Supervisory Healthcare Engineer

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; White City (OR); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Recruitment incentive

Job summary

United States Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a Supervisory Projects Engineer to ensure safe, reliable environments for direct patient care through managing design and construction programs to build and renovate hospital and support environments in Oregon. This role requires U.S.

citizenship, an ABET-accredited engineering or architecture degree (or FE with bachelor’s), and professional licensure or grandfathering provisions.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• English proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Architecture from ABET-accredited program or NCEES FE exam with bachelor's degree.
• Current professional registration or licensure as a PE or Architect.
• May apply via Grandfathering Provision for VA employees in this occupation.

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff and provide performance evaluations and guidance.
• Oversee design, construction, and renovation projects for hospital and support environments.
• Manage budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation for projects.
• Review plans, specifications, and analyses for technical adequacy and feasibility.
• Provide expert engineering advice to leadership for complex projects.

Skills

Data analysis

Workload management

Resource management

Supervisory duties

Communication skills

Project management

Policy drafting

Problem solving

Education

Engineering or Architecture degree

FE/EIT certification

Professional licensure (PE/Architect)

Job description

The Supervisory Projects Engineer ensures safe, reliable, and a precisely controlled operating environment for direct patient care through management of a design and construction program to build and renovate hospital and support environments.

** Recruitment and Relocation Incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidate **

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• English Language Proficiency. Healthcare Engineer candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).
• Education. Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Architecture. To be acceptable, the curriculum must be from a school with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Engineering Accreditation Commission (excludes engineering technology) or National Council of Architectural Registration Boards curriculum. Examples of acceptable engineering and architectural degrees include, but are not limited to: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture and Architectural Engineering. Titles may vary from educational institutions and change over time;
• OR
• Evidence of passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination with a bachelor's degree. Evidence can be in the form of an Engineering in Training certificate issued from any State, the District of Columbia, Guam or Puerto Rico, or test results from the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) identifying a passing score;
• OR
• Evidence of current professional registration or licensure as a Professional Engineer or Architect. Evidence of current professional registration or licensure can be from any State, the District of Columbia, Guam or Puerto Rico.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations:

Supervisory Healthcare Engineer, GS-13

Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs).

1. Knowledge of data analysis techniques related to managing workload, quality, performance and productivity within the area of responsibility.
2. Knowledge related to the management of overall department resources, (i.e., finances space, equipment, supplies, schedules and staffing) at the local level.
3. Knowledge of the full range of supervisory duties, which include responsibility for assignment of work, performance evaluations, selection of staff, training and development, recommendation of awards, advancements and disciplinary actions.
4. Skill in using effective communication in managing interpersonal relationships, leading and dealing with employees, team leaders, labor representatives and managers.
5. Ability to balance multiple responsibilities, set priorities, delegate tasks, meet multiple deadlines, analyze organizational problems and develop and implement effective solutions that result in efficient operations.
6. Ability to draft and/or recommend local policies and/or directives related to healthcare engineering management.
7. Ability to recognize and assess evolving scenarios, utilizing initiative, self-direction and assigned resources to affect resolutions.

Assignment.

For all supervisory assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity, difficulty, range of variety and be performed by the incumbent as a major duty at least 25% of the time. The incumbent must supervise staff for at least 25% of the time, administratively and technically at the full performance grade level or below. At this level, Supervisory Healthcare Engineers are assigned at the facility level, supervising professional engineers and other support positions at GS-13 equivalent and below. Supervisory Healthcare Engineers exercise the full range of supervisory responsibility to include development of performance standards and performance evaluations; recommendations for appointment, awards, advancements, and when appropriate, disciplinary actions; and identification of continuing training needs, etc. They provide complex professional engineering advice to peers, subordinates and/or non-professional administrators/managers. They review or direct the review of technical plans, specifications and analyses of design as submitted by subordinates. Supervisory Healthcare Engineers provide professional advice to improve such plans, specifications and analyses. They direct necessary changes and furnish assistance as required. They advise subordinate personnel on methods and procedures to be used in special studies on highly complex projects. Supervisory Healthcare Engineers oversee subordinate professionals' work. They are the technical authority, providing expert advice pertaining to the maintenance of facilities, structures or landscapes that may involve large geographic regions. Supervisory Healthcare Engineers review subordinates' activity plans, specifications and cost estimates for technical adequacy and feasibility. They oversee maintenance standards for advanced equipment or systems technology. Supervisory Healthcare Engineers provide for the budgeting and financial management for engineering. They supervise a staff to accomplish the construction work and maintenance of the organization.

Preferred Experience:

3 Years Minimum of Heathcare Engineering Experience

Reference:

For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements:

Heavy lifting and carrying (45 pounds and over), reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, both hands required, operation of crane, truck, tractor, or motor vehicle, exposure to outside and inside elements, intermittent excessive noise, dust, silica, asbestos, electrical energy, slippery or uneven walking surfaces, working around machinery with moving parts, working around moving objects and/or vehicles, working on ladders or scaffolding, working closely with others.