Job details
Salary $103,309 - $127,150 a year job type full-time
Full job description
Duties
Summary
Reclamation is seeking a professional engineer looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise in relay protectionYou can make a difference in the west by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment
Duty location: boulder city, nevada
Responsibilities
As the regional relay protection engineer: serves as an expert engineer providing electrical engineering consultation and advisory services to senior colleagues and/or reclamation or department officials for significant relay protection engineering and electric reliability projects for complex features/facilities.
Provides engineering mentorship and leadership, applies experimental theories and/or new applications for developments; and provides significant and innovative recommendations for advancing program or engineering methods.
Electrical engineering includes design, studies, relay protection and control settings, modeling, inspections, assessments, investigations, reviews, compliance evaluations, and evaluating facility capacities and operations.
Complex features/facilities include hydroelectric generating powerplants and related control and transmissions systems, pumping plants, multipurpose water conveyance and storage systems such as dams, canals and pipelines and related appurtenant systems.
Travel required
Occasional travel - you may be expected to travel for this position.
Supervisory status
No
Promotion potential
13
Job family (series)
0850 electrical engineering
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Requirements
Requirements
Conditions of employment
You must be a u.sCitizen or u.sNational.
You must be suitable for federal employment, determined by a background investigation.
You must submit a resume and supporting documentation (see required documents).
Current permanent federal employees who are selected from this announcement will be required to serve a probationary period.
You must submit eligibility documents for veterans consideration (see required documents).
You must meet any minimum education and/or experience requirements (see qualifications).
You must submit transcript(s) to verify education requirements (see qualifications/education).
This position requires a current, valid professional engineer`s license - failure to submit proof will result in your application being marked as ineligible
Qualifications
This position has a positive education requirement - you must first meet the basic education:
Basic education requirements: aDegree: bachelor`s degree (or higher degree) in engineeringTo be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor`s degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the accreditation board for engineering and technology (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 bCombination 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 engineeringThe adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following:
1Professional 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 ricoAbsent 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 registrationFor 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.
2Written 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, or puerto rico.
3Specified 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 a aboveThe courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program.
4Related 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidanceOrdinarily 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.
In addition to the basic education requirement above, in order to be rated as qualified for this position, the hr office must be able to determine that the applicant meets the specialized experience requirement below - this information must be clearly supported in the resume.
Specialized experience: your resume must reflect one year of full time experience providing electrical engineering advice and consultation on relay protection and/or electric reliability on complex features/facilities.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through national service programs (e.g., peace corps, americorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social)Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employmentYou will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Selective placement factor: this position requires a current, valid professional engineer licenseFailure to provide proof of such license will cause you to be rated ineligible for this position.
You must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 10/22/2021.
Education
This position has a mandatory education requirementYou must submit a copy of college transcript(s) (unofficial copy is acceptable) to support claimed education if substituting education for experienceTranscripts must include the name of the college or university and date the degree was conferredNon-submission will result in being rated not-qualified for the position.
Accreditation: only education from an accredited college or university recognized by the department of education is acceptable to meet education requirements or to substitute for experience, if applicableFor additional info, refer to the office of personnel management and u.sDepartment of education.
Foreign education: to receive credit for education completed outside the united states, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional u.sEducation programsFor additional info, refer to the u.sNetwork for education information.
Additional information
You will be required to serve an initial probationary periodCurrent, permanent federal employees who are selected from this announcement will be required to serve a probationary period.
Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and you may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.
If otherwise eligible and qualified, you may be offered a recruitment or relocation incentive of up to $5,000.00The decision to offer an incentive will be made on a case-by-case basis and is neither promised nor guaranteedFor information, visit: recruitment incentive or relocation incentive.
Permanent change of station (pcs) expenses are authorized with the exception of the guaranteed home sale provision or first-post-of-duty relocation expenses are authorized, as applicableThe tax cuts and jobs act (tcja), signed into law december 2017, suspends the moving expense deduction and the exclusion from income of qualified employer reimbursements of moving expenses that was allowed under previous tax lawsEmployer reimbursements for moving costs are now generally taxed at the same rate as ordinary income.
If otherwise eligible and qualified, you may request consideration for a superior qualifications appointmentFor information, visit: opm fact sheet.
