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.
**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.
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 a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 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, and Puerto Rico.
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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A.
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 bachelor's 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.
(The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.) For a detailed explanation of the related curriculum or experience, please visit the following website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf You must provide an official transcript before appointment. There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Education completed outside of the United States must be deemed equivalent to that gained in conventional/accredited U.S. education programs to be acceptable for Federal employment. Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities.
Applicants educated in whole or in part of foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing if selected.
A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacation) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportation; training and development opportunities, etc. Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual rate credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience.
The amount of service credit will be based on specialized experience or qualifying experience that is provided on the applicant profile submitted. As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important that you provide a work history that lists all directly related positions held, and it must include the dates of employment (month/day/year).
The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program.
Paulette.Dixon-Ellis@aoc.gov · 202.615.4203
This position is with Architect of the Capitol, Legislative Branch.
The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-13.
This is a This is an Excepted Service position and does not require or confer civil service Competitive Status position.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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