General Engineer (Electrical) - DIRECT HIRE

General Engineer (Electrical)•

DIRECT HIRE

Department of Transportion Gre Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporion Summary The Electrical Engineer performs duties involving analysis, troubleshooting, design, specificion writing, drawing preparion, and cost estiming on projects/systems in the electrical, electronics and controls fields. These duties are primarily associed with the operion, maintenance and improvement of the St. Lawrence Seaway locks and reled facilities owned by the

U.S. DOT.

Familiarity with reled engineering fields, such as mechanical and civil, is also required. Learn more about this agency Summary The Electrical Engineer performs duties involving analysis, troubleshooting, design, specificion writing, drawing preparion, and cost estiming on projects/systems in the electrical, electronics and controls fields. These duties are primarily associed with the operion, maintenance and improvement of the St. Lawrence Seaway locks and reled facilities owned by the

U.S. DOT.

Familiarity with reled engineering fields, such as mechanical and civil, is also required. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 03/23/2026 to 05/22/2026 This job will close when we have received 100 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Salary $106,437

• $138,370 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Massena, NY Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework.

Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Travel Required Occasional travel

• Some travel required for s to project/work sites. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time
• Full Time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) 0801 General Engineering Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus Yes
• This is a Bargaining unit position represented by

AFGE/1968.

Announcement number

GLS.ENG-2026-0002

Control number 861936000 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 Applicions accepted from any U.S. citizen. Due to the potential of a high volume of applicants, not all applicants may receive considerion. Direct Hire Authority used to fill this position. The 'Rule of Three', Veterans Preference and traditional ring and ranking of applicants does not apply to this vacancy. Duties Help As a General Engineer (Electrical), you will : Responsible for upgrading and maintaining facilities' power distribution systems, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's), Human Machine Interface (HMI), and Supervisory Control and Da Acquisition (SCADA) Systems. Knowledge of PLC and HMI programming required and ability to set up graphic pages for interface by end users. Perform engineering design work for projects in the electrical and controls fields to include preliminary site investigions to determine feasibility of projects, define problem areas, and obtain da for design. Prepare preliminary design alternives and cost estimes for evaluion prior to final design. Prepare final designs, specificions, and cost estimes for work by both contractors and Corporion personnel. Serve as technical expert and troubleshooter on controls and electrical equipment/systems, including power distribution systems, programmable logic controller systems and human machine interface software programs. Prepare written specificions and justificion for capital plans; discuss projects with vendors; provide informion and training to system users; prepare preliminary and final sketches and drawings for engineering projects using AutoCAD. Be responsible for the design of, and serve as the primary on administrive responsibilities, for the Lock Control/Stus System, surveillance systems, Automic Identificion System (AIS), Traffic Management System (TMS}, computer-controlled HVAC systems, wer level sensing and recording equipment, electronic access control systems and power distribution systems. The ideal candide for this position will have demonstred their ability to identify problems and develop alternive plans, while meeting fiscal and time constraints and clearly communicing with and balancing the interests of all stakeholders.

PLEASE NOTE

This announcement establishes an open continuous two-month vacancy announcement. Given our continuing need for top professionals in this field, we will review applicions after the first 14 days of the vacancy opening for early considerion. Then after, applicions reviewed on an as needed basis. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S. citizen & meet specialized experience to qualify Submit applicion and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing de Required documents must be submitted by the closing de. Direct Hire Authority used to fill this position

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance the organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.

SELECTIVE SERVICE

Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.

BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

You may be required to complete a background/security investigion and meet preliminary requirements prior to onboarding.

GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD

This position involves travel. A government contractor-issued travel card issued and must be retained for official business only.

PROBATIONARY PERIOD

Applicants may be required to successfully complete a one-year probionary period (unless already completed). Qualificions To meet the minimum qualificions for this position, you must (1) meet the Educion Requirement for the series, (2) provide a copy of transcripts for verificion, AND (3) meet either the educion or experience requirements for the grade which you are requesting considerion. To qualify for the GS-13 on Experience , you must have least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-12 it must include: Experience carrying out a range of professional electrical and electronics engineering tasks associed with design and/or troubleshooting of power distribution systems, electrical equipment, and control systems by applying existing precedents and standard procedures. You cannot qualify on educion the GS-13 level; you must have experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

(KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Attention to Detail

• Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about tending to detail. (determined interview) Electrical Engineering
• Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods reled to the design, analysis, test, and integrion of electrical systems; energy conversion; electrical power generion; and energy transmission, control, distribution or use. (determined on resume) Team Building
• Inspires and fosters team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust.

