Job Description
Job Opportunity: Power Plant Operator at Willamette Valley Project
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation for recruiting and appointing qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. You will serve as a Power Plant Operator at Willamette Valley Project. The operating facilities include a large hydroelectric powerhouse, a navigation lock, fish facilities, and a spillway. Your duties will involve:
- Inspecting project areas and equipment
- Observing, checking, and reporting operational data to the control room
- Operating power project equipment to prescribed standards
- Managing gates to control flows, pool levels, or to discharge debris
- Operating the navigation lock and control machinery for valves and gates
- Performing operator-related preventative maintenance checks
- Maintaining security surveillance of the project
- Performing transmission line disconnects or ground switches as required
Qualifications:
- US Citizens
- Experience in paid and unpaid work, including volunteer work
- Demonstration of sufficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the work of a Power Plant Operator without more than normal supervision
- Ability to perform common Power Plant Operator duties in a power plant of at least 300-megawatt generation capability
- Ability to restore a 15 megawatt or larger turbine generator to service after major overhaul in a 300 megawatt or larger power plant
- Ability to work under normal supervision of a work leader or journey-level employee
Physical Effort:
- Eye and hand coordination to operate switches and controls
- Extensive walking, standing, and climbing vertical and inclined ladders and stairs
- Operating large valves, applying servolocks, lifting deck hatches, and other jobs requiring pulling or turning force
- Lifting and carrying equipment and supplies up to and occasionally over 45 pounds
- Prolonged standing, walking, climbing, bending, stooping, twisting, pulling, pushing, and kneeling
Working Conditions:
- Rotating shift, inside in well-lighted work area
- Occasional work outdoors with exposure to climate extremes
- Proximity to high voltages and currents
- Exposure to equipment and machinery noises
- Wearing safety equipment such as hard-hats, earplugs, and respirators
- Must wear appropriate safety equipment and protective clothing
Additional Information:
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration
- Proof of U.S. Citizenship required
- One year probationary period may be required
- Direct Deposit of Pay is required
- Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees
- If you have retired from federal service and are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet
- This is a Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Career Field position
- Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement
- Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement
- When you perform a Civilian Permanent Change of Station (PCS) with the government, the IRS considers the majority of your entitlements to be taxable
- Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is authorized, subject to the provisions of the Joint Travel Regulations
- Advanced-in-Hire, Enhanced Leave Accrual, Student Loan Repayment, or Recruitment/Relocation incentive MAY be authorized if determined to be in the best interest of the government
Oregon Staffing
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Casual work, Local area, Relocation package, Rotating shift,