Clarification from the agency

Bonneville Power Administration employees with competitive status, currently on a career or career-conditional appointment.

As the Supervisory Physical Scientist (Power Operations), you will:
- Provide direction and leadership in the planning development and administration of PGSD programs, systems, and work processes that are necessary to perform the critical mission and support activities required of the organization. These duties include all activities associated with policy development and analysis and technical support for issues of concern to Generation Scheduling and Generation Supply.
- Provide administrative and technical supervision to a team of GS-1301, Physical Scientists (Power Operations Specialist) responsible for providing 24/7 real-time scheduling and hydraulic operations of BPA’s power system and for identifying and developing business and technology tools to support scheduling operations.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.

This is a temporary promotion, not to exceed one (1) year, may be extended up to five (5) years total; may be made permanent without further competition. Upon termination of the promotion, you will be returned to your original position of record, or to a different position of equivalent grade and pay.  Temporary promotions may be terminated at any time based on the needs of management.

If you are currently employed at a grade equivalent to, or higher than the advertised position, the action will be considered a detail for processing purposes, and no salary increase will be associated with accepting the position. Details are processed in 120 day increments and may be extended up to two (2) years total; additional extensions may be approved at the discretion of the Human Resources Service Center Director. Upon termination of the detail, you will be returned to your original position of record.  Details may be terminated at any time based on needs of management.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS: 
- 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.
- 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.
- First time supervisors will be required to serve a 1 year probationary period.

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
A.Degree: physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of
materials, and electronics.
or
B.Combination of education and experience ‐‐ education equivalent to one of the majors shown in A above that included at least 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related
engineering science, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

A qualified candidate's online application and resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal service.

Specialized experience is defined as: Apply knowledge of the physical sciences to lead a project or team or serve as a technical expert in conducting analyses of controls, processes, and data to achieve overall system reliability in accordance with regulatory requirements and operational objectives; and evaluating system constraints, forecasts, operational objectives, and the inpact of uncertainties to provide advice on analyses related to the operations and planning of a power system or similarly complex interconnected system.

There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-14 level. 

Your application and resume should demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies (KSACs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must describe in your application how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSACs identified below. Cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position.

1. Accountability - Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for mistakes. Complies with established control systems and rules.  
2. Electric Utility Fundamentals - Knowledge of the power utilities industry and transmission grid sufficient to serve as a principal source of transmission and scheduling information to management and proven ability to lead discussions with traders, schedulers and management to optimize the value of the Trading Floor transmission portfolio and improve the Trading Floors knowledge of transmission products, costs and scheduling practices across the Pacific Northwest and Southwest energy markets.
3. Leadership - Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
4. Managing Human Resources - Plans, distributes, coordinates, and monitors work assignments of others; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. 
5. Physical Sciences - Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods to investigate and apply the relations between space, time, matter, and energy in the areas of gravity, atomic principles, mechanics, heat, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, and related natural phenomena. 
6. Stakeholder Management - Knowledge of the concepts, practices, and techniques used to identify, engage, influence, and monitor relationships with individuals and groups connected to a work effort; including those actively involved, those who exert influence over the process and its results, and those who have a vested interest in the outcome (positive or negative). 

"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.

Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration.

CTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

The Department of Energy uses an application tracking system to evaluate the responses you provide in the applicant assessment questionnaire to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications necessary for this position. Then, the HR Office and/or Subject Matter Expert (SME) will conduct a quality review of your application and supporting documentation to determine if your qualifications meet the criteria for referral to the selecting official.

We will also verify that you are eligible for Merit Promotion positions by reviewing your previous Federal employment to ensure you meet Time-in-Grade requirements. If you are eligible to apply to Merit Promotion announcements we will verify your supporting documentation prior to referral. 

In the merit promotion selection process, due weight will be given to incentive awards and performance appraisals. Current federal employees must have at least a fully successful or equivalent performance rating to receive consideration for this position.

If you are eligible for career transition assistance plans such as CTAP, you must meet the definition of "well qualified" which is defined as having a score of 85 or better.

If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses you provided in your online questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documentation before the vacancy closes, you may be rated 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly.