Environmental Specialist

You are responsible for the development and implementation of complex natural resource management and protection programs. You will develop planning documents, scopes of work, budgets and schedules in support of natural and cultural resources management; and implement a management program including environmental stewardship, protection of endangered flora and fauna, resolution of encroachments on public lands, soil conservation, forestry, recreation, and water quality.

Develop scopes of work, budgets, and schedules for natural resource management projects.

Act as Contracting Officers Representative (COR) or Technical Lead (TL) for contract actions and cooperative agreements.

Prepare technical reports and land management plans.

Serve on project delivery teams to coordinate environmental planning and represent Operational goals.

Identify restoration opportunities or projects that align with Corps mission areas. Develop recommendations to resolve public land encroachment, mitigate resource impacts, and manage critical habitat.

Interface with public and private entities who hold Corps real estate agreements/shoreline use permits and adjacent landowners to Corps-managed lands.

Support the Real Estate and Shoreline Management programs by preparing memos, providing briefings, tracking applications/permits, preparing permits packets, participating in compliance inspections.

Support natural resource management annual workplan execution and budget development for the Environmental Stewardship and Recreation programs.

Act as an Operations Point of Contact to applicants and permittees for agreement/permit issuance, compliance, and management.

Lead small teams to implement natural resources management projects within Operations. Ensure natural, ecological, cultural and biological conditions are protected as project work is performed.

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/