Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Powerplant Operator. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Emmett, Idaho, Irwin, Idaho, and Mountain Home, Idaho https://www.usbr.gov/pn/about/hr/area-information.html

Duties

The selectee will be working at the Palisades Field Station, Black Canyon or Anderson Ranch with other staff to accomplish overall operation of power and water systems performing the following duties: Start, stop and control hydroelectric generating units, operate water release equipment, and switchyard equipment, manually and with SCADA control, and respond to emergencies as needed. Prepare turbines for operation, manually or automatically, synchronizing the generators into the electrical system and adjusting the load, voltage, and accessory regulating equipment as required. Operate electrical breakers in an 115kv switchyard, power transformers, station accessory and auxiliary electrical systems, excitation systems and emergency generators. Operate unit governors, and all mechanical equipment used to generate electricity or provide power plant/facility support. Maintain desired river flows and ensure water orders are executed properly. Maintain the daily operation log. Prepare reports on power generation, river flows, water storage, generator maintenance and availability time, performance benchmark data, and outages using computer spreadsheets. Perform or direct switching and other required operations in accordance with standard operating procedures and the Hazardous Energy Control Program. Responsible for writing, issuing, and receiving clearances, hot line orders, special conditions, and interconnected system clearances. Maintain facility clearance and lockout procedure database, clearance log book, and history files. Instruct and certify other facility and office personnel in safe clearance procedures and the Hazardous Energy Control Program.

Requirements

Qualifications

Your application materials must demonstrate sufficient experience and training to perform the duties of this position without more than normal supervision. Qualifications will be determined on the basis of information submitted within your resume and responses to the assessment questions. For information about qualifications for Federal Wage System positions please, visit OPM. Minimum qualifications for trades and labor positions are determined by evaluation of job elements. You must meet at least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of at least 2 points on all of the job elements in order to be considered qualified for this position. 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 volunteer experience. Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional 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). You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors if applicable, by 05/27/2024.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Contacts

• Address Middle Snake Field Office Bureau of Reclamation Middle Snake River Area Office 230 Collins Rd Boise, ID 83702 US
• Name: BOR C-PN Region 9 Human Resources Office
• Email: [email protected]