Electrical Engineer

Summary

Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as an Electrical Engineer. Make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.

Duties

• At the full performance level, some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Performs complex engineering analyses and designs for electrical systems and facilities. Conducts technical planning, data collection, modeling, troubleshooting, and risk assessment for hydropower, transmission, pumping, control, and communication systems. Makes engineering recommendations and decisions for projects with complex or unusual features. Manages and oversees construction activities for electrical projects. Reviews designs for constructability, develops technical specifications, evaluates contractor submittals, determines construction sequencing, and performs on-site inspections and acceptance activities. May serve as Contracting Officer's Representative (COR). Provides electrical engineering expertise for operations, maintenance, diagnostics, and reliability programs. Coordinates scheduled and emergency maintenance; troubleshoots equipment issues; conducts diagnostic testing; evaluates test data; develops corrective actions; and optimizes reliability of electrical systems, protection systems, Industrial Control Systems /Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition networks, and associated control infrastructure. Develops, prepares, and reviews technical engineering documentation and cost estimates. Produces or reviews technical reports, analyses, design criteria, drawings, job plans, cost estimates (including Independent Government Cost Estimates), specifications, construction documentation, permit applications, and compliance materials. Presents technical findings in meetings and briefings. Conducts investigations, assessments, inspections, and engineering reviews of facilities. Plans and leads condition assessments, construction and transfer inspections, accident and incident investigations, root-cause analyses, and compliance reviews. Identifies deficiencies, recommends corrective actions, and evaluates future needs related to capital investment or maintenance. Provides technical review, mentorship, and stakeholder collaboration. Performs peer reviews of engineering work products; provides technical mentorship guidance to engineers and technicians; collaborates with internal and external stakeholders; and participates on or leads technical working groups related to electrical engineering and compliance activities. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-11/17/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. To receive credit for experience, your resume MUST state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Failure to adequately provide information needed to determine number of hours worked in each position may result in that time not being credited when evaluating qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the full and/or part-time hours requirement as the service dates will be reflected. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following Basic Requirements AND Specialized Experience. Basic Requirements: you must meet one of the following: A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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. You must submit transcripts. -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)1, 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)2 examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 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 bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and gu…

Education

This position does not allow the substitution of education for experience at the GS-12 grade level. Volunteer Experience: 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. This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed basic experience and education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | U.S. Department of Education. https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualification