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Supervisory Electrical Engineer
Bonneville Power Administration · Posted 14 days ago
On-site Spokane, WA $133K – $176K Apply by Sep 10, 2026 Electrical Engineering INTJISTJISTP EngineeringOperations
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This position is located with Near-Term Operations (TOON) organization of Technical Operations (TOO), Transmission System Operations (TO), Transmission Services (T), Bonneville Power Administration. A successful candidate in the Supervisory Electrical Engineer position will be responsible for planning, supervising, and leading programs, systems, and work processes that are necessary to perform the critical mission and support activities.
What You'll Do
- →As a Supervisory Electrical Engineer, you will: Program Management & Technical Authority: Oversee the Near-Term Operations Planning program, exercising full supervisory authority over study processes, analysis, tool development, and market mitigation strategies.
- →System Reliability & Operational Modeling: Lead near-term system modeling (steady-state and transient stability) and operating plan development to ensure a flexible, reliable power delivery framework across the BPA network.
- →Vulnerability & Market Mitigation Approval: Serve as the supervisory authority for Bulk Electric System (BES) operating plans, directing the use of Energy Imbalance and Day-Ahead Market tools to resolve vulnerabilities.
- →Personnel & Team Development: Exercise full delegated supervisory authority over staff and contractors, including task delegation, performance management, and identifying and arranging employee training and development.
- →Stakeholder Leadership & Dispatch Support: Direct technical and operational support for transmission system dispatch, providing leadership guidance to internal teams, Reliability Coordinators, market entities (day ahead and real time markets), utilities, and regulatory bodies (WECC, NERC, DOE).
- →Outage Coordination Oversight: Direct outage coordination support, facilitating planning and risk mitigation for complex transmission outages in the near-term operations horizon.
Requirements
- ✓In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire.
- ✓Answer to these questions is not scored or rated.
- ✓Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.
- ✓When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically.
- ✓You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully.
- ✓Key Requirements: You must be a United States Citizen.
- ✓This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
- ✓Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
- ✓You will be required to report in person to the official duty location.
- ✓Conditions of Employment: Selectee will be required to complete the Office of Government Ethics Standard of Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OFGE450e) within 30 days of employment and annually.
- ✓This position requires a valid driver's license as a condition of employment.
- ✓First time supervisors will be required to serve a 1 year probationary period.
- ✓A preliminary background check must be completed before a new employee can begin work.
- ✓Current Federal employees or other individuals with an existing completed background investigation may not be required to undergo another background check.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9b2b0c96-3766-443a-9658-2e75195fd673
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