This position is part of the WAPA-UGP-Upper Great Plains. 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 the duty location identified.**

Duties

As an Electrical Engineer (Recent Graduate) at the full performance level, some of your duties will include: This position is in the Region's Maintenance or Maintenance Engineering Office and provides technical leadership, direction of, and/or performs assignments involving matters pertaining to transmission lines and/or substations. Applies basic engineering knowledge and judgment in the selection, interpretation, and application of relevant rules, standard procedures, or precedents. Locates and applies appropriate precedent(s) to assignment, discussing minor adaptations of the guides with senior engineer as needed. Creates wiring diagrams, or perform calculations, with power system controls. Performs studies and analysis on power systems, transmission planning, faults, and transmission stability.

Requirements

• Must have completed, within the previous 2 years (up to 6 years for certain veterans), a qualifying associate's, bachelor's, master's, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution.
• Must be in good academic standing.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• A 1-year trial period is required.
• A Pathways Recent Graduate Participant Agreement is required.

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: Experience performing developmental level engineering related to the electrical utility industry. 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. To qualify at the GS-7: In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) above, applicants must also possess one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the GS-05 grade level or equivalent pay band. This experience MUST include: Experience performing developmental level engineering related to the electrical utility industry, OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION: 1 year of graduate-level education or Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A.) NOTE: S.A.A. is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-point average, or (3) honor society membership. Class standing -- Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses. Grade-point average (G.P.A.) -- Applicants must have a grade-point average of: 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on their official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2years of the curriculum. Grade-point averages are to be rounded to one decimal place. For example, 2.95 will round to 3.0 and 2.94 will round to 2.9. 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-12.

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-UGP-Upper Great Plains 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US
• Name: Vanessa Montoya
• Email: [email protected]