April 3, 2026
Electric Energy Jobs

Public Utilities Specialist (Recent Graduate)

Organization:
Bonneville Power Administration
Region:
United States, Oregon, Portland
End of contest:
January 4, 2021
  This job posting has expired
Type:
Full time
Category:
Specialist
Description
Summary

This position is located in any of the Power Student Development (PD) organization four divisions within Power Services (P), Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). The incumbent serves as a trainee for providing utility market research, offering design, support, reporting and analysis.

Responsibilities

As a Public Utilities Specialist (Recent Graduate), you will:

  • Perform assignments of limited scope and difficulty to support energy planning, evaluation, and research functions.

  • Perform a variety of well-defined tasks designed to provide familiarity with the organization's programs, projects, and functions; familiarity with pertinent manuals and procedures; and experience in the application of basic knowledge of the utility business practices, product markets, evaluation, measure planning and market research approaches.

  • Use established formulas to make routine calculations.
  • Search readily available data from prescribed sources such as files, reports, or regulations and recognizes and corrects obvious discrepancies and data omissions.

To be eligible for the Recent Graduate program you must be a:

Recent graduate who has completed, within the previous two years, a qualifying associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution.

-OR-

Student who within nine months of the closing date of this announcement will meet the education requirements and will graduate with a qualifying associates, bachelors, masters, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying educational institution. A student may not be appointed to a position until they have graduated.

-OR-

Preference eligible veteran who was precluded from applying due to their military service obligation begin their two-year eligibility period upon release or discharge from active duty. Eligibility for these veterans cannot exceed six years after degree or certificate completion.

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Contact

Bonneville Power Administration

905 NE Eleventh Ave

Portland

Oregon United States

www.bpa.gov


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