ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (HYDROPOWER)
Who May Apply:
US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education or education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for all Electrical Engineer (Hydropower) positions and for basic qualifications at the GS-12 level:
A. Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. 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), 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) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. For GS-12:
Specialized
Experience:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 which includes providing technical lead, design, onsite quality assurance, and contract management services for hydropower operations and construction projects; applying the relationships between electrical technology and related areas of engineering such as mechanical and structural features; preparing preliminary design studies, site investigations, design documentation review, final design calculations, engineer's estimates, plans, and technical specification provisions for hydropower features. PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Work requires some physical exertion, long periods of standing, considerable walking, climbing, stooping or bending during coverage of construction activities at field locations outdoors as well as in industrial settings. Assignments require incumbent to travers rough terrain, climb ladders, and enter confined spaces. WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work is performed in office settings and at field locations with moderate exposure to high noise levels, dust and auto exhaust, marine environments, adverse weather conditions (wind and rain), considerable driving, carcinogenic materials, noxious fumes, flammable liquids, insect bites, and bee stings which requires use of personal protective clothing and gear to be worn.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education or education and experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for all Electrical Engineer (Hydropower) positions and for basic qualifications at the GS-12 level:
A. Degree:
Bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
(1) lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher degree) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (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. 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), 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) examination, or any other written test required for professional registration, by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, or 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 A above. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. 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 degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. For GS-12:
Specialized
Experience:
One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11 which includes providing technical lead, design, onsite quality assurance, and contract management services for hydropower operations and construction projects; applying the relationships between electrical technology and related areas of engineering such as mechanical and structural features; preparing preliminary design studies, site investigations, design documentation review, final design calculations, engineer's estimates, plans, and technical specification provisions for hydropower features. PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Work requires some physical exertion, long periods of standing, considerable walking, climbing, stooping or bending during coverage of construction activities at field locations outdoors as well as in industrial settings. Assignments require incumbent to travers rough terrain, climb ladders, and enter confined spaces. WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work is performed in office settings and at field locations with moderate exposure to high noise levels, dust and auto exhaust, marine environments, adverse weather conditions (wind and rain), considerable driving, carcinogenic materials, noxious fumes, flammable liquids, insect bites, and bee stings which requires use of personal protective clothing and gear to be worn.
- Department:
0850 Electrical Engineering - Salary Range:
$90,433 to $110,287 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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