Electrical Engineer (Recent Graduate)

U.S. Department of the Interior; Folsom (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation in Folsom, CA is seeking an electrical engineer for a developmental position with promotion potential to GS-11.

You will perform analyses, prepare calculations and documentation, and support inspections and evaluations of electrical systems serving critical water and power infrastructure. The role emphasizes design, analysis, testing, troubleshooting, and project collaboration with engineers, project managers, and contractors to enable safe

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or higher with ABET accreditation requirements.
• Combination of education and experience accepted if criteria met (EI/EIT/PE registration or FE exam, etc.).
• Transcript/documentation required to verify education qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrical engineering analyses for planning, design, operation, and maintenance of water and power infrastructure.
• Prepare calculations, technical reports, drawings, cost estimates and documentation for projects.
• Assist with inspections, condition assessments, investigations and evaluations of electrical systems; recommend corrective actions.
• Analyze equipment and system performance; troubleshoot and propose engineering solutions.

Skills

Electrical engineering analyses

Engineering calculations

Technical reports

Drawings and specifications

Cost estimates

Inspections and condition assessments

Troubleshooting

Project planning and technical reviews

Compliance and safety

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Engineering registration or licensure (EI/EIT/PE)

Job description

Summary

Launch or advance your electrical engineering career with the Bureau of Reclamation! Apply your engineering skills to electrical systems that support critical water and power infrastructure. Gain experience in design, analysis, testing, troubleshooting, inspections, and system operations while working on meaningful projects that serve communities across the West. Learn more at: https://www.usbr.gov/ This vacancy is open to Recent Graduates only.

Major Duties

This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region, Water & Power Maintenance Branch, in Folsom, California. This is a developmental position with promotion potential to the GS-11 level. At lower grade levels, assignments are performed under closer 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. At the full performance level (GS-11) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following: Perform electrical engineering analyses supporting the planning, design, operation, maintenance, and modernization of water, power, and related infrastructure. Prepare engineering calculations, technical reports, drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and other documentation supporting engineering projects and studies. Assist with or conduct inspections, condition assessments, investigations, and evaluations of electrical systems and recommend corrective actions. Analyze electrical equipment and system performance, evaluate technical data, troubleshoot problems, and recommend engineering solutions. Collaborate with engineers, project managers, contractors, and other stakeholders to support engineering studies, construction activities, and project delivery. Support engineering projects involving hydroelectric facilities, pumping plants, substations, transmission systems, industrial control systems, and related infrastructure. Apply engineering principles, standards, regulations, and industry practices to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of electrical facilities. Participate in project planning, technical reviews, compliance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives while developing increasing technical responsibility.

Education

This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR), to meet this basic requirement applicants must meet one of the following (A or B):

• A. Education: A Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering. To be acceptable, the program must:
  • Lead to a bachelor's degree (or higher) in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET);
  • OR 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: 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. 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. 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. 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. You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education. 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

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit www.dhs.gov/EVerify/. You cannot hold an active real estate license; nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Land. Recent Graduates will enter a formal training program with a mentor and execute an Individual Development Plan outlining training requirements and program expectations. Recent Graduates must receive at least 40 hours of formal training directly linked to their employment field. Recent Graduates will be required to sign a Pathways Recent Graduate Participant Agreement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 year trial during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest will be evaluated. This trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Evaluations

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of any additional assessment(s) required for this position. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the \"Resume\" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. These procedures place candidates with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each category. Veterans with a service-connected disability of at least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level or higher. Under Category Rating, candidates will be rated and ranked into the following categories: Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in