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Job Field: Government Jobs
Location: Fort Peck, MT
Salary: $35.76 - $39.73 / Per Hour
Job Type: This is a full-time position. - This is a permanent position.
Phone: 720-962-7106

JOB SUMMARY:

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Western Area Power Administration - Serving the West with Federal Hydropower We offer career opportunities in a fast-paced, dynamic electric utility industry. We market federally produced hydropower from more than 50 powerplants across the central and western United States and operate and maintain over 17,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines. The Western Area Power Administration is one of four power marketing administrations within the Department of Energy .

This is NOT a full level journeyman position. The objective of Western's CIT program is to recruit journeyman-level craftsmen with knowledge and experience that is relevant, but less than required at the journeyman level for this occupation in Western.

This position is advertised under WAPA-12-MP-314 and WAPA-12-DE-314. If you are a current federal employee, eligible for reinstatement, or eligible under a special appointing authority, you may apply under either announcement or both. If you do not meet these conditions, you must apply under WAPA-12-DE-314. 

(See Frequently Asked Questions for more information).

Where would I be working? Western Area Power Administration Upper Great Plains Region, Montana Maintenance, Substations B5110, Fort Peck, MT. Find out more about living conditions at this duty station.

Relocation expenses may be paid, at the discretion of the agency, according to Federal Travel Regulation policy and/or budget.

More than one position may be filled.

Where will I be on the pay scale? Trainees will be compensated at a progressively increasing percentage of the basic wage rate paid to the journeyman, who is engaged in the same trade at the same field location. An employee entering the program with a 2-year requirement receives 90% of journeyman wages for the craft being entered and is eligible for a 2.5% increase every 6 months. If an employee is placed at a step with less than 2 years to complete (minimum of six months), the employee will receive wages commensurate with that step. Craftsman-in Training pay rates: Step 1 - $ 35.76 per hour Step 2 - $ 36.75 per hour Step 3 - $ 37.74 per hour Step 4 - $ 38.74 per hour Journeyman Electrician pay rate is $39.73 per hour.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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You must be a U.S. citizen.

Generally, male applicants must be registered with Selective Service.