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Supervisory Power System Dispcher Department of Energy Western Area Power Administrion Sierra Nevada Region, Power Systems Operion (AGC), N4100 Summary This position is part of the WAPA-SNR-Sierra Nevada Region. As a Supervisory Power System Dispcher (AGC), you will provide technical support to a power system dispch function and provide program direction and supervision in a Western Area Power Administrion customer region. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is part of the WAPA-SNR-Sierra Nevada Region. As a Supervisory Power System Dispcher (AGC), you will provide technical support to a power system dispch function and provide program direction and supervision in a Western Area Power Administrion customer region. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 23, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Folsom, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional, as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $186,232 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade AD 5 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional Travel, up to 10% annually may be required, with occasional overnight travel possible. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0303 Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk High Risk (HR) 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 26-WN-00727-12979419-MP Control number 872928200 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Family of overseas employees Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency Current Federal employees with competitive stus or other eligibility; Former Federal employees with reinstement eligibility;
CTAP/ICTAP
eligibles; Veterans with VOW, VEOA, or 30% disability; Military Spouses; Individuals with Disabilities Schedule A; Peace Corps, Vista (AmeriCorps) eligibles; Those eligible under an OPM interchange agreement or other special appointing authority. Duties Help As a Supervisory Power System Dispcher, you will: Implement written opering plans, standards, and procedures to be followed in connection with the operion of the power system. Assure the effective and efficient control and operion of the system for the generion and delivery of capacity and energy to customers in coordinion with interconnected utilities. Collabore with different planning units to ensure dispchers accurely post available transfer capability on the applicable OASIS. Collabore with the Bureau of Reclamion and/or Corps of Engineers to plan and control daily power system operions, meeting objectives for power, wer releases, and delivery based on load and wer schedules. Provide advice, counsel, or instruction to employees on both work and administrive mters. Plan work to be accomplished by subordines, sets, and adjusts short-term priorities, prepares schedules for completion of work. Responsible for the preparion and reconciliion of required daily, monthly and annual opering and da reports. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S. Citizen or Nional. This employer participes in the e-Verify program. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a probionary/trial period. Employees serving on a probionary or trial period may be termined any time during the probionary or trial period for performance, conduct, or business-reled reasons in the interest of Federal service. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualificions. In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to the four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire. Answers to these questions are not scored or red. Your answers reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection considerion. You may be required to complete a financial disclosure (OGE-450). Position is subject to random drug testing. You must pass pre-employment drug testing. You must pass pre-employment medical examinion. Security clearance and associed requirements- High Risk . Shift work and emergency overtime may be required. Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays. Total salary varies depending on locion of position. Qualificions
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
A qualified candide's online applicion and resume must demonstre least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level AD-04 (GS-12) in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position is defined as: Experience in implementing written opering plans and executing real-time power system studies. Experience collaboring with power management authorities to plan and control daily power system operions and maximize transmission system efficiency. Ability to manage a technical control center workforce and assign work, priorities and performance standards
Time-in-Grade :
Current career or career-conditional GS employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional GS employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b).
Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current career or career-conditional federal employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Limit your resume to no more than two (2) pages. If more than two pages are submitted, only the first two pages reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualificions. Educion For this position, educion cannot be substituted for experience. Additional informion This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across DOE. For general informion on government-wide Telework polices : www.telework.gov . Applicants may request Reasonable Accommodion (RA) when applying or competing for a job due to a medical condition or to exercise religious beliefs. If you need reasonable accommodion in the applicion or selection process, please contact the Agency Contact listed on this vacancy announcement. If selected, you may be required to complete a one-year supervisory probion period. If selection is made a lower grade, promotion up to the full performance level may be made without further competition. However, promotion(s) will depend on the performance of the incumbent and are not guaranteed.
Promotion Potential:
This position is the full performance level. Upon reporting, and annually thereafter, the selectee may be required to file one or more financial stements and/or a procurement integrity certificion. These certificions may be subject to public disclosure. The selectee for this position may be eligible to receive a recruitment or relocion incentive. You will need to sign an employment agreement to be eligible for this incentive. Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs are not authorized. This position may be eligible for creditable service towards annual leave. Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. DOE may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-reled non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed.
