With the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Renewable Energy Corps to hire people eager to deliver equitable renewable energy solutions to all Americans. At the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), we are looking for people from all backgrounds across America for a variety of permanent and temporary (up to four years) positions. To become part of the Renewable Energy Corps, send your résumé to the DOE Applicant Portal and use the referral code #EERE.
About the Position
Position Title: Technical Project Officer
Position / Grade: GS-13 Interdisciplinary, General Engineer/Physical Scientist
Open Period: Open until filled. Apply as soon as possible for best consideration.
Location: Negotiable after selection, United States
Position type: Term-limited
Number of openings: 1
Salary: $81,216 – $150,703
Telework eligible: Yes
Description/Duties:
- Serves as Technical Project Officer for wind energy technologies involving research, development, demonstration, and deployment.
- Oversees financial assistance (FA) awards and ensures that projects proceed in a manner consistent with approved DOE objectives, costs, and schedules.
- Provides technical expertise and assistance to the contracting officer (CO) and program officials and is responsible for anticipating, identifying, and resolving problems that arise in assigned projects.
- Helps write and administer funding opportunity announcements, public requests for information, and notices of intent, including CO and legal review and concurrence, the facilitation of independent reviews, and general support to the assigned manager in the overall execution of the process.
- Prepares pre-award documents for issuance of FA agreements and contracts while providing technical guidance and information resources to FA recipients.
- Reviews financial and technical FA contract quarterly reports and monitors progress, spending, and achievement of milestones.
- Advises DOE-WETO program management to identify technological opportunities for DOE- and industry-supported research and development.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities Required to Perform the Work/Specialized Experience:
- Knowledge and understanding of the federal FA life cycle, including planning, execution, monitoring, and closeout.
- Familiarity with Active Project Management (APM) principles is desired.
How To Apply
Step 1: Send your encrypted, password-protected resume to WETOHiring@ee.doe.gov with the subject line “Resume for WETO Technical Project Officer consideration.”
Learn how to password-protect your document.
Please include the following information via email:
- Name
- Phone number
- Password-protected resume (in a separate email, send the password)
DO NOT include the following information:
- Your Social Security Number
- Your address
- Photos of yourself
- Personal information, such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc.
- Classified or government sensitive information
- Any encryption or digital signatures
Step 2: Visit the Renewable Energy Jobs Corps page and click “Apply Now.”
Step 3: Select “Wind Energy” as your area of interest.
Step 4: During the “Disclosures” step, under “Applicant Source,” select “Other” and provide the referral code: #EERE to direct your resume to the appropriate hiring managers.
Step 5: Complete all other steps of the application and hit “Submit.”