This position is part of the WAPA-SNR-Sierra Nevada Region. As an Electrical Engineer, you will serve within the Energy Management and Marketing Office, performing and coordinating complex power resources modeling, load forecasting, scheduling, and portfolio management.
As an Electrical Engineer at the full performance level, you will: Accomplish short-term load forecasting for customers, taking into consideration historical load and projected demand information and any embedded renewable generation. Execute Base Resource or marketed energy allocation through WAPA's business processes to serve power to preference customers.
Updates customer loads and allocations, purchase power information, and allocation of Base Resource or marketed energy exchanges. Develop portfolio management strategies for wholesale electricity market transactions. Evaluate historical load and projected demand information to develop energy payback schedules taking into consideration contract requirements. Perform water and power resource modeling, planning, scheduling, and portfolio management for Federal load obligations.
Conduct development of models and scheduling systems enhancements for power resource planning, scheduling, and portfolio management. Contribute in project team(s) made up of technical and functional experts; support development of milestones, project baselines and technical objectives, project and resource plans, cost and performance schedules, project accountability, tracking, reporting, and closure.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. 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 all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
This position is with Western Area Power Administration, Department of Energy.
The posted pay range is $87887 – $142737/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-25.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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