This position is part of the WAPA-RMR-Rocky Mountain Region. As a Electrical Engineer (Recent Graduates), you will perform in a developmental capacity having broad exposure to the functions and interrelationships within Western's engineering activities. **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 an Electrical Engineer (Recent Graduate), some of your duties will include: Makes station service design studies including the required wiring diagrams. Prepares correspondence concerning engineering designs, specifications, or contracts. Participates in SCADA and ECS related duties and meetings. Performs power line carrier performance calculations and then writes equipment specifications.

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. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: To meet the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the 0800, Professional Engineering Series you must meet the requirements listed below. 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- 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. -OR- 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. -OR- 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.) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify at the GS-9: In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) above, applicants must also possess one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent pay band. This experience MUST include: Applying practical knowledge of electrical engineering concepts, principles, and methodology to perform routine engineering projects related to planning, design, construction, surveying, operations, and maintenance of high voltage power system facilities. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: Two (2) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's or equivalent graduate degree. OR COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Combination of education and experience as described above to successfully perform the duties of the position. Note: Less than one year of specialized experience may be combined with graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level (i.e., credit hours beyond the first year of full-time study may be credited). One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours the graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. If the graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study is not available, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) is used. When crediting education that requires specific course work the number of hours of related courses required, as a proportion of the total education, is prorated. This is a developmental position with the full performance level at the GS-13.

Education

If this vacancy specifically states that certain educational requirements must be met (also known as a "positive educational requirement"), you must provide documentation supporting any education claims in your application. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.


Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education webs

Contacts

• Address WAPA-RMR-Rocky Mountain Region 5555 E. Crossroads Blvd Loveland, CO 80538 US
• Name: Kimberly Hicks
• Email: [email protected]