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Environmental Protection Specialist (GEMS)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 days ago
Hybrid Leavenworth, KS $76K – $99K Apply by Jul 6, 2026 Environmental Protection Specialist ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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Position is the GEMS Manager for at the Eastern Kansas Health Care System (EKHCS). Incumbent is a key official and advisor to the Manager, Occupational Health and Safety Service. The GEMS manager is the Green Environmental Management Systems (GEMS) Coordinator and is also responsible for managing Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (EKHCS) environmental program(s) and coordinating the efforts of EKHCS organizations that relate to environmental matters.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Administers the Green Environmental Management System (GEMS) program with responsibility for management of GEMS activities and internal reporting activities.
- →Advises senior level management officials within the facility on the status of environmental programs and recommends changes in the design of facility work programs to meet new environmental requirements.
- →Interacts with Federal, state, and local environmental agencies with respect to facility environmental issues.
- →Schedules and leads environmental audits to identify and evaluate program implementation and compliance activities.
- →Trains other employees and lower grade environmental staff, providing instruction on a variety of subjects related to specific and specialized environmental topics; adapts various available media to fit special and unique training requirements; and participates in the development of novel or innovative environmental training and promotion activities.
- →Evaluates, modifies, and implements pollution prevention alternatives to reduce the generation of waste.
- →Conducts or oversees the identification, collection, segregation, packaging, and manifesting of hazardous wastes.
- →Participates on the facility's GEMS committee.
- →Performs other related duties as required.
- →Work Schedule: 8:00AM - 4:30PM, Monday - Friday Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Position Description/PD#: Environmental Protection Specialist (GEMS)/PD095070 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
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