About the Position: The position is located in the Hydroelectric Design Center (HDC) Electrical Automated Controls and Cyber Security (ACCS) Branch, which is within the Hydropower Center of Expertise for the Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District. The Electrical Branch provides planning and engineering for electrical portions of powerhouses and pumping stations. This includes the review of electrical features of non-Federal hydropower development at Corps projects.

Duties

Provide technical assistance, review, mentoring, training and authoritative consultation services covering hydropower electrical and control systems.(i.e.. SCADA). Coordinate the planning, organization, development, design and execution of controls systems for power plants large pumping stations, and major hydroelectric and hydropower facilities. Serve as a specialist in the theory and design of electrical and control systems used in hydroelectric powerhouses and large pumping plants. Perform or direct the performance of special technical studies and analyses of powerhouse electrical and control systems. Serve as team lead for 5-10 team members, lead one-on-one meetings with other engineers. Work with Section Chiefs, Design Managers, and other necessary personnel (i.e. Product Owners) to establish the scope, schedule and budget documents, estimate hours for tasks, and resource personnel to projects. Assist with performance reviews, feedback, coaching, etc. Lead or help create agendas for team meetings. Lead or assist with team initiatives to improve business process or technical capabilities.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires you to submit a Financial Disclosure Statement, OGE-450, upon entering the position and annually thereafter.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Electrical Engineer: A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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: 1. 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. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. 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, or Puerto Rico. 3. 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 4. 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 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: (GS-12) Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience with the evaluation, design, engineering during construction support, testing, commissioning, and theory of electrical and control equipment used in power generation and pumping facilities. Specialized experience also includes leading multidisciplinary project teams in preparing design documentation for electrical and control systems (i.e. SCADA) in power generation and pumping facilities. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). (GS-13) Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes experience with the evaluation, design, engineering during construction support, testing, commissioning, and theory of electrical and control equipment used in power generation facilities. Specialized experience also includes providing mentorship, quality control reviews, and leading multidisciplinary teams in preparing design documentation for electrical and control systems (i.e. SCADA) in power generation and pumping facilities. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Selective Placement Factor (for the GS-13 level only):This position requires current registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in a state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Contacts

• Address RH-W2SJ01 USARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-PORTLAND DO NOT MAIL Portland, OR 97208 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk