Electrical Engineer

As an Electrical Engineer you will:

• Responsible for the development of project definition scope justification and authorization reports for validation of addition and modifications for assigned power system facility projects.
• Provides technical expertise in the disciplines of electrical engineering and power transmission for program and project development implementation and execution.
• Develops implements and monitors conceptual plans designs specifications construction plans reports and program documents to ensure that technical and contract requirements budget parameters field conditions program and policy consideration and project stakeholder interests are met.
• Responsible for the coordination preparation and review of technical provisions of power marketing contracts lands acquisition environmental assessment engineering services supply and construction specifications and drawings for assigned projects.
• Responsible for establishing monitoring and resolving trust fund accounts associated with power system facility alterations to ensure compliance with contract agreements and Western policy.
• Provides leadership to the project team(s) of technical and functional experts; facilitates such activities as specify project baselines and technical objectives develop a project and resource plan establish cost and performance schedules with milestones project tracking and reporting provide project accountability and closure; and ensures that project team members and functional support organizations understand their respective responsibilities.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Suitable for Federal employment as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period. Employees serving on a probationary or trial period may be terminated at any time during the probationary or trial period for performance conduct or business-related reasons in the interest of Federal service.
• In accordance with Executive Order 14170 applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short free-response essay questions in the questionnaire. Answers to these questions are not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.
• Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted only the first two pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.
• Security clearance and associated requirements- Moderate Risk.

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Managements website located at: QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must meet the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for the 0800 Series as described below:
A. Degree: Engineering:To be acceptable the program must: (1) lead to a bachelors degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; 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: (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.
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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 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. -OR-
• 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.-OR-
• 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 bachelors 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 bachelors 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.)

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In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0800 Series applicants must meet the specialized experience below.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A qualified candidates online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level 12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:

1. Preparing and reviewing operational planning studies and reports on power system additions and modifications;
2. Providing electrical engineering advisory services on existing and proposed power systems and the electrical power grid;
3. Proposing new engineering and/or operating policies practices or guidelines related to the utility industry.