Electrical Engineer

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: This is an Electrical Engineer GS-0850-12 position for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Southwestern Division, Tulsa District, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

For additional information on USACE Tulsa District click Here Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: 1) Applying electrical engineering principles in the development OR review of designs for complex facilities to ensure code compliance and constructability; AND 2) Performing comprehensive technical reviews of contractor submittals to ensure strict compliance with contract documents; AND 3) Resolving electrical engineering issues during construction.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Note: Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

In addition to meeting the specialized experience requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the basic education requirement listed below: Major Duties:

• Serves as the lead technical authority for electrical quality assurance, performing reviews of contractor submittals including shop drawings, product data, and calculations for power distribution, lighting, fire alarm, and communication systems.
• Conducts frequent site inspections and field investigations to verify construction of electrical systems comply with the approved design, identifying deficiencies and recommends corrective actions as the government's expert.
• Acts as the primary troubleshooter for electrical issues in the field, serving as the lead consultant to construction personnel for resolving disputes and technical problems that arise on site.
• Provides technical oversight of the electrical commissioning process, including witnessing functional performance tests and integrated systems testing to ensure all systems operate as intended prior to government acceptance.
• As the electrical SME, performs BCOES reviews on final designs to identify risks and provide recommendations that improve the constructability, reliability, and maintainability of electrical systems.
• Reviews and provides recommendations on value engineering proposals and contractor-initiated requests for information (RFIs) to ensure technical feasibility and compliance with project requirements.
• Incumbent is responsible for the design of electrical features of work for construction of civil and/or military projects in the District.
• Review directives, site plans, specifications, design criteria and other available data preparatory to the accomplishment of the electrical design and the preparation of design analyses.
• Produce design packages utilizing electronic advertising accessible to construction contractors.
• Perform Architect/Engineer (A/E) and peer reviews, reviews value engineering contractor proposals, and participates on value engineering study teams.
• Conduct field investigations to study deficiencies in the operation of electrical equipment at construction projects.
• Participate in pre-design conferences with customer representatives and higher authority for the purpose of determining applicable design criteria for proposed construction.
• Closely coordinates electrical features with other design disciplines on each project to ensure that electrical designs are fully compatible with other engineering features of projects.