estate, contracting, inventory, DFSP Management, etc.
  • Supports DLA Energy customer needs’ ensuring regulatory requirements and other Agencies' commitments are defined and implemented.
  • Environmental restoration projects assignments may include: bioremediation, groundwater extraction and treatment, vapor extraction, soil washing, incineration and soil vapor extraction assessment of sites containing fuel cont.
  • cont. and fuel-related contaminants, heavy metals, and semi-volatiles and volatiles. Future projects may include treatment and remediation of emergent chemicals.
  • Environmental compliance projects may include: leak detection maintenance and certification, NEPA analysis, Military Construction Reviews, Capitalization Merit and Review Committee participation Environmental Management of a Permitted Defense
  • Fuel Support Point Environmental Document Development, Underground Storage Tank Operators Training, Spill Response Training, Defense State Memorandum of Agreement, Oil Spill Recovery Organization, and Environmental Service Contracts.

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Conditions of employment

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
  • Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
  • Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
  • Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
  • Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
  • Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
  • Bargaining Unit Status: No

Qualifications

To qualify for an Environmental Protection Specialist, GS-0028-13 your resume and supporting documentation must support: 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.

  • Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after- competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
  • Managing an Environmental Protection program or project.
  • Participating in environmental restoration and/or compliance projects.
  • Ensuring regulatory requirements are met in fuel/energy programs.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdf

Reemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf

Information for Veterans is available at: http://www.dla.mil/Careers/Programs/veterans.aspx. As of 23 December 2016, Military retirees seeking to enter federal service in the Department of Defense now require a waiver if they would be appointed within 180 days following their official date of retirement.

Drug-Free Workplace:The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has established a Drug-Free Federal Workplace Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for DLA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with DLA for a period of six months. This policy extends to random testing for the use of illegal drugs by employees who occupy testing designated positions defined as sensitive in Section 7(d) of Executive Order 12564. The Defense Logistics Agency's Drug Free Workplace Plan's drug testing panel includes testing for the following illegal substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates (codeine/morphine), 6-Acetylmorphine (heroin), phencyclidine, amphetamines (amphetamine/methamphetamine), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), oxycodone, oxymorphone, hydrocodone, and hydromorphone.

ADVISORY: By using cannabidiol (CBD) products you are risking a positive drug test result for marijuana.

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.

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