Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Engineering Technician (Electrical). You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location:Albuquerque, New Mexico For more information about Albuquerque, New Mexico, click HERE.

Duties

Perform technical evaluation and analysis using many different and unrelated processes and methods requiring ingenuity, and experienced knowledge and skill, including in emerging practices and methods, to identify, evaluate, assess unusual circumstances, and recommend appropriate solutions to a broad range of complex interrelated problems. Develop innovative methods, approaches, or procedures. Provides comprehensive management advisory and technical services on substantive functions and practices. Develop, prepare, and/or review plans, specifications, and cost estimates for construction and/or proposed/ongoing projects. Advise on instrumentation, equipment, and laboratory system capabilities; and select, calibrate, and fabricate highly sophisticated laboratory systems. Conduct difficult inspections and assessments, including condition assessments of civil works facilities, buildings, marine vessels, hydraulic systems, mechanical and electrical systems, materials laboratories or mixing plants, transportation infrastructure, and construction site conditions. Formulate and present findings, briefings, project papers, status reports, and correspondence to foster understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations. Prepare technical documentation for work assignments and reviews documentation of lower graded technicians. Monitor project plans that outline the scope, schedule, and budget of assigned projects. This includes collaboration and communication; leading and participating on teams; and identifying procedural issues prior to adverse impacts to the schedule and budget. Serve as the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)/Grants Officer's Technical Representative (GOTR)/Awarding Official Technical Representative (AOTR) and/or assists the COR/GOTR/AOTR in working with the Contracting Officer/Grants Officer/ A warding Official Provide administrative technical support in connection with regulatory program oversight. Use databases to maintain engineering data and records. Participate in the development, maintenance, and/or operation of engineering data collection and storage systems.

Requirements

Qualifications

In order to be rated as qualified for this position, the HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the education and/or specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. To qualify at the GS-11, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-09 level in federal service performing duties related to Engineering Technician position, in three or more of the following areas: 1. Experience with electrical systems and components for maintenance facilities, pumping plants, water treatment plants, and pipelines 2. Experience with High Voltage circuit systems, tacking and operating circuit line breakers, and tracking/maintaining the service schedules of electrical equipment for these systems on applicable facilities. 3. Experience on modifying or changing electrical systems and components to better service facilities in an ever-changing atmosphere of infrastructure renovations. 4. Experience on tracking electrical equipment deficiencies, providing input on remedying these issues, and assistance to take corrective actions prior to the transfer of facilities and features. 5. Experience in troubleshooting electrical equipment systems to discover source of issues, take corrective actions to return the features back to service and/or provide recommended routes to take in corrective actions. 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 12/18/2024.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

Contacts

• Address Upper Colorado Basin Region, Albuquerque Area Office Bureau of Reclamation 125 South State Street Room 8100 Salt Lake City, UT 84138 US
• Name: Mckinley Earnest
• Phone: 801-524-3787
• Email: [email protected]