This position is located within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Pacific Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region, Office of Strategic Operations, Camarillo, CA.
At the full performance level (GS-14) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Serves as the lead Electrical Engineer for the Pacific OCS Region performing electrical engineering and operational analysis of complex oil and gas facilities and operations.
2. Conducts technical, regulatory, and safety reviews of oil and gas operators' submittals for electrical systems. Assesses submittals for adequacy and compliance with applicable regulations. Advises applicants of needed revisions and prepares comments and recommendations for review/approval by the supervisor.
3. Conducts engineering analysis and evaluation of OCS platform electrical systems including area classifications, generation, transmission, and distribution systems; switching procedures; operator policies and work practices; human factors, utilizing equipment design, sizing and installation; protective device coordination; fault analysis; power factor connection; and hazards involved, to determine compliance with regulations and incorporated industry recommended practices; and, to identify any improvements which can be implemented, and prepares detailed engineering reports of his/her analysis.
4. Reviews and analyzes inspection reports prepared by others to compile statistics and trends of electrical systems' inspection results to identify areas that may need closer study.
5. Provides electrical engineering expertise as a member of committees or task forces organized to draft proposed revisions to OCS regulations or to formulate policy to deal with operational problem areas.
6. Independently conducts electrical inspections on OCS platforms, including facilities with known safety and environmental problems or hazards.
7. Independently, or as a team leader, conducts in-depth and complex inspections for high risk or unique problem sites involving hazardous operations; newly introduced, innovative components; high-technology systems with little or no experience data; documented environmental or safety violations; or unique problems that require new inspection procedures. Prepares inspection plans or strategies for detailed or focused inspections of OCS facilities. Coordinates inspections strategies with the Compliance Section, Office of Field Operations.
8. Provides technical expertise in the development of inspection strategies of offshore electrical systems, especially those with a record of persistent safety violations, a high incidence of safety/environmental violations, or new, modified, and advanced facilities, systems or components with no inspection precedents.
9. Participates in investigations of accidents involving offshore facilities, including those of a major, unusual, or unprecedented nature, or where guidelines have little applicability and decisions are largely based on experienced judgment. Participates in analysis of offshore incidents including identification of the root causes and procedural changes to prevent recurrence.
10. Prepares written reports for inspection and accident investigations including detailed reports with advanced electrical engineering analysis with diagrams, statistics, and narratives of special or technical investigations.
BSEE has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.
Salary Range Information:
GS-14: $142,094 - $184,725 per annum.
First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the lower salary range of the grade level.
This vacancy may be used to fill additional positions as vacancies become available.
This vacancy is also announced as BSEE-EEPP-25-CS-036(MP) for those applicants who wish to apply and be considered under Merit Promotion procedures.
Starting at $142,094 Per Year (GS 14)