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Eastern Colorado Area Office

Electrician

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An Electrician works on electrical systems in buildings. Installs electrical wiring and lighting in new construction, and repairs or upgrade wiring, outlets or other parts of older electrical systems. Checks safety and makes installations or repairs that are in compliance with local building codes. May also specialize in electrical work required in different manufacturing industries, electrical systems for cars, plane or boats, or electrical and lighting work in the film industry.

$65,228 / year median in Colorado

+7% projected growth

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Electrician Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamion Eastern Colorado Area Office Summary Reclamion is seeking career professionals looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as an Electrician. Make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing wer demands while protecting the environment. These positions are loced within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamion, Missouri Basin Region, Estes-Mary's Lake Section in Estes Park, Colorado. Learn more about this agency Summary Reclamion is seeking career professionals looking for an opportunity to capitalize on their expertise as an Electrician. Make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing wer demands while protecting the environment. These positions are loced within the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamion, Missouri Basin Region, Estes-Mary's Lake Section in Estes Park, Colorado. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Estes Park, CO No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—this position is suitable for telework only during an emergency or nural disaster. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $57.46
  • $57.46 per hour Pay scale & grade BB 00 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
  • You may be required to work overtime. Travel Required 25% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 2810 High Voltage Electrician Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
CBVI-26-13052992-DE-CMA
Control number 883613400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency This announcement is open to U.S. Citizens or Nionals; and Career transition eligibles (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL). Videos Duties Help Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Installs, maintains, and troubleshoots solid-ste equipment, electrical equipment and devices in electric genering stions, and other ancillary facilities while observing safe use and maintenance of tools and equipment. Operes high-voltage switches and reled devices in connection with work while following the guidelines of the Hazardous Energy Control Program and in coordinion with the control center and/or dispcher. Utilizes instruction manuals, standard opering procedures, Hazardous Energy Control Program, job hazard analysis, safe clearance procedures, safety trainings, and lockout/tagout when performing assigned work. Perform electrical maintenance and repair of bridge and gantry cranes, and elevors as qualified, utilizing a variety of logic sequences and solid-ste circuitry. Requesting and holding clearances for the work group and utilizion of lockout/tagout. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. Appointment subject to background investigion and favorable adjudicion. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participion required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more, www.dhs.gov/EVerify/ . Must have and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. A physical examinion required, or a stement regarding physical ability will need to be completed. You must maintain physical fitness standards throughout employment. You must be least 18 years of age or older to opere government vehicles. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued. This probionary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualificions All qualificions must be met by the closing de of this announcement-09/14/2026-unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement. To qualify for this position, you must have sufficient knowledge and ability in the following job-reled factors: Ability To Do The Work Of The Position Without More Than Normal Supervision (SCREEN OUT) Theory and Instruments (Electrical, Electronic) Used in Shop and Trade Practices Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) Ability To Use and Maintain Hand Tools (Electrical Work) Knowledge of Electrical Equipment Ability to Use Electrical Drawings Troubleshooting (Electrical) If your knowledge and ability in the
SCREEN OUT
factor above is not sufficient, you will receive no further considerion. In preparing your applicion, describe in detail the experience and training which you have had th specifically prepared you for this job and to perform the duties described for this job. Experience should be clearly described and documented in your resume. Your resume must support your response to the assessment questionnaire, and if it does not, your applicion marked as not eligible. The qualificions reviewer will not assume performance of such duties by Job Titles alone. Address your knowledge, skills and/or abilities in the areas shown in the job-reled factors. You must meet least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of least 2 points on all of the job elements to be considered qualified for this position.
Volunteer Experience:
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Educion There is no substitution of educion for experience for Federal Wage System (FWS) positions. Additional informion Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement.
Physical Demands:
Routinely lifts, carries and moves up to 50 pounds. May be required to lift and move heavier items with the assistance of others and/or with lifting devices. Frequent walking, standing, bending, stooping, kneeling and sitting for long periods may be required. Routinely required to push, pull, bend, reach, walk, stand, crawl, kneel, work overhead and work heights. Climbs scaffolding and ladders. May use power and hand tools to perform work.
Working Conditions:
Work is performed indoors and in the field during mixed weher seasons and subject to varying terrain requiring increased physical demands to perform duties. May work in close, restricted quarters causing the employee to work in cramped and awkward positions. Employee works on or around moving equipment and energized sources. May travel to remote locions. May work in hazardous areas with hazardous merials such as from heights, in man lifts, in confined spaces, on or around electrically energized equipment, high noise levels, asbestos, lead, epoxies, etc. Works on or around moving equipment or other obstacles such as high voltage lines, trees and walls, etc. Often works extreme heights and sometimes over wer. Works with and properly disposes of hazardous merials used in the performance of assigned tasks. Employee works in the near vicinity of high voltage electrical equipment. Uses protective clothing and equipment including respirors, supplied brehing air apparuses, fall protection harnesses, etc. All Department of Interior (DOI) employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ethics-prohibitions . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. A review of your resume and supporting documention made and compared against your responses to the Assessment Questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If your resume is incomplete or does not support the responses provided in the Assessment Questionnaire, or if you fail to submit all required documention, you red 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score adjusted accordingly. If a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions or experience, you can lose considerion for this position. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section used to determine your qualificions/eligibility and for ring purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the lest submission reviewed. Candides red and ranked using Cegory Ring procedures. These procedures place candides with veteran's preference above non-preference eligibles within each cegory. Veterans with a service-connected disability of least 10 percent are listed in the highest quality cegory. Under Cegory Ring, candides red and ranked into the following cegories: Best Qualified
