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Summary This position is part of the WAPA Headquarters. As an Electrical Engineer (Operations and/or Transmission Planning), your responsibilities include Network Model Development and SCADA support of advanced applications used in the power industry. Activities include developing, maintaining, coordinating, and reviewing the network models that support the real-time state estimator network analysis functions. Responsibilities As an Electrical Engineer (Operations and/or Transmission Planning), you will: Provide technical leadership of the OSII Monarch SCADA/EMS. Install, administer, and tune OSII Monarch SCADA/EMS software. Develop, prepare, maintain, coordinate and review the network models that support the real-time state estimator network analysis functions. Maintain the data base information, graphic interfaces, and network models and ensures the controls are realistic and representative of the characteristics of the real-time power system. Adhere to change control and quality processes for product development changes (e.g. code, displays, DB changes, network models…etc.), system configuration changes and patching. Provide technical assistance and troubleshooting for real-time operating personnel. Be responsible for the documentation, organization, mitigation, and coordination of applicable compliance requirements. Coordinate issues with compliance personnel to maintain, implement, and/or improve compliance and/or reporting processes regarding regulatory agencies such as FERC, NERC, and Regional Entity. Be responsible for working organization wide in multi-platform environments on multi-project assignments. Communicate effectively to technical and business stakeholders. Requirements Conditions of Employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. This employer participates in the e-Verify program. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation. This position may be in the Bargaining Unit. May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period. Employees serving on a probationary or trial period may be terminated at any time during the probationary or trial period for performance, conduct, or business-related reasons in the interest of Federal service. In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answers to these questions are not scored or rated. Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications. Your full resume will be made available to the hiring manager if you are referred. On-Call Duty - Sustain able to respond-perform work condition within one-half hour travel time of their primary place of residence. Qualifications In order to be qualified for this position, you must meet the basic requirement AND minimum qualification requirements for the grade level(s) in which you apply. BASIC REQUIREMENT: You must meet one of the following: A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by 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: 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. (You must submit licensure or registration.) 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, and Puerto Rico. (You must submit documentation) 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 the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 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 bachelor's 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required specialized experience and/or education for the respective grade level(s) in which you are applying: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: GS-12: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in one of the following: Building and maintaining High Voltage Electrical models used in State Estimator (SE), Contingency Analysis (CA) or Power Flow (PF) Studies. Supporting any of the following: SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisitions) systems, Automatic Generation and Control (AGC), Inter Control Center Protocol (ICCP), AVEVA (OSISoft) PI (Plant Interface) Historian software or other vendors' advanced applications suites. GS-13: A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as experience in item 1 OR 2 AND item 3 (2 out of 3) of the following: Building and maintaining High Voltage Electrical models used in State Estimator (SE), Contingency Analysis (CA) or Power Flow (PF) Studies, OR Supporting any of the following: SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisitions) systems, Automatic Generation and Control (AGC), Inter Control Center Protocol (ICCP), AVEVA (OSISoft) PI (Plant Interface) Historian software or other vendors' advanced applications suites, AND Technical leadership experience guiding peers, lower graded engineers or IT personnel solving issues, researching new technology, or innovative efforts. Your resume must CLEARLY demonstrate this experience. There is no education substitution at the GS-12 or GS-13 level. "Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include: volunteer work done through National Service programs (such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps); as well as work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills; and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications. Your full resume will be made available to the hiring manager if you are referred. Education Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. DO NOT email or mail in any of your application documents. Documents will not be accepted outside of the online application system. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating. Additional Information This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across DOE. For general information on government-wide Telework polices visit: www.telework.gov. Applicants may request Reasonable Accommodation (RA) when applying or competing for a job due to a medical condition or to exercise religious beliefs. If you need reasonable accommodation in the application or selection process, please contact the Agency Contact listed on this vacancy announcement. If selection is made at a lower grade, promotion up to the full performance level may be made without further competition. However, promotion(s) will depend on the performance of the incumbent and are not guaranteed. The selectee for this position may be eligible to receive a recruitment or relocation incentive. You will need to sign an employment agreement to be eligible for this incentive. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs are not authorized. This position may be eligible for creditable service towards annual leave. Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. DOE may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. Salary: General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages.