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Healthcare Engineer
Veterans Health Administration · Battle Creek, Michigan · Closes today
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service, The public.
You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Applicants are referred in priority order: current permanent employees of the Battle Creek VA Medical Center and its clinics first, then other VA employees, then other federal employees, then all other applicants.
Experience: For GS-7, no extra experience is needed beyond the basic education or license requirement. For GS-9, GS-11, and GS-12, you need 1 year of experience at the next lower grade (GS-7, GS-9, or GS-11), and construction project management experience is preferred.
Education: A bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Architecture from a school with an accredited program can qualify you. You can also qualify by passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam with a bachelor's degree, or with a current Professional Engineer or Architect license. For GS-9 and higher, a master's or doctoral degree can count toward the grade requirements.
Licenses and certifications:
- Valid state-issued driver's license
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes today (November 5, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications, using the online occupational questionnaire and your submitted documents. Your application will be verified, and errors or missing information may result in an ineligible rating or lower overall rating.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Use a long-form resume or CV; the 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- Be clear and specific about dates, hours per week, and duties, because your experience will be verified.
- If you use education to qualify, attach an official transcript from an accredited school.
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