The Healthcare Engineer provides for a safe, reliable, and precisely controlled operating environment for direct patient care. Healthcare Engineers serve as experts in the design, sustainment, and improvement of the medical care environment, including all hospital building features, automated building management and environmental control systems, and critical utility systems.

Duties

Major Duties include, but are not limited to: Initiates, molds, and sets policy, procedures, standards, and goals for Engineering programs. Develops and applies an internal program of management review, appraisal, and improvement; establishes priorities which recognize and incorporate budget and manpower constraints. Provides for formal and on-the-job training and instruction for the staff. Coordinates engineering activities with other administrative and clinical services in the Medical Center. Serves as technical advisor in all or almost all significant management planning, policy, and decision making actions of the Medical Center except those of a primarily medical nature. Involved with long and short-range planning, establishing policy, and budgeting for the Medical Center, as well as forall Engineering Service programs. Provides matrix management support and technical expert consultation to Executive Management. Collaborates with operations and program managers to ensure integrated goals and priorities for Engineering Service are met. Facilitates stakeholder understanding of clinic program desires and engineering, technical, facility, and infrastructure requirements and capabilities. Develops Medical Center policies, procedures and resource allocations for assigned programs. Supports the VISN Capital and Energy Engineers in the administration of the programs. Provides technical advice on a wide range of engineering issues, including the Strategic Capital Investment Plan, Capital Asset Inventory, Capital Asset Resource (CAPRES) Survey, Deferred Maintenance, management of an engineering department, and a myriad of engineering related topics. Participates on VISN and national committees and work groups. Identifies risks associated with highly sophisticated utility systems and the general physical environment. Reviews major utility systems and associated equipment to assure compliance with regulations, operating standards, and ability to meet medical center needs. Provides for the budgeting and financial management for Engineering Service. Identifies functional requirements for current and future programs inclusive of life-cycle costs. Maintains awareness of and information about the overall status of financial resources for the office in order to react to changing situations with timely recommendations. Researches and/or analyzes problems, issues, or program requirements related to all areas of the facility and all facets of Engineering Service. Researches and provides technical recommendations pertaining to a wide-range of national codes and standards including but not limited to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), OSHA, TJC, EPA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Manages special projects for major office or program issues of broad impact. Undertakes or participates in special projects, ongoing analyses, investigations, and initiatives that have high priority for high-level management. Assists the VISN offices and other chief engineers by providing technical advice and input on a wide range of engineering issues, including the Strategic Capital Investment Plan, Capital Asset Inventory, Capital Asset Resource Survey, Deferred Maintenance, management of an engineering department, and a myriad of engineering related topics. Works with medical activities to identify additional space needs and needed renovations. Develops technical data regarding materials, sizes, dimensions, quantities, and costs to be incorporated informal specifications. Ensures construction is conducted in accordance with established specifications including but not limited to VA Construction and Facilities Management (CFM)Standards, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI), American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standards, US Pharmacopeia (USP) 797/800 Standards. Other tasks as assigned by management. Work Schedule: 7:30am-4:00pm, Monday-Friday Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 508-52358F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): May be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Financial Disclosure Report: Required

Requirements

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS: To qualify for appointment to this position, all applicants must possess the following: Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7407(a). 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. Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements outlined above, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates. Supervisory Healthcare Engineer, GS-14. (1) Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade. (2) Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to meeting the experience requirements for this grade level, the candidate must fully demonstrate the following KSAs: (a) Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, structural, civil and other engineering/architectural principles, practices and their applications as related to healthcare facilities. (b) Knowledge related to the management of overall healthcare system resources, (i.e., finances, space, equipment, supplies, schedules and staffing).(c) Skill in using effective communication in managing interpersonal relationships with internal and external customers, stakeholders, executive leadership, labor representatives and managers. (d) Skill in balancing multiple responsibilities, setting priorities, delegating tasks and projects, meeting multiple deadlines, analyzing complex organizational problems and developing and implementing effective solutions that result in efficient operations. (e) Skill in applying considerable independent judgment to interpret broad or general national policies and guidelines and adapt/apply them to specific compliant programs at the local healthcare system. (f) Skill in recognizing and assessing evolving scenarios, utilizing initiative, and self-directing and assigning resources to affect resolutions. (g) Skill in complying with national internal and outside regulatory agency and organization (including, but not limited to TJC, OSHA, NFPA, etc.) regulations, requirements, guides, policies, procedures, directives, standards and general medical program requirements as they relate to healthcare engineering. (h) Ability to anticipate, develop and implement strategies in meeting the healthcare system's short-term and long-term strategic goals in a highly fluid environment. (i) Ability to interview candidates for positions, recommend appointments, advancements, or when appropriate, disciplinary actions; evaluate performance and identify continuing education and training needs. Preferred Experience: Five years of experience as a Project Engineer.; Five years of experience as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) or equivalent.; 5-7 years experience in plant/building management, project management, and supervision of project engineers.; COR Level II certification or Project Management Level II certification; Strong leadership, management, and supervisory experience in a major medical facility. 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. This Supervisory Healthcare Engineer, GS-14 position is the Chief Engineer. Chief Engineers supervise engineering service, including subordinate the Supervisory Healthcare Engineer(s) at the GS-13 level, to ensure compliance with VA, TJC and a variety of other prevailing codes and standards. Physical Requirements: VA Directive and Handbook 5019. Reference: VA Handbook 5005/150, Part II, Appendix G72

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.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 Atlanta VA Medical Center 1670 Clairmont Road Decatur, GA 30033 US
• Name: Tamera Pryor
• Phone: 205-454-2575
• Email: [email protected]