Electrical Healthcare Engineer

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all electrical power, emergency power, electronic, and low-voltage systems throughout the medical center, ensuring patient safety, system reliability, and regulatory compliance.
• Provide engineering leadership for normal power, Essential Electrical Systems (EES), emergency generators, UPS systems, Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), fire alarm systems, Building Automation Systems (BMS/DDC), structured cabling, and electronic security systems.
• Plan, design, manage, and administer Minor Construction, Non-Recurring Maintenance (NRM), Station Level, and leased facility projects from concept through construction and project closeout.
• Manage Architecture & Engineering (A/E) and construction contracts to ensure compliance with VA standards, project specifications, schedules, codes, and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the engineering advisor, project manager, construction coordinator, contract administrator, and technical consultant for assigned healthcare engineering projects.
• Chair Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) consisting of multidisciplinary stakeholders and provide technical leadership throughout project planning and execution.
• Maintain engineering drawings, specifications, technical reference libraries, one-line diagrams, panel schedules, feeder directories, arc flash documentation, and other engineering records.
• Develop and maintain Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Corrective Maintenance programs, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Emergency Power Supply System (EPSS) documentation, and operational procedures.
• Lead commissioning, re-commissioning, startup, functional testing, acceptance, and turnover activities for electrical, emergency power, and low-voltage systems.
• Analyze power quality, ATS performance, BMS trends, and electrical system data to improve operational reliability and support risk-based decision making.
• Provide technical training and mentoring for facility maintenance personnel and operations staff.
• Support strategic infrastructure planning and provide engineering recommendations for healthcare facility improvements.
• Engineer, administer, and maintain dedicated physical and virtual servers supporting healthcare monitoring systems, laboratory environments, pharmaceutical storage, blood banks, operating rooms, and other critical healthcare applications.
• Design highly available and fault-tolerant server architectures that ensure continuous monitoring of patient-critical systems.
• Integrate special-purpose servers with enterprise network infrastructure while maintaining compliance with VA and federal cybersecurity requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex failures involving servers, virtual environments, databases, sensors, applications, and network infrastructure.
• Implement cybersecurity strategies including network segmentation, encryption, access controls, logging, monitoring, vulnerability management, and incident response.
• Develop and maintain cybersecurity documentation, system diagrams, and audit-ready operating procedures.
• Design and support enterprise network solutions supporting clinical infrastructure while coordinating network changes with regional and national IT teams.
• Maintain an active presence at construction sites to monitor installation and commissioning of electrical and low-voltage systems through project completion and occupancy.
• Review commissioning plans, functional performance tests, pre-functional checklists, deficiency logs, and contractor acceptance documentation.
• Verify proper installation and performance of medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution systems, including substations, switchgear, transformers, switchboards, panelboards, grounding systems, raceways, and busways.
• Oversee commissioning and acceptance of generators, UPS systems, ATS equipment, emergency power systems, and associated controls.
• Validate protective device coordination studies, short-circuit studies, breaker settings, transformer coordination, and arc flash labeling.
• Verify lighting systems, emergency lighting, lighting controls, occupancy controls, and time-based control sequences.
• Oversee Building Automation System (BMS/DDC) integration, point-to-point verification, alarm programming, trend development, graphics, BACnet/IP integration, and operational sequences.
• Verify fire alarm acceptance testing, mass notification systems, notification appliance circuits, audibility, intelligibility, smoke control interfaces, and emergency notification systems.
• Oversee acceptance and commissioning of electronic security systems, including access control, intrusion detection, video surveillance, intercom, public address, nurse call, code blue, radio paging, GPS clock systems, and emergency communications.
• Witness startup, commissioning, and functional testing of electrical and low-voltage systems performed by contractors.
• Conduct Operations & Maintenance training for facility personnel following project completion.
• Develop Emergency Power System Hazard Vulnerability Analyses and maintain NFPA 110 operational readiness documentation.
• Develop equipment maintenance procedures and asset documentation within BIM/FM data systems and computerized maintenance management systems.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, contractors, commissioning agents, infection prevention personnel, facility leadership, and IT organizations to ensure successful project delivery and operational readiness.

  Qualifications

  • In accordance with federal regulations, possession of a valid Real ID is a requirement for this position.
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline (preferred).
  • Minimum of 15 years of experience in hospital or healthcare electrical systems operations, maintenance, engineering, or construction.
  • Minimum of 10 years of direct experience supporting electrical systems within acute care hospital patient care environments.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience with healthcare electronic systems, low-voltage systems, system design, construction, or commissioning.
  • Electrical certifications, licensure, or code-related credentials preferred.
  • Extensive knowledge of normal power, Essential Electrical Systems (EES), emergency generators, UPS systems, Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), and Emergency Power Supply Systems (EPSS).
  • Thorough understanding of VA Electrical Design Manual (PG-18-10), NEC Article 517, NFPA 70, NFPA 72, NFPA 99, NFPA 101, NFPA 110, OSHA, ANSI, and Joint Commission requirements.
  • Experience with protective device coordination studies, short-circuit analysis, arc flash studies, selective coordination, and electrical distribution system design.
  • Experience with fire alarm systems, mass notification systems, emergency communications, and integrated life safety systems.
  • Knowledge of electronic security systems including access control, intrusion detection, video surveillance, nurse call, public address, intercom, and structured cabling.
  • Experience with ANSI/TIA healthcare telecommunications standards, structured cabling, copper and fiber optic infrastructure, and telecommunications room design.
  • Strong knowledge of Building Automation Systems (BMS/DDC), BACnet/IP networking, HVAC controls integration, and building systems interoperability.
  • Experience implementing cybersecurity controls for operational technology (OT), building automation, fire alarm, and facility-related control systems.
  • Knowledge of NIST, FISMA, Authority to Operate (ATO), and VA cybersecurity requirements.
  • Experience with commissioning, re-commissioning, functional testing, startup verification, and construction turnover documentation.
  • Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, commissioning reports, and technical documentation.
  • Experience administering A/E and construction contracts and leading multidisciplinary project teams.
  • Strong understanding of medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution systems, grounding, transformers, switchgear, and power quality.
  • Experience supporting enterprise networking, virtualization, server administration, and integration of mission-critical healthcare systems.
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, troubleshooting, and project management skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical information to engineers, contractors, clinicians, facility staff, and executive leadership.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, Building Management Systems, computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), and engineering documentation software.
  • Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining compliance, operational reliability, patient safety, and survey readiness within a complex healthcare environment.
  • Must satisfy all additional federal, VA, and facility-specific credentialing requirements.
  • Must be able to successfully pass a drug test and a thorough background check for access onto a military installation; please note the background check for this position extends past 7 years, in conformance with federal law and US Department of Justice guidelines for work on a military installation.