Supervisory Healthcare Engineer Chief Engineer

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

This position serves as the Chief Engineering Service with responsibility for the professional Engineering programs such as Maintenance and Repair Utility Plant Operations Energy Management and Conservation Program Safety Fire Prevention Industrial Hygiene Disaster Preparedness Green Environmental Management Vehicle Fleet Grounds Capital Planning and Construction Project Management section at the Hershel Woody Williams VA Medical Center a multi-faceted and affiliated VA Medical Center including outlying Community Based Outpatient Clinics.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the planning organizing directing evaluating and management process for Service Line programs which include setting qualitative and quantitative standards.
• Develops and provides the Executive Leadership Team and the clinical staff information on the methods techniques and procedures necessary to integrate the Engineering Maintenance Capital Management and other Engineering programs into the mission of the Medical Center.
• Oversees the Joint Commission (JC) Environment of Care Programs for Utility Systems Management Safety Life Safety and Medical Equipment Management for both this Medical Center and all Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs).
• Supports the VISN Capital Assets Manager and VISN Energy Engineers with implementation of the programs.
• Acts as the Cultural Resource Management Officer responsible for compliance with historical preservation regulations.
• Full administrative and managerial responsibilities for planning staffing budgeting developing and effectively managing the total Engineering Program.
• All planning design and supervision of project renovation modernization and construction work; safety industrial hygiene disaster management and green environmental management services; fleet energy conservations services; and all maintenance and repair of building grounds building service equipment utility systems.
• Is a fully participating 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.
• Leads the Strategic Capital Investment Planning (SCIP) process. This position participates in discussion of proposed capital projects for the station and makes preliminary designs of major alterations improvements and additions to implement the Medical Center programs.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining effective relations with local Government agencies Labor Unions Professional Engineering Societies Affiliated Universities Research Program Leaders and other interested organizations as required.
• All other duties as assigned pertaining to this occupation to meet the needs of the Agency Department Facility and/or Service.

RESUME REQUIREMENTS - Your resume MUST include the following information:

• Job Title (for each position)
• Description of duties (be as detailed as possible)
• Month and year start/end dates (e.g. June 2018 to April 2020) of employment
• Full-time or part-time status (include average hours worked per week)

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• 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;
    OR
  • Evidence of passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination 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;
    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.

• Examples of experience would include but is not limited to: supervise staff for at least 25% of the time administratively and technically at the full performance grade level or below. 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.. Provide complex professional engineering advice to peers subordinates and/or non-professional administrators/managers. Review or direct the review of technical plans specifications and analyses of design as submitted by subordinates. Advise subordinate personnel on methods and procedures to be used in special studies on highly complex projects. Serve as the technical authority providing expert advice pertaining to the maintenance of facilities structures or landscapes that may involve large geographic regions. Provide for the budgeting and financial management for engineering. Supervise staff to accomplish the construction work and maintenance of the organization.