USCG Environmental Restoration Specialist

Overview

The Environmental Restoration Specialist will provide CEU Juneau Environmental Management Branch (EMB) support with executing EC&R projects in Alaska. Primary duties shall be in support of work associated with USCG Base Kodiak’s RCRA Permit (Permit). Additional support services shall be associated with contaminated site cleanup projects on the EC&R spend plan (to be provided following award) and other inserted projects as specified by the COR. Services include supporting USCG Base Kodiak’s restoration program and providing independent technical reviews of CEU Juneau projects to ensure compliance with the Permit and other regulations.

Responsibilities

• · Provide technical review comments to assist with maintaining compliance with all Federal and State environmental regulations pertaining to all aspects of environmental restoration. Ensuring conformance with Department of Homeland Security and Coast Guard policies and instructions in regards to environmental restoration issues.
• · Assist USCG CEUJ staff in coordinating with Federal and State regulatory agency representatives as required and assisting in facilitating stakeholder meetings associated with environmental restoration activities at USCG facilities.
• · Conduct and prepare environmental restoration technical review comments, providing advice and guidance on environmental restoration design and construction requirements to CEU Juneau Design Project Managers.
• · Review and summarize, for government personnel review and approval, whether specific project activities are conducted in compliance with applicable federal and state regulations with the ultimate goal of achieving and maintaining compliance with restoration provisions.
• · Conduct comprehensive environmental reviews of professional studies, plans, permits, reports and analysis, for government review and approval, to satisfy regulatory agency requirements and/or develop practical strategies for restoration, monitoring or management recommendations to maintain or restore environmental conditions.
• · Provide technical recommendations on environmental planning phasing to designers, engineers, or other professionals working to develop restoration plans or strategies. Providing, for government review and approval, feasibility and cost-benefit studies for existing environmental remediation projects and designs.
• · Assess and identify design & construction project impacts on current restoration sites and/or planned remedial actions to determine whether additional agency reviews, regulatory notifications, and/or approvals are required prior to construction or planned alterations.
• · Assist government personnel in reviewing design and construction contracts to ensure relevant environmental requirements are included.
• · Collaborate with managers, engineers/architects, construction project managers, legal staff, contract specialists and/or contractor personnel, and providing recommendations on the resolution of unique and/or complex environmental restoration compliance problems.
• · Provide responses, for governmental review and approval, for A/E and contractor requests for information and coordinating with CEU Juneau Project Managers in developing Scopes of Work for required contracts and contract modifications for environmental work necessary to complete projects.
• · Document data and records management in support of projects and programs including, project briefings, staff activities, compliance reviews, and general records management.
• · Occasional travel (with potential for overnight) required to operational & environmental liability sites in USCG District 17 Area of Responsibility (D17 AOR).

Qualifications

Required:

 

• · Bachelor’s Degree majoring in Environmental Science
• · Experience in Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permits and regulations,
• · Experience working with Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) Contaminated Sites Program,
• · Experience performing work on Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) cleanup projects,
• · Experience performing field work or remediation work on cleanup projects subject to Title 18 of the Alaska Administrative Code (18 AAC) 75,
• · Remediation and contaminated site cleanup, monitoring, and site closure in the State of Alaska, or similar climate.

 

Preferred:

 

• Merit Opportunities above the minimum requirements include: professional licenses, certifications, or specialized training in the field (ie HAZWOPER certification) as well as additional years' experience above the 5 year minimum, an Environmental Engineering degree from an ABET accredited program, and demonstrated experience in developing/review