Duties
The successful candidate will be the lead environmental attorney for the United States Postal Service, responsible for providing legal advice to postal executives and environmental professional staff on all aspects of the Postal Service's nationwide environmental sustainability programs, such as facility energy conservation and environmental compliance and risk management and on significant procurements, such as the replacement and electrification of the Postal Service's delivery fleet. In addition, the successful candidate will work closely with real estate attorneys and provide advice to Facilities management on environmental issues that arise in various real estate transactions for a portfolio of over 30,000 properties, including leases, sales, purchases, renovations, and abatements.
As lead environmental counsel, the successful candidate will be responsible for day-to-day advice to clients on environmental laws that are applicable to the Postal Service, such as the Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, National Environmental Policy Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and applicable state and local laws. Candidates should demonstrate an ability to work independently on multiple projects.
The applicant should have knowledge of major environmental laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, CERCLA, and RCRA, as well as sustainability practices, including matters such as alternative fuel vehicles, recycling and e-waste, and energy efficient buildings.
The applicant should have experience with environmental legal issues relating to transactions and asset management, such as environmental due diligence, negotiating environmental provisions in real estate documents, underground storage tank compliance, environmental remediation, hazardous materials management, and storm water management.
Responsibilities
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Key Requirements
Qualifications
With respect to requirements 1 and 3 below, the successful candidate's role in litigation will be to support primary litigation attorneys.
Qualified applicant must successfully pass a drug screening.
Education
Please read the "Qualifications" section.
Benefits
Additional information
The salary will be based on years of experience and current postal pay policies. We offer excellent benefits including telework, health and life insurance, retirement plan, savings/investment plan with employer contribution, flexible spending, and annual and sick leave.