  • applicants possessing experience th substantially exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position Well Qualified
  • applicants possessing experience th exceeds the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job Qualified
  • applicants possessing experience th meets the minimum qualificions of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
You evalued on the following competencies and/or job elements: Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision Ability to Use and Maintain Hand Tools (Electrical Work) Ability to Use Electrical Drawings Knowledge of Electrical Equipment Technical Practices (Theoretical, Precise, Artistic) Theory and Instruments (Electrical, Electronic) Used in Shop and Trade Practices Troubleshooting (Electrical) Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified, score least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Providing false or misleading informion on your resume or supporting documention may result in removal from considerion or other action consistent with applicable federal hiring regulions. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inapproprie language or informion in their applicion package ineligible for further considerion for this position. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/14/2026 unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Your 2-page resume must contain informion sufficient to make a valid determinion th you fully meet the qualificion requirements. More informion on how to write a
Federal Resume:
https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/wh-to-include Complete Required Assessment(s) . Veterans Preference Documention , if applicable. Veterans must submit a copy of your lest Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (member 4 copy) or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Parent or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran, you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15 , and if applicable, a completed SF15. You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.va.gov/records/ or call 1-800-827-1000. If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active-duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion. Interagency Career Transition (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) : You MUST submit proof of eligibility including 1) copy of the agency notice, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc.; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be well qualified. For more informion : USAJOBS Help Center
  • Career Transition Programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) . Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials
  • you must remove your image from all documents.
Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the 09/14/2026
  • unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement to receive considerion.
The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13052992 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus , : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. Agency contact informion Christy Alfano christy_alfano@ios.doi.gov Address Eastern Colorado Area Office Bureau of Reclamion 11056 W County Road 18 E Loveland, CO 80537 US Next steps Please refer to your USAJOBS account for applicion stus; the Human Resources Office cannot respond to individual stus inquiries. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. You can find your ph with the Department of Interior https://careers.doi.gov/ . Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/14/2026 unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement: Resume which includes a list of all significant jobs held and duties performed. If military or civilian, please include your rank and/or grade. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. Your 2-page resume must contain informion sufficient to make a valid determinion th you fully meet the qualificion requirements. More informion on how to write a
Federal Resume:
https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/applicion/documents/resume/wh-to-include Complete Required Assessment(s) . Veterans Preference Documention , if applicable. Veterans must submit a copy of your lest Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, DD-214 (member 4 copy) or other Documention of Service and Separion under Honorable Conditions, as listed on the SF15 . If you are a Disabled Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, or Parent or Spouse of a Disabled or Deceased Veteran, you must submit all additional proof required by the SF15 , and if applicable, a completed SF15. You may request a copy of your Department of Veterans Affairs letter from www.va.gov/records/ or call 1-800-827-1000. If you are a veteran within 120 days of discharge, you must submit signed documention from the Armed Forces certifying: 1) your expected release/retirement from active duty, 2) under honorable conditions, 3) your pay grade/rank/re time of discharge, 4) des of active-duty service, 5) any campaign or expeditionary medals received, & 6) ded within 120 days of your separion. Interagency Career Transition (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) : You MUST submit proof of eligibility including 1) copy of the agency notice, e.g., RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc.; 2) SF-50s (Notificions of Personnel Action) showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, promotion potential and duty locion; and 3) your most recent performance appraisal. To exercise selection priority, displaced or surplus Federal employees must be well qualified. For more informion : USAJOBS Help Center
  • Career Transition Programs (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) . Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents will result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. Do not submit photographs with your applicion package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials
  • you must remove your image from all documents.
Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the 09/14/2026
  • unless otherwise sted in this vacancy announcement to receive considerion.
The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. To PREVIEW the applicion questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13052992 Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus , : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Christy Alfano christy_alfano@ios.doi.gov Address Eastern Colorado Area Office Bureau of Reclamion 11056 W County Road 18 E Loveland, CO 80537 US Next steps Please refer to your USAJOBS account for applicion stus; the Human Resources Office cannot respond to individual stus inquiries. Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. You can find your ph with the Department of Interior https://careers.doi.gov/ . Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background checks, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the Human Resources Office posting this announcement. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Estes Park, CO No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—this position is suitable for telework only during an emergency or nural disaster. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $57.46
  • $57.46 per hour Pay scale & grade BB 00 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time
  • You may be required to work overtime. Travel Required 25% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
CBVI-26-13052992-DE-CMA
Control number 883613400