Job summary

About the Position: Electrical Engineer with special emphasis on automated control systems, plant automation, process control, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). Expertise needed in exterior/interior electrical distributions systems, electrical generator installations for critical power requirements, security/fire alarm system, and control installations for dams and other civil works projects. Applies extensive background of electrical engineering to solve novel/obscure problems.

Major duties

As the District's technical specialist in electrical engineering with a special emphasis on plant automation, process control, and telecommunications. Serves as the Section's lead engineer for one or more major projects including virtual teaming with members outside of the District to accomplish any specific project mission. Reviews and produces designs (plans and specifications) for proposed works. Provides Independent and Agency Technical Review of in-house designs and designs prepared by other Corps Districts. As District's technical specialist in the area of process control and plant automation, responds to requests for technical advice and assistance from sponsor and any District team member. Active regional participant in community of practice and with other Districts, CESAD, HQUSACE, other federal and non-federal agencies, and interested parties with respect to specific electrical design features of related work. Maintains awareness of industry advances in the field of process control and plant automation. Participates in conferences with representatives of using services, HQUSACE, District, A-E firms, non-federal project sponsors, and other interested parties. Analyzes and designs the more sophisticated and technically challenging electrical engineering features of District projects. Serves as first level reviewer of in-house designs prepared by other electrical engineers within the branch and section. Serves as the Section's lead engineer for one or more major projects including virtual teaming with members outside of the District to accomplish any specific project mission. Responsible for coaching, mentoring, facilitating and communicating technical issues to meet project objectives, mission, goals. Responsible for problems to be solved, milestones, techniques, work methods, procedures and identification of parameters of a viable solution. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualification

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 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); 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. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service defined as: Develop and review electrical engineering (Power, lighting, general purpose, controls, SCADA, instrumentation, telecommunications, security) documents (plans, specifications, calculations, analyses, and reports) for construction of Civil Works projects (examples: Pump Stations, Gated Culverts, Water Control Structures, Water Management Features). This position requires the incumbent to have a Professional Engineer (P.E.) License in good standing.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/

Evaluations

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements listed on this announcement. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and/or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. You should list any relevant performance appraisals and incentive awards in your resume as that information may be taken into consideration during the selection process. If selected, you may be required to provide supporting documentation. Veterans and Military Spouses will be considered along with all other candidates.