As a Remedial Project Manager (RPM) you will:
• Participate in cleanup actions for toxic and hazardous waste sites;
• Assist Senior RPM to oversee and monitor contractual work;
• Participate in monitoring cleanup efforts;
• Participate in enforcement activities;
• Participate in community relations activities.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
DUTY 1 - 35%
Participate in cleanup actions for toxic and hazardous waste sites. Review feasibility studies and assess alternatives using basic professional engineering or scientific principles. The following characteristics are commonly found at these sites: sampling and assessment activities are well-established; some environmental and public health and safety threats are present; project activities by contractors and/or PRPs require oversight; limited environmental sensitivity due to the presence of endangered species or probable impact on natural resources; and some community concern and media attention are present.
DUTY 2 - 25%
Assist Senior RPM to oversee and monitor contractual work. Perform assignments for the Work Assignment Manager involving contract management duties centered on the Statement of Work. This may include monitoring contractor performance, financial schedule, and planning and tracking schedule. Cleanups have expenditures with many line items, and timelines that must be tracked and justified at a later date. Assist in the maintenance of cost accounting records and follow procedures in order to support subsequent cost recovery actions. Learn procedures and requirements for coordinating and monitoring work practices of other federal, state, local officials, and PRPs. Assist senior RPM to monitor the schedule of scientific/engineering, contractual, management, and informational documents, including assisting in the preparation of Record of Decisions (RODs), administrative orders, and consent decrees. Learn management responsibilities for grant, cooperative agreement, and/or interagency agreement activities related to the initiation, administration, and/or close-out of grants, cooperative agreements, and/or interagency agreements (IAGs), including responsibility for monitoring performance or significant special provisions.

DUTY 3 - 20%
Participate in monitoring cleanup efforts. Assist senior RPM to maintain status of assigned Superfund site and monitor appropriate project plans, schedules, and time/cost estimates. Evaluate engineering and/or scientific data for site cleanup to assist senior RPM determine the cost and effectiveness of remedial actions. Research relevant technological guidance for team members using recognized reference standards. Assist senior RPM insure the achievement of basic program and project goals, milestones, and accomplishments.

DUTY 4 - 10%
Participate in enforcement activities. Assist senior RPM to monitor responsible party effort for well-established remedial cleanups to assure compliance with requirements of applicable enforcement documents and the National Contingency Plan (NCP). Draft documents for litigation reports involving treatment, storage, and disposal technologies. Assist senior RPM during negotiation sessions with PRPs.

DUTY 5 - 10%
Participate in community relation activities. Answer basic questions at news conferences, news media interviews, and public meetings. Exercise tact and diplomacy to listen and respond to community concerns. Provide factual data and information describing cleanup measures in lay-person terms.
Area of expertise and other related information:
RECRUITMENT KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs):
1) Perform developmental assignments related to hazardous waste site characterization and determining risks to public health and the environment;
2) Ability to learn hazardous waste site cleanup techniques and technologies, including sampling, geophysical surveys, and well drilling;
3) Ability to read, understand and apply a variety of environmental statutes including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), and other federal, state, and local environmental regulations;
4) Skill in collecting and reviewing factual information, and using basic analytical and evaluative methods to assess data.
5) Ability to establish goals and assess progress toward their achievement;
6) Ability to learn federal procurement requirements, cost control procedures with regard to contractual assistance, and record keeping;
7) Skill in oral communication to provide technical information related to remedial project activities;
8) Skill in written communication to prepare documents and reports.

FACTOR LEVEL DESCRIPTIONS
Factor 1 - Knowledge Required By the Position Level 1-5
Professional knowledge of the basic concepts, principles, and theories of engineering, biological science, or physical science to accomplish developmental assignments involving minor phases of hazardous waste site cleanup.
Ability to read, understand and apply a variety of environmental regulations, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), the National Contingency Plan (NCP), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air ACT (CAA), Federal Facility Compliance Act (FFCA), Base Closure and Realignment Issues (BRAC) to complete assignments for evaluating compliance.
Specialized safety training as required to comply with field health and safety standards.
Ability to learn basic project management concepts, including goal-setting and assessing project progress toward achievement, and adjusting project objectives to meet production requirements within available resources.
Ability to learn basic investigation techniques and legal issues, and convey findings.

Factor 2 - Supervisory Controls Level 2-2
The supervisor or senior RPM instruct the employee on assignment objectives and define its scope, limitations, expected deadlines, and priorities. The employee works independently to carry out assignment within established framework. The senior RPM or supervisor is available to answer questions and provide assistance when the employee encounters problems not covered by instructions or guides. The supervisor or senior RPM reviews completed work closely to verify accuracy and conformance to required procedures and any special instructions. The supervisor or senior RPM reviews findings and conclusions to ensure they are supported by facts. The supervisor typically reviews the more difficult and/or unfamiliar work in greater detail.

Factor 3 - Guidelines Level 3- 3
Guidelines include agency and regional policies, regulations, standard technical literature, agency and regional publications that are not always directly applicable to the work and may have gaps in specificity. Precedents are available outlining the preferred approach to more general problems or issues. The employee considers precedents and exercises judgment to research, select, interpret, modify, adapt and apply available guidelines to specific problems or issues.

Factor 4 - Complexity Level 4-2
The work consists of related tasks that provide experience in the methods, practices, and procedures for hazardous waste site cleanup. The employee decides what needs to be done by recognizing differences among a few distinguishable situations involving the measurement and control of pollutants and contaminants, and then choosing a course of action. The employee recognizes the differences among a few easily distinguishable situations for public response actions.

Factor 5 - Scope and Effect Level 5-2
The work involves performing tasks requiring application of specific standards, methods, and procedures for remedial actions involving segments of an assignment or project related to hazardous waste site cleanup.
The work assists senior RPMs by relieving them of detailed and routine work, and contributes to the timeliness, reliability, acceptability, and accurate completion of activities at Superfund site cleanups.

Factor 6/7 - Personal Contacts/Purpose of Contacts Level 2b
Personal contacts include a wide range of professional and administrative personnel throughout the agency, at other federal agencies, in state and local government, private industry, academia, environmental advocacy groups, public interest groups, and in some cases, the media.
The purpose of the contacts is to assist senior RPM plan or coordinate work efforts for monitoring remedial action involving hazardous waste site cleanup, or participate in the resolution of issues by providing technical information to motivate individuals or groups (environmental advocacy and public interest groups, state and local agencies, consulting engineers and scientists, etc.) to work cooperatively toward achieving mutual goals.

Factor 8 - Physical Demands Level 8-2
The employee must be able to travel by air and surface vehicle, and undergo periodic physical examinations when there is potential for exposure to toxic and hazardous materials. Considerable walking, stooping, bending, and climbing is required when overseeing construction activities, observing and studying work operations, and conducting field inspections of potential hazardous material disposal sites requiring respiratory protective equipment, including a containment suit. Inability to meet these qualifications could result in endangerment of the incumbent and co-workers. Frequent travel is required with little or no advance notice and sometimes under adverse weather conditions. The employee may be required to lift up to 50 lbs in equipment and samples.

Factor 9 - Work Environment Level 9- 2 (20 Points)
The work involves regular and recurring exposure associated with Superfund cleanup sites. These include to moderate risks, discomforts, and unpleasantness such as toxic chemicals, variety of temperatures, and potentially adverse weather conditions, contagious diseases, carcinogenic materials, noxious fumes, flammable liquids, radiation, or potentially pathogenic bacteria. Special safety precautions such as protective clothing and gear are necessary.