This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration in the Infrastructure Delivery team (TEGA) of Transmission Engineering Grid Expansion (TEG), Engineering and Technical Services (TE), Transmission Services (T), Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). A successful candidate in the Electrical Engineer position will serve as a Substation Engineering Coordinator and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).
As an Electrical Engineer, you will: Serve as the primary coordinator and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for complex substation engineering capital projects, supporting a Transmission-wide strategy for capital project delivery. Perform technical evaluations of contractor proposals, prepares detailed engineering Statements of Work (SOWs), and provides rigorous technical verification of contract milestones.
Provide technical review, oversight, and quality assurance of complex project designs, physical substation layouts, and construction packages. Coordinate, schedule, and track multi-faceted design and construction packages to ensure all substation engineering layouts, electrical bus work, grounding, schematics, and equipment selections are fully integrated, technically sound, and compliant with BPA transmission standards, industry codes, and safety requirements.
Ensure all engineering packages meet project-specific requirements, grid integration parameters, and BPA standards. Monitor contractor performance, resolve technical design deviations or contract non-conformance issues under BPI protocols, and ensures that delivered systems meet safety and utility-grade performance criteria.
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".
jddumaplin@bpa.gov · 503-230-3289
This position is with Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy.
The posted pay range is $117247 – $140188/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-11.
There are 2 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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