You will serve as an Electrical Engineer for the Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region, located at the Grand Coulee Power Office and associated operating offices. You will provide electrical engineering support for powerplants, pumping plants, transmission systems, industrial control systems, protective relaying systems, and other complex water and power facilities.
This is an open continuous vacancy announcement. The first cut-off date is 11:59 pm ET, 10/16/2026. Initial consideration will be given to candidates whose applications have been received before the first cut-off date. Qualification and/or eligibility requirements must be met for those applications submitted by the first cut-off date. Applicants will be referred periodically throughout the announcement period.
Final application disposition will be completed once all positions have been filled or the announcement reaches the end of the open period stated in the announcement. This is a developmental position with promotion potential to the GS-12 level. At lower grade levels, assignments are performed under close supervision and involve less complex work.
As experience is gained, the employee will perform progressively more difficult assignments with increasing independence and responsibility until the full performance level is reached. Lead engineering analyses and coordinate technical planning, design, modeling, and troubleshooting for complex electrical systems and projects across multiple locations. Develop and review project job plans, guidelines, and technical documentation; present findings at meetings and briefings.
Plan, schedule, and conduct facility inspections, assessments, and investigations; identify deficiencies, estimate repairs, and document results. Mentor and guide engineers and technicians, provide technical reviews, and ensure quality assurance processes are followed. Manage project plans, oversee contract administration, ensure regulatory compliance, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver reliable power and water services.
Physical Demands: The work is typically performed in an office setting with no special physical demands. However, work may also be performed in the field which involves periods of moving about worksites, bending, climbing, or driving motor vehicles to worksites. The work regularly combines both office and field assignments.
Field work requires physical exertion, such as long periods of standing, or recurring and considerable walking, stooping, bending, crouching, crawling, and climbing such as in regular and periodic construction activities and field inspections. Work may also include frequent lifting of moderately heavy items weighing less than 50 pounds. Field assignments may involve driving motor vehicles to work sites in remote locations requiring overnight stays.
Work Environment: The work is usually performed in an office setting. However, work time may also be spent periodically visiting field sites. Field site visits are typically performed in either an outdoor setting subject to weather changes, diverse terrain, and safety hazards associated with working around complex features and/or construction, or an industrial setting subject to noise, fumes, and moving machinery.
Both settings may require the use of personal protective equipment. The work may also involve some overnight travel for training, meetings, and site visits. Safety precautions and protocols are observed at all times and the incumbent complies with safety instructions and regulations and ensures individual and others' safety by promptly reporting unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, and accidents to the supervisor.
The work involves regular and recurring exposure to moderate risks, discomforts, and unpleasantness such as: high noise levels, infectious materials, or toxic or irritating chemicals; travel in safety approved small aircraft and watercraft; high winds and low or high temperatures; infestation of dangerous reptiles or poisonous plants, snakes, or insects; adverse weather conditions; noxious fumes; flammable liquids; or radiation.
The work involves performing tasks in close proximity to rotating heavy mechanical and electrical machinery and may involve working within confined spaces for extensive periods of time. Special safety precautions such as protective clothing and gear are necessary.
Safety precautions and protocols are observed at all times and the incumbent complies with safety instructions and regulations and ensures individual and others' safety by promptly reporting unsafe acts, unsafe conditions, and accidents to the supervisor.
This position has a mandatory education requirement. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed 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
becky_olson@ios.doi.gov · 218-853-5937
This position is with Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior.
The posted pay range is $99954 – $127443/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-12-11.
This position is open under the 'Special Authorities' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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