Salary:
Salary reflects 2026
AD Pay Scale Folsom, CA:
$186,232 - $197.200 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 . 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. Once the applicion process is complete, the first two pages of your resume and supporting documention used to determine whether you meet the job qualificions.
Structured Resume Review :
Subject mter experts (SMEs) will review your resume to determine your technical qualificions for this position based on the required competencies. SMEs will review ONLY the first two (2) pages of your resume. SMEs will not review additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume).
Structured Interview Review :
To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the applicion and applicion questionnaire, this position requires a subject mter expert (SME) structured interview. A structured interview is an assessment method designed to measure job-reled competencies of candides by systemically inquiring about their behavior in past experiences and/or their proposed behavior in hypothetical situions. If applicable, you may be contacted to schedule an interview with the SMEs. The Department of Energy uses an applicion tracking system to evalue the scores provided from the SME resume review or USA Hire Assessment to place you into an initial quality cegory. These cegories are "Best Qualified", "Well Qualified", and "Qualified."
Minimum Qualificions:
Once the applicion process is complete, the Human Resources Offices or Subject Mter Expert (SME) will review the first two pages of your resume and supporting documention to determine whether you meet the minimum job qualificions. 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 documention before the vacancy closes, you may be red 'ineligible', 'not qualified', or your score may be adjusted accordingly. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Decision Making Developing Others Technical Documention All qualified Non-competitive applicants and the best qualified Merit Promotion and VEOA applicants referred to the hiring manager for considerion.
Career Transition Assistance Programs:
To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet the eligibility criteria; and 2) be red "well-qualified". You must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de (06/23/2026) of this announcement. To preview the Assessment Questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12979419 . 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 . 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 To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete applicion package which includes: Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end des (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed educion and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion de). Transcripts, if specific educional requirements are indiced in this job announcement. Unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned (semester or quarter hour) and final grade is acceptable. It is your responsibility to provide adeque proof th you meet the educional requirements. Submit one or more of the following to support your eligibility(s) to apply to this job announcement: Current and former Federal employees: Most recent non-award SF-50 (Standard Form 50 - Notice of Personnel Action). To properly verify stus eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility. Full position title; appointment type; occupional series; pay plan, grade, and step; tenure code; and service compution de (SCD). If your current position SF50 does not indice you have competitive service stus or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive service, in addition to your current SF50, you must provide your previous SF-50s th provide the proof of competitive stus and highest grade held on a permanent basis. . If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility.
Veterans:
DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; current active duty members- certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions ded within 120 days; SF-15 Form and reled documention; VA letter. For more informion the USAJOBS Help Center & OPM CHCOC website for VOW informion. Individuals with
Disabilities:
Schedule A letter from a physician, local, ste or federal rehabilition office citing your eligibility under 5 CFR 213.3102 (u). For more informion the USAJOBS Help Center .
