Supervisory Healthcare Enginee

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Duties include but not limited to:

• Responsible for the planning organizing directing evaluating and management processes for the Engineering Service Project Section that includes setting qualitative and quantitative standards.
• Develops and provides the Medical Center executive leadership and the clinical staff information on the methods techniques and procedures necessary to integrate these programs into the mission of the Medical Center.
• Provides professional and technical guidance and direction and review of assigned programs including professional engineering work in several disciplines such as; civil engineering electrical engineering mechanical engineering structural engineer environmental engineering and fire safety and safety engineering.
• Assist with the development of Medical Center policies procedures and resource allocations for assigned programs.
• Helps oversee human resources management matters for the services including development and implementation of succession and workforce plans.
• Manages human resource functions such as performance training and development hiring and firing.
• Collaborates with the Chief to help determine organizational changes in key positions within the Service; ensures internal personnel-related programs are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner; communicates agency and local policies and priorities to all employees within the Service; delegates to each section supervisor the authority and responsibility to carry out assigned tasks; follows progress of each and recommends improvement to be made where warranted; ensures labor/management relations are maintained in accordance with Medical Center policy; and procedures and that other requirements such as effective use of performance standards EEO policies and other personnel-related rules and regulations are effectively enforced.
• Aids in supporting the VISN Capital and Energy Engineers in the administration of the this capacity he meets regularly with other Engineers from the VISN and VA Leadership from the Office of Capital Asset Management.
• 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
• Mentor newer engineers and help them learn the things they need to know to manage an engineering department.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

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.
• Education: Bachelors 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;

• Evidence of passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam with a bachelors 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;

• Evidence of current professional registration or licensure as a Professional Engineer or Architect from any State the District of Columbia Guam or Puerto Rico.
• English Language Proficiency: Healthcare Engineer candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403 (f).

• Knowledge of data analysis techniques related to managing workload quality performance and productivity within the area of responsibility.
• Knowledge related to the management of overall department resources (i.e. finances space equipment supplies schedules and staffing) at the local level.
• 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.
• Skill in using effective communication in managing interpersonal relationships leading and dealing with employees team leaders labor representatives and managers.
• 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.
• Ability to draft and/or recommend local policies and/or directives related to healthcare engineering management.
• Ability to recognize and assess evolving scenarios utilizing initiative self-direction and assigned resources to affect resolutions.