Electrical Engineer
Incumbent is responsible for applying advanced electrical engineering theories, concepts, and principles while providing engineering consultations and expert advice on proposed plans and designs of electrical engineering projects including high voltage, (69kV or higher) power system protection, equipment, and facility upgrades, and other activities for a wide range of power system facilities in a large regional area. This position has responsibilities included in four major areas:
Designing, assessing, inspecting, and commissioning additions, replacements, and modifications to equipment and facilities. Serving as an electrical engineering expert in assessing, recommending, and applying business practices such as administrative, financial, and contractual oversight; and providing electrical description of duties for engineering oversight to related engineering disciplines associated with the design and constructions of facilities. Provides expertise knowledge to a variety of audiences in understanding maintenance practices, development of testing methods, and troubleshooting system problems occurring during installation, testing, and commissioning of high voltage substation controls and protection equipment; responsible for planning and scheduling future work requirements for power system needs and goals; develops standards operating procedures for equipment and operations support, serving as an expert adviser for power system and equipment related issues. Reviews technical specifications for accuracy, compliance, quality, and safety. Maintains drawings, identifies appropriate solutions to complex engineering problems, and makes decisions for critical changes on major controversial issues using troubleshooting techniques, and operational integration. In each of these areas, incumbent has full technical responsibility and is an expert in their functional area. You must meet all the qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement. To be rated qualified for this position, you must meet the Basic Requirement for Engineering Positions A. Degree:
Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) lead to a bachelor's 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. OR 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 ANY one of the following:
Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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. 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 bachelor's 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 bachelor's 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. For more information please visit:
https:
//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTSA qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:
For GS-12:
Experience applying electrical engineering principles and practices applicable to the planning, deployment or operation of high voltage (69kV or higher), interconnected electrical power systems controls or components, including transmission, power generation, communications, or controls involved in the operations and protection of high voltage electrical power systems. For GS-13:
Experience applying electrical engineering principles and practices applicable to the planning, deployment, and operation of high voltage power systems (69kV or higher) and using and developing electrical arrangements including substation bus configurations, metering and protective relay circuits, and relay communication processors and in the design and preparation of documents dealing with controls, relay, and/or meter replacements; experience in using principles of relay and protection schemes, knowledge of electrical protection equipment and settings. KSA'S Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write see resume in your application! Knowledge of professional electric engineering operation and maintenance practices associated with major electrical apparatus, protective relays, and outdoor substation equipment, metering equipment and communication systems to provide expert engineering advice to a variety of audiences. Ability to prepare technical correspondence and complex engineering reports, equipment and material specifications, etc. Knowledge of the bulk transmission system with the ability to communicate requirements or concepts with a variety of individuals including explaining engineering principles. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include:
volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Time-in-Grade:
Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.CTAP/ICTAP candidates:
To be considered well qualified you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.You must meetallqualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Designing, assessing, inspecting, and commissioning additions, replacements, and modifications to equipment and facilities. Serving as an electrical engineering expert in assessing, recommending, and applying business practices such as administrative, financial, and contractual oversight; and providing electrical description of duties for engineering oversight to related engineering disciplines associated with the design and constructions of facilities. Provides expertise knowledge to a variety of audiences in understanding maintenance practices, development of testing methods, and troubleshooting system problems occurring during installation, testing, and commissioning of high voltage substation controls and protection equipment; responsible for planning and scheduling future work requirements for power system needs and goals; develops standards operating procedures for equipment and operations support, serving as an expert adviser for power system and equipment related issues. Reviews technical specifications for accuracy, compliance, quality, and safety. Maintains drawings, identifies appropriate solutions to complex engineering problems, and makes decisions for critical changes on major controversial issues using troubleshooting techniques, and operational integration. In each of these areas, incumbent has full technical responsibility and is an expert in their functional area. You must meet all the qualification and eligibility requirements for the position by the closing date of the announcement. To be rated qualified for this position, you must meet the Basic Requirement for Engineering Positions A. Degree:
Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) lead to a bachelor's 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. OR 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 ANY one of the following:
Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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. 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 bachelor's 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 bachelor's 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. For more information please visit:
https:
//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0800/files/all-professional-engineering-positions-0800.pdf. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTSA qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as:
For GS-12:
Experience applying electrical engineering principles and practices applicable to the planning, deployment or operation of high voltage (69kV or higher), interconnected electrical power systems controls or components, including transmission, power generation, communications, or controls involved in the operations and protection of high voltage electrical power systems. For GS-13:
Experience applying electrical engineering principles and practices applicable to the planning, deployment, and operation of high voltage power systems (69kV or higher) and using and developing electrical arrangements including substation bus configurations, metering and protective relay circuits, and relay communication processors and in the design and preparation of documents dealing with controls, relay, and/or meter replacements; experience in using principles of relay and protection schemes, knowledge of electrical protection equipment and settings. KSA'S Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write see resume in your application! Knowledge of professional electric engineering operation and maintenance practices associated with major electrical apparatus, protective relays, and outdoor substation equipment, metering equipment and communication systems to provide expert engineering advice to a variety of audiences. Ability to prepare technical correspondence and complex engineering reports, equipment and material specifications, etc. Knowledge of the bulk transmission system with the ability to communicate requirements or concepts with a variety of individuals including explaining engineering principles. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include:
volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Time-in-Grade:
Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.CTAP/ICTAP candidates:
To be considered well qualified you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.You must meetallqualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
- Department:
0850 Electrical Engineering - Salary Range:
$103,669 to $139,010 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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