Certain Military Spouses:
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders authorizing you to accompany the Military member to the new duty permanent stion; OR verificion of the member's 100% disability (VA Letter); and/or verificion of the member's deh while on active duty (DD-1300 and Deh Certifice) AND verificion of the marriage to the service member (i.e., a marriage license or other legal documention verifying marriage). For more informion the USAJOBS Help Center . Other non-competitive or special appointing authorities: provide documention which supports your eligibility. Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documention, if applicable(e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.) For more informion see the OPM Guide to Career Transition . Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into
USAJOBS:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/ . To begin the applicion process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all required and supporting documention. You must click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing de. You may upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select
Upde Applicion:
https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each applicion stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) the
USAJOBS Help Center:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support. Agency contact informion PMA Careers PMACareers@wapa.gov Address WAPA-SNR-Sierra Nevada Region 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The stus of your applicion upded in USAJOBS as it is evalued. You can check the stus by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notificion Settings. You contacted directly if an interview is required. 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 To apply for this position, you MUST provide a complete applicion package which includes: Your two (2) page RESUME showing all relevant work experience (paid and unpaid) including: duties performed; full name and address of the each employer; start and end des (month/day/year); work schedule (part-time, full-time, number of hours if intermittent); salary; and any completed educion and training (program title, subject area, number of hours completed, and completion de). Transcripts, if specific educional requirements are indiced in this job announcement. Unofficial transcripts or any report listing institution, course title, credits earned (semester or quarter hour) and final grade is acceptable. It is your responsibility to provide adeque proof th you meet the educional requirements. Submit one or more of the following to support your eligibility(s) to apply to this job announcement: Current and former Federal employees: Most recent non-award SF-50 (Standard Form 50 - Notice of Personnel Action). To properly verify stus eligibility, your SF-50 must show the following. If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility. Full position title; appointment type; occupional series; pay plan, grade, and step; tenure code; and service compution de (SCD). If your current position SF50 does not indice you have competitive service stus or does not reflect the pay plan and grade of the highest position you have held in the competitive service, in addition to your current SF50, you must provide your previous SF-50s th provide the proof of competitive stus and highest grade held on a permanent basis. . If you do not submit an approprie SF-50, we cannot verify your stus eligibility.
Veterans:
DD-214 Member Copy 4 showing type of discharge/character of service; current active duty members- certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty under honorable conditions ded within 120 days; SF-15 Form and reled documention; VA letter. For more informion the USAJOBS Help Center & OPM CHCOC website for VOW informion. Individuals with
Disabilities:
Schedule A letter from a physician, local, ste or federal rehabilition office citing your eligibility under 5 CFR 213.3102 (u). For more informion the USAJOBS Help Center .
Certain Military Spouses:
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders authorizing you to accompany the Military member to the new duty permanent stion; OR verificion of the member's 100% disability (VA Letter); and/or verificion of the member's deh while on active duty (DD-1300 and Deh Certifice) AND verificion of the marriage to the service member (i.e., a marriage license or other legal documention verifying marriage). For more informion the USAJOBS Help Center . Other non-competitive or special appointing authorities: provide documention which supports your eligibility. Career Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program documention, if applicable(e.g., Certificion of Expected Separion, Reduction-In-Force Separion Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 th documents the RIF separion action; and most recent performance appraisal.) For more informion see the OPM Guide to Career Transition . Failure to submit any of the above mentioned required documents may result in loss of considerion due to an incomplete applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online applicion, to include submission of the required documention specified in the Required Documents section. A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the announcement closing de to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: You must have a login.gov account to sign into
USAJOBS:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/ . To begin the applicion process in USAJOBS, click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all required and supporting documention. You must click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 pm (ET) on the announcement closing de. You may upde your applicion, including supporting documention, any time during the announcement open period by returning to your USAJOBS account, select
Upde Applicion:
https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To verify the stus of your applicion, during and after the announcement open period, log into your USAJOBS account; applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each applicion stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . If you need help with login.gov or USAJOBS (e.g., account access, Resume Builder) the
USAJOBS Help Center:
https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ If you experience difficulty applying on USAJOBS, after clicking the Apply Online button, or you are experiencing a significant hardship hindering your ability to apply online, the Agency Contact listed in the announcement can assist you during normal business hours. If you receive any system error messages, take screenshots if possible, to aid technical support. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion PMA Careers PMACareers@wapa.gov Address WAPA-SNR-Sierra Nevada Region 12155 W. Alameda Pkwy Lakewood, CO 80228 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. The stus of your applicion upded in USAJOBS as it is evalued. You can check the stus by logging into USAJOBS. You may also sign up to receive automic emails anytime the stus of your applicion changes by logging into your USAJobs Account and editing the Notificion Settings. You contacted directly if an interview is required. 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 Posted this month • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 23, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Folsom, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—Situional, as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $186,232 - $197,200 per year Pay scale & grade AD 5 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional Travel, up to 10% annually may be required, with occasional overnight travel possible. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No 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 26-WN-00727-12979419-MP Control number 872928200