Supervisory General Engineer
What you'd do
Reclamation is seeking a career professional looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as a Supervisory General Engineer. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment. Duty Location: Redding, California
Major duties
This position oversees the Northern California Area Office's (NCAO) operations and maintenance program, providing guidance and direction for the operation of 6 powerplants and 9 dams. The position works directly with the Central Valley Operations Office and power customers. Duties include: -Oversees, directs, and enhances the effective Operations and Maintenance (O&M) of NCAO facilities by identifying, prioritizing, and scheduling O&M activities. -Establishes program goals and tracks actual program accomplishment against established schedules and budgets. -Manages the automated maintenance management system (MAXIMO/CARMA) used to document, track and report data related to O&M activities. -Provides for hydraulic, structural, and system analyses of facilities to evaluate the continuing ability to meet current and future needs through modified operations and improved operational efficiency. -Responsible for all civil, electrical, mechanical and related maintenance, including testing and installation of facilities equipment. -Oversees and determines maintenance and test schedules to provide adequate, efficient and safe operation of the equipment and systems. -Provides oversight for the NCAO Safety of Dams and Associated Facilities/Reserved Works inspection, surveillance, and instrumentation programs. -Serves as both a first and second level supervisor to a staff of professional, technical, administrative and dam/power plant operations and maintenance functions. -Coordinates and collaborates with other Reclamation and Interior offices, and various Federal, State, and local entities on the policies and direction of NCAO's water and power supply operations. -Represents management in Union negotiations and activities.
What you need to qualify
To be eligible for consideration, you must first meet the Basic Education Requirement for this position, having a: 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. The HR Office must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - this information must be clearly supported in the resume. Specialized Experience: To qualify at the GS-14, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to at least the GS-13 level in federal service having demonstrated experience managing the operation, maintenance, design, or planning of power generation and associated facilities; experience applying engineering principles in design, construction, operation, or maintenance of civil works related to the storage and conveyance of water such as canals, dams, pipelines, or tunnels; experience managing professional, scientific and technical work through subordinate supervisors; performing engineering studies, making recommendations for improvements, and implementing improved engineering features. 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). 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. Time-In-Grade: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower-grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). Selective Placement Factor: This position requires a current, valid Professional Engineering License. Failure to provide proof of such license will cause you to be rated ineligible for this position. You must meet all Eligibility and Qualification requirements, including time-in-grade restrictions and any selective placement factors if applicable, by 08/03/2026.
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