This position is part of the WAPA-UGP-Upper Great Plains. As a Power System Dispatcher, you will be responsible for ensuring adequate transmission facilities and the required voltage and supportive volt-amp reactive (VAR) levels are maintained, switching programs, all routine and emergency switching procedures, and compliance with NERC Reliability Standards. **This is not a remote position. The selectee will be required to be physically present at one of the duty location(s) identified.**

Duties

As a Power System Dispatcher you will perform the following duties at the full performance level:

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. To qualify for the AD-3: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the AD-02/GS-9 grade level or equivalent pay band which demonstrates experience in one or more of the following: Power system operator experience with centralized SCADA/EMS control of power system equipment with 34.5-kV or higher voltage power lines and substations. Operations or maintenance experience executing switching programs for clearances or other general switching actions on power system equipment at 100kV or above voltage level. Experience using a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)/Energy Management System (EMS) to monitor system conditions and respond to contingencies. To qualify for the AD-4: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the AD-03/GS-11 grade level or equivalent pay band which demonstrates experience in one or more of the following: Power system operator or substation experience with interconnected system monitoring of voltages, power flows, maintaining limits, responding to changing system conditions, meeting safety, reliability, and coordination requirements, and adhering to applicable policies, procedures, and guidelines. Experience using power system switching procedures to prepare, check and direct routine and emergency switching activities. Operating balancing and interchange desks. Experience using a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)/Energy Management System (EMS) to monitor system conditions and respond to contingencies. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. 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 volunteer experience. Time-in-Grade: Current career or career-conditional GS employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional GS employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current career or career-conditional federal employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

Education

Contacts

• Address WAPA-UGP-Upper Great Plains 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US
• Name: Kimberly Hicks
• Email: [email protected]