General Engineer

Full Job Description

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is ranked within the top 5 mid-size agencies through the Partnership for Public Service's Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings!

This General Engineer position is in the Office of Energy Projects. To view the eligibility and qualification requirements of a General Engineer, GS-0801, please visit: General Engineer, 0801.

In addition to the education required for this position, you must have one full year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-13 level.

Specialized experience is defined as: experience preparing documents that assess engineering issues associated with existing or proposed water-based infrastructure projects (such as dams, levees, surface water intakes, canals, flumes, or hydropower projects).

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 employment.

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

Please do not cut and paste the position description, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume, as this will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Major Duties:

This position is located in the Division of Hydropower Licensing in the Office of Energy Projects. For more information visit: Office of Energy Projects(OEP).

As a General Engineer, some of your typical work assignments may include: Serving as an engineering economics and hydropower operations modeling expert, and assembling and analyzing diverse data on engineering economics, need for power, hydroelectricity generation, hydroelectricity transmission, geology and soils, sediment transport, river hydrology, groundwater, and marine environments as they relate to the construction, modification, operation, and maintenance of hydropower and hydrokinetic projects.

Preparing input to correspondence, orders, and environmental documents, including sections related to need for power, project economics, hydropower project operations, and comprehensive development of the waterway.

Participating in and may be involved with the planning and execution of settlement conferences and technical sessions on complex and diverse engineering, geology and soils, sediment transport, river hydrology, groundwater, and marine environment related matters.