This position is part of the WAPA Headquarters. As a Electrical Engineer, you will serve as an expert technical specialist for WAPA's Power Systems Modeling services and SCADA/EMS applications and power operations systems services required for the operation of WAPA's power generation, transmission and management facilities. **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, some of your duties will include: Review and analyze functional requirements of power system operations for dispatch and operation of the power system. Provide recommendations on systems strategies for meeting functional requirements. Research WAPA's Bulk Electric System facilities and models in the EMS PSS databases including contingencies, voltage stability and real-time and study state estimator. Serve as a senior subject matter expert on the SCADA/EMS services advanced PSS applications including State Estimator, Real-Time Contingency Analysis, Voltage Stability, Voltage/Var Dispatch, Topology Estimation, Real-Time Security Enhancement, and Network Study. Serve as a senior technical specialist for WAPA's SCADA/EMS applications and supporting power operations systems required for the operation of WAPA's power facilities. Serve as a senior subject matter expert on the SCADA/EMS system's Operator Training Simulator (OTS).

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. Applicants must meet the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) for the 0800 Series as described below: 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. -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.) AND In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 0800 Series, applicants must meet the specialized experience below. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year (52 weeks) 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 knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. The experience need not have been in the federal government. To qualify for the GS-11: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience as an Electronics Engineer, at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal service. This experience includes: Electrical engineering work experience in the modeling of power generation systems; AND Using Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. OR Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR Combination of education and experience as described above. To qualify for the GS-12: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience as an Electronics Engineer, at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal service. This experience includes: Applying analysis and modeling of power generation on Transmission or Distribution networks; AND Utilizing Energy Management Systems (EMS) or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. To qualify for the GS-13: Applicants must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience as an Electronics Engineer, at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal service. This experience includes: Applying engineering principles to support the analysis and modeling of power generation on Transmission or Distribution networks utilized in the electric utility industry; AND Analyzing, planning, and coordinating technical requirements and design of Energy Management System (EMS) or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) applications and integrations; AND Providing support for Alarming, State-Estimation, and Network Study of Power Systems. "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.

Education

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 website.

Contacts

• Address WAPA Headquarters 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US
• Name: Kimberly Hicks
• Email: [email protected]