Healthcare Engineer

Healthcare Engineer The Veterans Health Administration was seeking a Healthcare Engineer for the Facilities Management Service at the VA Eastern Oklahoma Health Care System in Muskogee, OK. Healthcare Engineers provide professional engineering and architectural services supporting healthcare delivery infrastructure, facilities, equipment integration, construction, maintenance, design review, project management, and compliance with healthcare facility standards. Agency:
Veterans Health Administration Facility: VA Eastern Oklahoma Health Care System

Location:

Muskogee, OK Vacancies: 1 Salary: $58,193 - $129,225 per year Pay Scale & Grade: GS-7 to GS-12 Promotion Potential: GS-12

Work Schedule:

Full-time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible:
Not available Appointment Type:
Permanent Telework:
Yes; may be offered on a situational ad-hoc basis Remote/Virtual:
Not available

Travel Required:

Not required Relocation Expenses:
Not reimbursed Recruitment Incentive:
Not authorized PCS:
Not authorized Drug Test:
Not required Security Clearance:
Not required Position Sensitivity/Risk:
Non-sensitive / Low Risk Background Check:
Credentialing and suitability/fitness required Financial Disclosure:
Not required Federal Service:
Excepted Service Union Representation:
Yes Supervisory Status:
No Series: 0801 General Engineering Functional Statement: 55172-A, 55173-A, 55174-A, 55175-A Announcement Number: CBSU-OYM

Key Responsibilities:

Provide professional engineering and architectural services supporting healthcare delivery processes and systems. Ensure appropriate infrastructure, facilities, and equipment are available for the medical mission. Collaborate with biomedical engineers to support integration of medical technology into the patient care environment. Specify spatial layouts, infrastructure needs, and environmental requirements for medical equipment integration. Determine requirements, conduct reconnaissance, select locations, and prepare designs, specifications, and estimates.

Apply engineering methods, precedents, standards, and professional judgment to complex facility situations. Conduct investigations to improve design, materials, and methods. Prepare original designs, preliminary layouts, and final layouts. Coordinate assignments with engineers and architects responsible for related project features. Review architect-engineer plans and specifications for adequacy and feasibility. Provide professional advisory services to peers, subordinates, non-professional administrators, and managers. Provide professional oversight and project management for construction and maintenance efforts.

Schedule and lay out operations and inspect materials, methods, and equipment used in construction. Develop and modify methods, techniques, and procedures to address facility engineering challenges. Develop competitive bidding cost estimates for projects. Investigate construction problems requiring modification of original designs. Coordinate with designers and contractors on design changes. Ensure quality control and adequacy of contractor operations. Review contractor progress charts and conduct field surveys to verify fulfillment of obligations.

Administer payments to contractors. Perform other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen. Non-citizens may only be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy. Must be proficient in spoken and written English. Must meet Healthcare Engineer education, registration, or examination requirements. Must be subject to background/security investigation. Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959. Must complete all application requirements and online onboarding requirements.

Must provide acceptable identification for employment eligibility verification. Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as required for Department of Veterans Affairs health care personnel. Selected applicant will be required to serve a one-year or two-year trial period. Eligibility:
This announcement was open to the public, including U.S. Citizens, Nationals, or those who owe allegiance to the United States. Current permanent Eastern Oklahoma Health Care System employees, Department of Veterans Affairs employees, other federal agency employees, and current, past, or upcoming VHA Health Professions Trainee graduates were directed to apply under announcement CBSU-OYM. The two-page resume requirement did not apply to this occupational series.

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Education, Registration, or Examination Requirements:
Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Architecture from a school with an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission-accredited curriculum or National Council of Architectural Registration Boards curriculum; or Bachelor's degree with evidence of passing the…