Electrical Engineer

About the Position

This is an Electrical Engineer GS-0850-12 position for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Southwestern Division, Tulsa District, Tulsa, Oklahoma. For additional information on USACE Tulsa District

• Serves as the lead technical authority for electrical quality assurance, performing reviews of contractor submittals including shop drawings, product data, and calculations for power distribution, lighting, fire alarm, and communication systems.
• Conducts frequent site inspections and field investigations to verify construction of electrical systems comply with the approved design, identifying deficiencies and recommends corrective actions as the government's expert.
• Acts as the primary troubleshooter for electrical issues in the field, serving as the lead consultant to construction personnel for resolving disputes and technical problems that arise on site.
• Provides technical oversight of the electrical commissioning process, including witnessing functional performance tests and integrated systems testing to ensure all systems operate as intended prior to government acceptance.
• As the electrical SME, performs BCOES reviews on final designs to identify risks and provide recommendations that improve the constructability, reliability, and maintainability of electrical systems.
• Reviews and provides recommendations on value engineering proposals and contractor-initiated requests for information (RFIs) to ensure technical feasibility and compliance with project requirements.
• Incumbent is responsible for the design of electrical features of work for construction of civil and/or military projects in the District.
• Review directives, site plans, specifications, design criteria and other available data preparatory to the accomplishment of the electrical design and the preparation of design analyses.
• Produce design packages utilizing electronic advertising accessible to construction contractors.
• Perform Architect/Engineer (A/E) and peer reviews, reviews value engineering contractor proposals, and participates on value engineering study teams.
• Conduct field investigations to study deficiencies in the operation of electrical equipment at construction projects.
• Participate in pre-design conferences with customer representatives and higher authority for the purpose of determining applicable design criteria for proposed construction.
• Closely coordinates electrical features with other design disciplines on each project to ensure that electrical designs are fully compatible with other engineering features of projects.

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.