Related non-federal experience or related experience as retired members of the uniformed services may be credited towards computing entitlement to leave accrual, at managerial discretion, providing that experience meets certain criteriaThis provision allows new employees to earn annual leave at a higher rate than would otherwise be allowed(5 code of federal regulations, 630)For information, visit: creditable service for annual leave
Doi uses e-verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employeesTo learn more about e-verify, including applicant rights and responsibilities, please visit https://www.e-verify.gov/
This position is designated as a moderate risk public trust positionIt requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated public trust suitability background investigation (t2s or t2rs or equivalent) that is current (within the last 5 years)This is a condition of employment.
Male applicants born after december 31, 1959 must certify registration with the selective service system or that the applicant is exempt from having to do so under the selective service lawGo to: https://www.sss.gov
Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Category rating and selection procedures will be used to evaluate applications from this announcementIf an applicant meets the basic qualification requirements, his/her on-line responses to the vacancy assessment questionnaire will be used to determine the quality and extent of his/her experience, education, training, etc., for placement in one of the following categories: 1) best qualified, 2) well qualified, and 3) qualifiedQualified candidates will be assigned a numerical score on a scale of 70-100The category rating process does not add veterans` preference points but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each quality categoryThe assessment questionnaire will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide to the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessments required for this positionYou will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics):
Design
Electrical engineering
Oral communication
Problem solving
Project management
Technical competence
The application questionnaire can be previewed here: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/viewquestionnaire/11240002
Your answers will be verified against information provided in your resumeYour resume must clearly support the responses to all the questions by addressing experience, education, and/or training relevant to this positionYou must make a fair and accurate assessment of their qualificationsIf a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than what is apparent in the description of your experience, competencies, skills, and/or education/training (or that your resume/application is incomplete), the you could be rated ineligible or your score could be lowered.
For evaluating the quality of candidates for referral to the selecting official, a three-phased process will be used.
Phase 1: applicant resumes will be reviewed by human resources to ensure they meet the basic qualification requirements (see definition of specialized experience)If applicants meet basic qualifications, they will continue on to the second phase and will be given an interim score based on the application questionnaire, which will take the applicant approximately 30 minutes to complete when initially applyingWith information received from the application questionnaire in the first phase, applicant`s will be evaluated on the following competencies: design, electrical engineering, oral communication, problem solving, project management, and technical competence.
Phase 2: candidates who pass the first phase will be forwarded to a subject matter expert who will then conduct a resume review and rating based on the following competencies: design electrical engineering: legal compliance requirements analysis the subject matter expert will assign the candidates a score which will then be combined with the score of their technical assessment.
Phase 3: candidates will be given a final score which combines the scores from the first and second phasesThose candidates who score as best qualified will be referred to the selecting official for consideration.
Background checks and security clearance
Security clearance
Not required
Drug test required
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Moderate risk (mr)
Trust determination process
Credentialing
Required documents
Required documents
Please submit the supporting documents outlined below applicable to your claimed eligibility status and the position and grade to which you are applyingFailing to submit required documents will result in non-consideration due to an incomplete application package.
Resume: you must submit a resume that demonstrates how skills and experiences through job duties meet the qualifications and requirements listed in the job announcement to be considered for the jobEach job experience must include dates of employment including start and end dates (month and year), work schedule (full-time or part-time), and hours worked per weekFor more information, click here.
Transcripts: required for candidates using education as a basis for qualifications.
Veterans: if you are entitled to veterans` preference, you must submit a copy of your latest certificate of release or discharge from active duty, dd-214 (copy indicating character of service) or other proof of your service which includes character of serviceIf claiming disability preference, you must also submit the disability letter from the department of veterans affairs or armed service and the application for 10-point veteran preference, standard form 15For more information, click here.
Career transition programs: permanent federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separatedYou must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current sf-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location with their applicationTo be considered under ctap/ictap, you must be well-qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including selective factors, education and experience requirements) and score at least 85.0 on the assessment questionnaire as established, and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entryFor more information, click here.
Professional engineer: a current valid professional engineering (p.e.) licenseProvide proof of license with the applicationFailure to provide proof of the license may result in an ineligible rating.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the u.sDepartment of education in order for it to be credited towards qualificationsTherefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the u.sDepartment of education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Benefits
Benefits
A career with the u.sGovernment provides employees with a comprehensive benefits packageAs a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewardingOpens in a new windowlearn more about federal benefits.
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