This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in the Power Generation Operations Planning (PGPO) organization of Generation Scheduling (PGP), Generation Asset Management (PG), Power Services (P). A successful candidate in the Operations Research Analyst position will serve as the Load, Obligation, and Resource Analyzer (LORA) system technical lead and business processes authority and advisor for Power Generation Planning.

Duties

As a Operations Research Analyst, you will serve as the Load, Obligation, and Resource Analyzer (LORA) Power Systems Lead and related business processes authority and advisor for Power Generation Planning with full technical authority and responsibility for coordinating all aspects and activities related to the development, enhancement, testing, training, maintenance, issue resolution, and quality control of LORA. The lead is responsible for functional aspects of the LORA system as well as the LORA data model and definitions.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualifications: Degree: in operations research; or at least 24 semester hours in a combination of operations research, mathematics, probability, statistics, mathematical logic, science, or subject-matter courses requiring substantial competence in college-level mathematics or statistics. At least 3 of the 24 semester hours must have been in calculus. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS A qualified candidate's resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Designing and maintaining methods of collecting and understanding data from various disparate systems and combining it into one database in support of Agency goals and objectives; 2) Understanding and managing a complex rule-based IT system; and 3) Interpreting complex requests or policy and satisfying the corresponding business need using available systems and data. Data ManagementMathematical ReasoningPartneringProblem SolvingResearch "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. Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration. CTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section. You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

This vacancy has a positive education requirement. In order to be rated as qualified, you must provide copies of your college transcripts. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Department of Education Accreditation Search to verify school accreditation.

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.DO NOT email or mail in any of your application documents. Documents will not be accepted outside of the online application system.

Failure to provide copies of your college transcripts may result in a rating of "Ineligible".

Contacts

• Address Bonneville Power Administration P.O. Box 3621 Portland, OR 97208 US
• Name: Gena Vaughan
• Phone: 360-947-5342
• Email: [email protected]