Healthcare Engineer

What you would do

• Plan, design, and oversee healthcare construction and engineering projects.
• Administer architect, engineer, and construction contracts to ensure contract requirements are met.
• Act as Contracting Officer Representative on design and construction projects.
• Chair the Integrated Project Team made up of internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage construction while keeping building and utility services running for patient care.

Do you qualify for GS-7 to GS-12?

With experience: For GS-7, no extra experience is needed beyond the basic education requirement. For GS-9, you need 1 year of experience equivalent to GS-7. For GS-11, you need 1 year equivalent to GS-9. For GS-12, you need 1 year equivalent to GS-11. Direct healthcare experience is not required, but you should explain how your engineering skills apply to healthcare.

With education: You can qualify with a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or architecture from a program accredited by ABET's Engineering Accreditation Commission or the NCARB, such as Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, Civil, or Architecture. You can also qualify with a bachelor's degree plus passing the Fundamentals of Engineering exam (shown by an Engineer in Training certificate or an NCEES passing score), or with a current Professional Engineer or Architect license. Master's or doctoral degrees in engineering or architecture can also count toward the higher grade levels.

Licenses and certifications you need:

• Contracting Officer Representative (COR) certification, which you must maintain
• VA Facility Engineering/Construction (FE-C) certification, which you must maintain

How to apply well

What to send:

• Long-form resume or curriculum vitae (CV)
• Transcript
• Cover letter, if you choose to include one
• Written responses to the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), highly recommended as a separate document
• DD-214 or Statement of Service if you claim veterans' preference
• SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee
• Disability letter (VA) if applicable
• Professional certification if applicable
• SF-15 if applicable

How you will be rated: You are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, based on the online occupational questionnaire and your documents. Eligible applications are referred in this order: current permanent VA employees of the facility, other VA employees, current permanent federal employees of other agencies, then all other applicants in unranked order. Missing required information may result in an ineligible rating or a lower score.

Tips for this job:

• Your long-form resume or CV must be clear and specific about your engineering work, since the VA will verify your experience.
• Write a separate KSA document, which is highly recommended, addressing the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed under the grade requirements.
• Send your transcript with your application, since it is required even if you use experience instead of education, and add the DD-214 or SF-50 if they apply to you.

Good to know before you apply

Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday, with varied start and end times between 6:00 am and 5:00 pm, to be discussed with the supervisor during the interview. Compressed or flexible schedules are available, to be discussed during the interview.

Incentives and relocation: Recruitment and relocation incentives, including sign-on bonuses, and permanent change of station assistance are not authorized.

Conditions of employment:

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Selective Service registration for males born after 12/31/1959
• Must be proficient in spoken and written English
• Subject to background and security investigation
• Online onboarding with acceptable identification, including REAL ID-compliant identification
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program
• Pre-employment examination or evaluation
• 1 or 2-year trial period

Job details

Salary

$58,193 – $129,225 per year

Pay scale and grade

GS-7 to GS-12 · General Schedule

Location

Grand Island, Nebraska

Appointment

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Excepted

Openings

1

Security clearance

Other

Travel

Not required

Drug test

Not required

Supervisory

No

Occupation

General Engineering (0801)

Announcement

CBSY-13104337-27-MN