This position is located within the Division of Health Facilities (DHF) within the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service, Facility Maintenance Departments and reports to the Director of Health Facilities. The primary function of the position is to plan, coordinate and direct engineering, maintenance and operations at the hospital or ambulatory health center and related work of the facility to maintain accreditation and ensure the ability of IHS to provide quality health care services.

Duties

The closing date for this announcement is being extended to solicit additional candidates; applicants who previously applied to this announcement need not reapply unless submitting updated information and/or missing forms. Organizes, plans, directs and supervises the Maintenance Department in the operation, maintenance, repair and alteration of buildings, grounds, utilities, etc. Plans and implements a continuing long-range preventative maintenance, repair and replacement program for all structures, systems and equipment in the service unit to meet all applicable standards. Develops written policies, procedures and work records to carry out the operation of the program. Develops five year plans for renovations/modifications of the facilities. Serves as Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for service contracts and construction contracts of small to medium dollar amounts within the appropriate dollar threshold. Provides administrative and technical supervision for Maintenance Staff and support staff. Ensures equal opportunity principles are applied and follows personnel policies and procedures in any tangible employment actions. This position is being announced concurrently under Delegated Examining (DE) procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-23-AQ-11960300-DE, for eligibility requirements.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. BASIC REQUIREMENT(S): A. Degree: Engineering. To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in 5 of the following 7 areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics; (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships); (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics; (d)thermodynamics; (e) electrical fields and circuits; (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties); and (g) any other comparable area of engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. OR B. Combination of education and experience -- college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: Professional registration or licensure - Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's engineering provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. Written Test - Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Specified academic courses - Successful completion of at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program. Related curriculum - Successful completion of a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Experience performing technical and business management of designated major building projects, such as expansion and renovation of healthcare facilities, from the preliminary planning and estimating stages through the designing, construction, inspection, equipment installation, commission process, occupation, and close-out stages; carrying direct authority over the planning, control, and use of resources of the agency and contractor organization; and entails contracting off ice representation. Experience in supervising a diverse workforce involved in the maintenance, repair, renovation and construction of physical structures; and the day-to-day operations and maintenance of electrical, mechanical, and health facilities building systems; developing goals and objectives of a facility management program; preparing policies, procedures and guidelines for implementing preventive and operations maintenance; and reviewing architectural and engineering drawings for new building construction. Experience in performing administrative activities to effectively oversee and guide a facilities management program. Good communication skills to coordinate, prioritize, and schedule multiple people, tasks, resources, and projects to meet deadlines; as well as computer application and soft ware skills to analyze, prioritize, track, and report construction engineering and other facilities-related data. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service 4101 Indian School Rd NE, Suite 225 Albuquerque, NM 87110 US
• Name: Darling Nelson
• Phone: (505)256-6816
• Email: [email protected]