Supervisory Helicopter Pilot Department of Energy Western Area Power Administrion OCOO, Technical Services, Aviion (A7810) Summary As a Supervisory Helicopter Pilot, you responsible for all facets of Western Area Power Administrion (WAPA) aviion program. You will develop and maintain opering policies and practices while monitoring and enforcing standards for safe, effective, and efficient manned and unmanned flight operions. You will oversee contracted helicopter maintenance services. Learn more about this agency Summary As a Supervisory Helicopter Pilot, you responsible for all facets of Western Area Power Administrion (WAPA) aviion program. You will develop and maintain opering policies and practices while monitoring and enforcing standards for safe, effective, and efficient manned and unmanned flight operions. You will oversee contracted helicopter maintenance services. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Folsom, CA Lakewood, CO Fort Peck, MT Bismarck, ND Huron, SD Wertown, SD Salt Lake City, UT No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This is an onsite position. Telework eligible ONLY for situional telework the discretion of management. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $125,776 - $182,316 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 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 of up to 10% annually is required; with overnight travel possible during all or part of th time. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 2181 Aircraft Operion 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 Modere Risk (MR) 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-WA-01263-13070572-IMP Control number 885948500 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. 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 position is only open to current Western Area Power Administrion employees on a career or career-conditional competitive service appointment. Duties Help As a Supervisory Helicopter Pilot, you will Serves as the senior technical aviion expert, manages and evalues WAPA's flight operions, and ensures strict compliance with Federal Aviion Regulions (FAR) and internal aviion policy manuals. Acts as the helicopter Chief Instructor Pilot, which involves directing aircraft flight training, managing the formal Pilot-in-Command (PIC) flight training program, and administering initial and recurrent pilot proficiency check-rides. Serves as the primary Contracting Officer's Representive (COR) to oversee and manage WAPA's centralized aviion maintenance contracts and ensure the fleet is maintained in accordance with FAA regulions. 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 complete a one-year Supervisory probion period. 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. Security clearance and associed requirements - Modere Risk Total salary varies depending on locion of position. Qualificions A qualified candide's 2-pg resume must demonstre least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-13). Specialized experience for this position is defined as meeting ALL of the following: Develop and implement agency-wide aviion policies Provide technical assistance and guidance on mters reling to aviion safety and compliance with directives and regulions. Display communicion skills required to interface between maintenance groups, construction organizions, dispchers, and/or external aviion contractors. Comply with Department of Energy (DOE) Orders, and programmic manuals including Flight Operions (FOM) and Helicopter External Load Manuals. Conduct FAR Part 135 competency and line checks. Oversee centralized aircraft maintenance contracts, ensuring th maintenance facilities and personnel comply with FAA regulions (FAR Parts 43, 65, and 91), manufacturer recommendions, and component inspector criteria.

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. Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion: Job Title (include series and grade if Federal Job) Duties (be specific in describing your duties, we cannot make assumptions regarding your experience) Employer's name and address Start and end des including month, de and year (e.g. June 20, 2007 to April 18, 2008) Start and end des for each grade/pay level if you've held a federal position. Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week) You must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Educion For this position, educion cannot be substituted for experience. 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. Additional informion This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional similar vacancies across DOE.

Promotion Potential:

This position is the full performance level. 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. 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. 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. Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs are not authorized.

Salary:

The salary range indiced in this announcement adjusted to include locality payment for selected duty locion. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages .

Lakewood, CO:

$140,239 to $182,316

Folsom, CA:

$139,422 to $181,254 Salt Lake City, UT; Wertown, SD; Huron, SD; Fort Peck, MT; and

Bismarck, ND:

$125,776 to $163,314 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. You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), and your responses on the applicion questionnaire for this position. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): The competencies for the Supervisory Helicopter Pilot are: Technical Credibility Attention to Detail Decisiveness Reasoning Accountability Integrity/Honesty Problem Solving Influencing/Negotiing Stregic Thinking Compliance All qualified and eligible applicants referred to the hiring office for considerion. Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)

Eligibles:

This program applies to Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed, or employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet eligibility criteria for CTAP; 2) be red in the well-qualified cegory for this vacancy with a score of 85 or above; and 3) submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP eligibility. For informion on eligibility criteria and required documention, go to: Career Transition (opm.gov) 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' or 'not qualified'. You must meet all qualificions and eligibility requirements by the closing de (10/07/2026) of this announcement. d

Certifices:

The Department of Energy shares lists of applicants among its internal Departmental Elements and organizions. You may be referred for considerion to other DOE Hiring Managers throughout the Department for more than one position based on this applicion. By applying to this announcement, you understand your applicion merials may be shared with multiple Hiring Mangers throughout DOE. If additional positions are filled from this announcement conditions of employment may differ. You notified if you are referred for additional positions. 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).

Current 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.

If applicable:

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. 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.

PLEASE NOTE

If your merials are not received by the closing de, your applicion evalued solely on the informion available, and you may not receive full considerion or may not be considered eligible. 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 11:59PM (ET) on 10/07/2026. 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 Headquarters 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).

Current 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.

If applicable:

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. 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.

PLEASE NOTE

If your merials are not received by the closing de, your applicion evalued solely on the informion available, and you may not receive full considerion or may not be considered eligible. 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 11:59PM (ET) on 10/07/2026. 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 Headquarters 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 Additional locions Huron, SD Wertown, SD Salt Lake City, UT Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locions: Folsom, CA Lakewood, CO Fort Peck, MT Bismarck, ND Huron, SD Wertown, SD Salt Lake City, UT No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—This is an onsite position. Telework eligible ONLY for situional telework the discretion of management. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $125,776 - $182,316 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Promotion potential 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - Occasional travel of up to 10% annually is required; with overnight travel possible during all or part of th time. 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-WA-01263-13070572-IMP Control number 885948500