Electrical Engineer (High Voltage)

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This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, San Carlos Irrigation Project in Coolidge, Arizona.

The incumbent utilizes in-depth understanding and expertise in Electrical Engineering to analyze the inter-relationships concerning the San Carlos Irrigation Project's systems.

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NOTE: High Voltage Electricity is 120 V to 230kV This is an open continuous vacancy announcement and applications will be referred when vacancies occur.

This announcement is intended as a mechanism of providing consideration for the greatest number of potential candidates.

The initial review for qualified candidates will occur two weeks post the opening date.

Candidates with a complete application will be considered for all vacancies that occur for a 3-month period or the closing date of this announcement, whichever comes first.

After 3 months, you must reapply to this announcement in order to be considered. All qualification requirements must be met by the date your application is submitted.

Certain incentives, such as, Recruitment, Relocation, or Student Loan Repayment, may be authorized to eligible selectees.

If eligible and qualified, you may be offered a recruitment or relocation incentive. The decision to offer an incentive will be made on a case-by-case basis, and is neither promised nor guaranteed.

For information visit: Recruitment Incentives (OPM.gov), or Relocation Incentives (OPM.gov), or Student Loan Repayment (OPM.gov) Assignments of the Electrical Engineer will serve in various specialty or functional areas as determined by management.

These include, but are not limited to Communications, Standards, Protection and Control, Maintenance, Substations, etc. BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL 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 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.

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) 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.

(The above examples of related curricula are not all inclusive.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants who meet the following experience requirement in addition to the Basic Requirements listed above may qualify for this GS-12 level position- 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level performing electrical engineering for power systems including the development of standards and substation design, including commissioning of substation equipment, such as transformers, breakers, and disconnect switches; utilizing extensive knowledge of on-site facilities to troubleshoot and work with crews to provide expeditious assistance and solutions to emergency situations or short-term design needs often in areas where there are inadequate or unavailable precedents.

Note: There is no allowable substitution of education for this position. The ideal candidate will possess experience and/or expert-level or advanced-level knowledge of High Voltage Electricity.

High Voltage Electricity is 120 V to 230kV. Experience and/or Knowledge includes: Use of, or expert-level and/or high-level knowledge of Electrical Utility Systems, electrical substation experience.

Experience and/or high-level knowledge of uses, how and when is used, and safety measures to be applied when working with High Voltage Electricity.

Application/uses of high voltage electricity includes commissioning of substation equipment, such as transformers, breakers, disconnect switches, and other applications.

Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the date of application. Major Duties:

• Develops technical provisions of contracts for engineering and management consulting services related to the operation of an electric utility.
• Prepares cost estimates and time schedules for services required of consultants.
• Analyzes equipment failures from unknown causes.
• Make necessary technical decisions for ongoing construction activities.