Electrical Engineer

Department of Interior; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Bureau of Reclamation in the Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region seeks an Electrical Engineer to provide engineering support for powerplants, pumping plants, transmission systems, and control systems at Grand Coulee Power Office and associated offices.

The open continuous announcement accepts applications over several months with initial cut-off dates; applicants must meet basic education requirements and clearly demonstrate specialized experience in the resume. Applications close 01/08/2027.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (ABET-accredited program).
• Engineering degree with calculus and courses in statics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, electrical fields and circuits, materials, or related areas (five of seven).
• Combination of education and experience demonstrating strong foundation in physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (ABET-accredited program)

Engineering degree with calculus and advanced coursework in statics, dynamics, and related areas

Job description

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 announcement in which applications are accepted over several months and reviewed according to multiple cut-off dates. Applicants who apply by the initial cut-off date will receive first consideration. The first cut-off date is 11:59 pm ET, 10/29/2026. Applicants will have 5 days to complete the required USA Hire Assessment after receiving the assessment notice. Applications will continue to be reviewed throughout the open period; however, additional referral certificates will only be issued when a hiring official has exhausted a current certificate and/or when additional vacancies arise. 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.

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement-01/08/2027-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 be considered qualified for this position, you must first meet the basic education requirements for the series. In addition, the HR Office must be able to clearly determine from your resume that you meet the specialized experience requirements. Be sure your resume fully and explicitly supports the specialized experience you claim.

Basic Education Requirements

• Successfully completed a bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).
• Successfully completed a bachelor's or higher degree in Engineering that included 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.
• A 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