Supervisory Healthcare Engineer - Projects

About the role

Supervisory Project Engineers serve as experts in the design of the medical care environment, including all hospital building features, automated building management and environmental control systems, and critical utility systems, as well as the oversight of related construction including construction in and adjacent to operational healthcare environments.

Responsibilities

• Provides matrix management support and technical expert consultation to the Chief of Engineering Service for all issues relative to the areas listed above.
• Makes recommendations to the Chief of Engineering for final approval, and has responsibility and accountability for all aspects of the Medical Center Design and Construction program and oversight.
• Collaborates with operations and program managers to ensure integrated goals and priorities for all projects are met.
• Works closely with peers in other service lines to meet their project needs as internal customers and the needs of external customers as well.
• Provides professional and technical guidance and direction and review of assigned programs, including professional engineering work in several disciplines such as; architecture, civil engineering, energy engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, structural engineering, environmental engineering, fire safety and safety engineering.
• Works closely with biomedical engineering and the National Acquisition Center (NAG} in the coordination of complex equipment installations.
• Provides technical advice on a wide range of engineering issues, including the Strategic Capital Investment Plan, Capital Asset Inventory, Capital Asset Resource Survey, Deferred Maintenance, and a myriad of engineering related topics.
• 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.
• Establishes parameters in support of project scope development, ensuring alignment with master plan/strategic capital investment goals and Department objectives, goals, policies and priorities.
• Develops policies and procedures, to comply with these frequently conflicting requirements, while minimizing adverse impact to patient care.
• Reviews or directs the review of plans, specifications, and analyses of design as submitted by subordinate engineers and engineering technicians.
• Provides professional advice to improve such plans, specifications, and analyses.
• Directs necessary changes and furnishes assistance as required to ensure a positive outcome.
• Advises subordinate personnel on methods and procedures to be used on highly complex projects.
• Oversees subordinate professionals (i.e., engineers or architects) work. Serves as technical authority, providing expert advice pertaining to the design and construction of facilities and structures in a large geographical region, and in a complex functional specialization.
• Reviews subordinates' activity plans, specifications, and cost estimates for technical adequacy and feasibility.
• Coordinates and oversees scheduling and layout of operations, inspection and surveillance of materials, methods, and equipment used in construction and renovation managed by subordinate engineers and engineering technicians. Provides technical resource information to engineering subordinates.
• Develops technical data regarding materials, sizes, dimensions, quantities, and costs to be incorporated in formal specifications.
• Conducts site visits.
• Provides resolution of problems related to construction.
• Develops competitive bidding cost estimates for a variety of projects of multiple-use nature, or projects in different geographic locations thus presenting different physical or cultural considerations.

Requirements

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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).

Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

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.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• 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.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements

• United States Citizenship
• 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;
• 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.

Preferred Experience: 2 years as Project Manager and leader with experience in all phases (planning, design, construction, and activation). Experience conducting project review and analysis with success in meeting established milestones. 1 year experience with complex VA healthcare facility designs encompassing a majority of subjects in architectural, civil, structural, medical gas, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, communications, fire safety, security, and specialized systems (elevators, patient safety lifts, pneumatic tube, etc.). Show responsibility for designing in conformance with applicable codes and standards, as well as federal and state agency regulations, standards, specifications, and other VA criteria. 2 years of experience overseeing the administration of architect-engineer and construction contracts in the role of Contracting Officer Representative (COR). Show responsibility in a majority of subjects in conducting engineering surveys and evaluations, determining engineering and construction requirements and ensuring contract compliance; developing preliminary plans, cost estimates, project proposals, and justifications for contract changes or modifications; review of and assistance in the design and preparation of architectural and engineering plans, and specifications; and supervision, inspection, and acceptance of construction. Show coordination with outside agencies such as OSHA, EPA, City and County Health Departments, local utility companies, as well as other relevant entities.