Electrical Engineer

You will serve as a Electrical Engineer with the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Missouri Basin and Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas Gulf Region, Engineering Group, Mills, Wyoming Bureau of Reclamation. This position is also open to public under announcement CBVI-27-13083389-DE-JP. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods.

Pay will vary based on grade level which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate. GS-07: $71,846-$84,779 GS-09: $87,887-$103,709 GS-11: $99,954-$119,097 GS-12: $104,502-$127,443 Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Performs engineering analyses to include performing and coordinating technical planning activities; data collection (including validation and management); design; modeling and data analyses; analyses of equipment, operating conditions, and/or electrical/electromagnetic systems; troubleshooting electrical equipment and systems; and risk estimation and analyses. Analysis includes evaluating engineering aspects of state and Federal regulatory programs, electric reliability compliance programs, and power contracts. Makes engineering recommendations and decisions based on engineering analysis for complex projects and activities with unusual or special demands. Completes and reviews engineering designs of electrical systems. Preforms construction management and oversite of on-site construction work, including inspection and acceptance of work performed by a contractor. Provides engineering expertise of complex features/facilities. Preforms calculations for new and existing equipment type, size, capacity and ratings. Preforms analysis, troubleshooting, testing, evaluating, optimizing, and programing Industrial Control Systems. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. You may be required to travel occasionally for site visits. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. Condition of employment: You may be required to obtain a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)/Grants Officer's Technical Representative (GOTR) certification: Probationary Period: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will 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. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.