Electrical Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Meet the engineering education or qualifying education-and-experience basic requirement, including an acceptable engineering degree or one of the stated alternatives such as qualifying licensure, FE examination, specified coursework, or related curriculum with professional engineering experience.
• For GS-11, meet the specialized experience requirement through at least one year equivalent to GS-9 performing at least two qualifying engineering activities, or qualifying graduate education, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• For GS-12, meet the specialized experience requirement through at least one year equivalent to GS-11 performing at least two qualifying engineering activities.
• Possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
• Be a U.S. Citizen or National; pass a background investigation and favorable adjudication; and satisfy applicable Selective Service requirements.
• Participate in Direct Deposit and successfully pass E-Verify employment verification.
• Meet applicable time-in-grade requirements if a current federal employee.
• Submit required transcripts if using education to qualify; foreign education must be evaluated as described in the announcement.
• Serve a one-year probationary period if required as a condition of appointment.
• Be available for on-call work, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, and shift work as required.

Responsibilities

• Perform and coordinate engineering analyses and technical planning, including data collection, validation and management, design, modeling, site analysis, troubleshooting, and risk estimation.
• Provide electrical engineering support for YDP electrical distribution, instrumentation, and industrial control systems, including DCS, PLCs, HMIs, and data historians.
• Coordinate YDP operational changes, planned outages, and instrumentation calibrations with operations and maintenance personnel and vendors; document changes in control narratives and configuration baselines.
• Manage configuration and quality assurance for ICS/DCS software and firmware updates in accordance with agency standards and YAO procedures.
• Support integration and reliability of control networks and field control units at YDP and the WQIC research facility.
• Provide technical oversight of construction and operations and maintenance work, including inspection and acceptance of contractor work.
• Plan, coordinate, and direct scheduled and emergency maintenance, repairs, and modifications; review performance standards and maintenance techniques; conduct diagnostic tests and evaluate test data and corrective measures.
• Plan, schedule, coordinate, and conduct facility examinations, condition assessments, and construction and transfer inspections; identify deficiencies, estimate repairs, coordinate with partners, and document and present results.
• Conduct root-cause analyses, analyze unexpected event reports, investigate accidents and incidents, and identify future asset investment needs.
• Provide engineering support for regulatory oversight, policy and rulemaking, compliance reviews, and resolution of engineering issues.
• Develop, monitor, and manage project plans defining scope, schedule, and budget.
• Review and check designs, drawings, analyses, specifications, technical documents, and contract correspondence for accuracy and quality assurance.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package for employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.