Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Supervisory Facility Operations Specialist. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Grand Coulee, Washington https://www.usbr.gov/pn/about/hr/area-information.html

Duties

- Responsible for scheduled and emergency (breakdown) maintenance and modifications of all power producing equipment, station equipment, building/structures, tour facilities and related equipment in the assigned area by integrating and interfacing of professional and production employees, equipment, and contracts with operational systems. - Develops functional programs to achieve the broad-based objectives established by the overall maintenance program. - Analyzes objectives, develops plans to accomplish goals, reviews accomplishment toward goals, and establishes work standards and reporting systems to assure standards are obtained. - Resolves controversial issues and questions which arise during maintenance and modifications including quality control, safety, storage, technical consideration of equipment needs, and overall facility utilization. - Regularly analyzes the progress of work priorities of jobs and adjusts schedules, work assignments and manpower to meet changing conditions.

Requirements

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. To qualify at the GS-13, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-12 level in federal service having demonstrated experience in technical work involved in operating and maintaining a power generating facility (at least 12 MW total capacity) or equivalent industrial, commercial or military facility (such as: planning and scheduling maintenance activities); developing preventative maintenance programs; developing and managing a large-scale maintenance budget; maintenance of pump/generating plant and switchyard equipment; and converting engineering drawings and other technical material into technical written instruction and diagrams. Such experience MUST ALSO INCLUDE supervisory or managerial experience providing administrative, operational, and/or technical direction and oversight to multiple journeyman level trades or crafts positions involved in the maintenance and operations of a large power generating facility (at least 12 MW total capacity) or equivalent industrial, commercial or military facility. 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 time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 06/06/2024.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Contacts

• Address Grand Coulee Power Office Bureau of Reclamation Grand Coulee Power Office Hwy 155 P.O. Box 620 Grand Coulee, WA 99133 US
• Name: BOR C-PN Region 9 Human Resources Office
• Email: [email protected]