Facilites cooperion and motives team members to accomplish group goals. For all types of considerion, 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 For additional informion about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/frequently-asked-questions/employment-faq/federal-hiring/how-do-i-apply-for-federal-jobs/ Students enrolled in a qualifying degree program can apply if the anticiped graduion de is within six months of closing de of the announcement. Graduion transcript must be received before start de. Other applicants must meet all qualificion requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Educion

MANDATORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

A.

DEGREE:

ENGINEERING

• -To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) stics, dynamics; (b) strength of merials (stress-strain relionships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d) thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nure and properties of merials (reling particle and aggrege structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, he transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics.

OR

B. COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• College-level educion, training, and/or technical experience th furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mhemical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applicions to one of the branches of engineering.

The adequacy of such background must be demonstred by one of the following: 1. Professional registrion or licensure

• Current registrion as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1 , or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any Ste, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.

Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registrion by means other than written test (e.g., Ste grandfher or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions th are within or closely reled to the specialty field of their registrion. For example, an applicant who tains registrion through a Ste Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be red eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. 2. Written Test

• Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examinion or any other written test required for professional registrion by an engineering licensure board in the various Stes, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. 3. Specified academic courses
• Successful completion of least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mhemical, and engineering sciences and th included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described in paragraph A. 4. Reled curriculum
• Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an approprie scientific field, e.

g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mhemics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of reled curricula are not all inclusive). All applicants must meet the educion requirements under A or B to qualify for applying to an engineering position. Transcripts are required for this position. Additional informion The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Transportion and its Opering Administrions from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Transportion by email , FairChanceAct@dot.gov . To learn more, please our page : The Fair Chance to Compete Act | US Department of Transportion This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue de of the referral certifice. Qualified

CTAP/ICTAP

candides receive priority and referred to the hiring manager. 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.

DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE

PLEASE

BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

If your resume/applicion does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed informion upon which to make a qualificion determinion. Please ensure th your resume contains specific informion such as position titles, beginning and ending des of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

All applicants:

For this announcement, applicants may be reviewed to determine if they meet the basic qualificions for this position, specifically the educional requirements. Applicions th are verified to meet the basic qualificions may be referred to the selecting official. Applicants will not be red or ranked. Veteran's Preference does NOT apply. Please ensure th your work history provides enough details to support your answers. You may preview questions for this vacancy. 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 RESUME:

In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. For assistance with the resume builder, please : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to

DISPLACED EMPLOYEES

If requesting considerion under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the standards for this vacancy and provide all of the following documents: your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade. Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority considerion. For more informion, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition. Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USA Jobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. You must verify th the documents are in the system with your applicion prior to final submission. 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 You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email : Transjobs@dot.gov Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address

DOT, GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEV. CORP.

Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave

SE / HAHR

• 50 Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into USAJobs.

com (Select "My USAJobs" and click "Applicions". Within two weeks of the closing de, a Human Resources Specialist may evalue your applicion. If evalued, qualified candides referred to the hiring manager. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. 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 RESUME:

In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience. For assistance with the resume builder, please : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to

DISPLACED EMPLOYEES

If requesting considerion under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the standards for this vacancy and provide all of the following documents: your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade. Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority considerion. For more informion, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition. Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USA Jobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. You must verify th the documents are in the system with your applicion prior to final submission. 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 You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email : Transjobs@dot.gov Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address

DOT, GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEV. CORP.

Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave

SE / HAHR

• 50 Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into USAJobs.

com (Select "My USAJobs" and click "Applicions". Within two weeks of the closing de, a Human Resources Specialist may evalue your applicion. If evalued, qualified candides referred to the hiring manager. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. 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 Open & closing des 03/23/2026 to 05/22/2026 This job will close when we have received 100 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $106,437

• $138,370 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Massena, NY Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework.

Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Travel Required Occasional travel

• Some travel required for s to project/work sites. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time
• Full Time Service Competitive Promotion potential 13 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus
• This is a Bargaining unit position represented by

AFGE/1968.

Announcement number

GLS.ENG-2026-0002

Control number 861936000