Electrical Engineer

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Umatilla (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Oregon seeks a senior Electrical Maintenance/Reliability Engineer for a large hydropower plant.

You will lead advanced electrical engineering activities, oversee maintenance strategies, and drive reliability improvements across the facility. The role requires thorough knowledge of electrical systems in industrial settings, collaboration with operations, and the ability to mentor junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with ABET-accredited program.
• Coursework meeting ABET requirements and calculus.
• Demonstrated understanding of electrical engineering principles for industrial facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical maintenance and reliability efforts for a large hydropower plant.
• Provide engineering guidance for operations and maintenance teams.
• Coordinate with project stakeholders to ensure safety and compliance.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Reliability engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (ABET-accredited)

Professional licensure or FE exam eligibility

Job description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position:

Serves as the senior Electrical Maintenance/Reliability Engineer for the Project responsible for a variety of functions in support of the large hydropower plant.

Who May Apply:

US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., PeaceCo… 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 Electrical Engineer:

• 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);
  • (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.
• 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.

GS-11 Specialized Experience:

• One year of specialized experience which includes experience with electrical engineering activities at a manufacturing or industrial facility. Must include experience in applying concepts and methodologies of electrical engineering as it applies to operations and maintenance of industrial facilities. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second low