Supervisory Healthcare Engineer-Chief Engineer Position Available In Miami-Dade, Florida

Supervisory Healthcare Engineer-Chief Engineer Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Miami VA Healthcare System Summary This position serves as the Chief, Engineering Service with responsibility for the professional Engineering programs such as Maintenance and Repair, Utility Plant Operions, Energy Management and Conservion Program, Vehicle Fleet, Grounds, Capital Planning, and Construction Project Management section the Miami VA Health Care System, including its outlying Community Based Outpient Clinics. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/23/2025 to 09/30/2025 Salary $151,658 – $197,155 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Miami, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12742929-25-TE

Control number 839263800 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees – Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to the ALL U.S. Citizens including Current Permanent Department of Veterans Affairs Employees and Permanent Federal Employees. Current Permanent Miami VA Healthcare System employees will have FIRST considerion, VA VISN 8 employees SECOND considerion, VA Employees THIRD, Other federal Employees FOURTH, and then all other applicants. Videos Duties The Chief Engineer has full administrive and managerial responsibilities for planning, staffing, budgeting, developing, and effectively managing the total Engineering Program. The Engineering Program functions include, but are not limited to; all planning, design, and supervision of project renovion, modernizion, and construction work; fleet, energy conservions services; and all maintenance and repair of building, grounds, building service equipment, utility systems. The Chief Engineer inities, molds, and sets policy, procedures, standards, and goals for Engineering programs; develops and applies an internal program of management review, appraisal, and improvement; establishes priorities which recognize and incorpore budget and manpower constraints; provides for formal and on-the-job training and instruction for the staff; and coordines engineering activities with other administrive and clinical services in the Medical Center. Other duties and responsibilities include but not limited to: Engineering Program Management and Administrion The Chief Engineer is responsible for strengthening and enhancing healthcare facility engineering and operions. The Chief Engineer is a key managerial advisor reporting directly to top Medical Center management. This position is a responsible leader and a member of the Medical Center top management team and is relied on for authoritive advice on all aspects of engineering mters. This position is a fully participing technical advisor in all or almost all significant management planning, policy, and decision-making actions of the Medical Center except those of a primarily medical nure. This position is involved with long and short-range planning, establishing policy, and budgeting for the Medical Center, as well as for all Engineering Service programs. Budgeting/Financial Management Work Provides for the budgeting and financial management for Engineering Service. This includes budget formulion, justificion, and execution; financial management; and financial reporting. The Chief Engineer identifies functional requirements for current and future programs inclusive of life-cycle costs. As top advisor to management, provides budget management for major, unstable programs. Exercises responsibility for budget formulion, presention, and execution. Maintains awareness of and informion about the overall stus of financial resources for the office in order to react to changing situions with timely recommendions. Research and Analysis Work Researches and/or analyzes problems, issues, or program requirements reled to all areas of the facility and all facets of Engineering Service. Provides expert analysis and advice on complex program issues. Based on operions and changing program requirements, identifies relevant issues. Collects relevant informion from many varied sources, some of which are difficult to access. Researches and provides technical recommendions pertaining to a wide-range of nional codes and standards including but not limited to the Nional Fire Protection Associion (NFPA), OSHA, TJC, EPA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Nional Institute for Occupional Safety and Health (NIOSH). Special Projects Plans and/or accomplishes special projects. Manages special projects for major office or program issues of broad impact. Conceives and implements new initiives and projects to strengthen, facilite, and integre programs. Undertakes or participes in special projects, ongoing analyses, investigions, and initiives th have high priority for high-level management. This may involve producing complex analyses and written reports; organizing special committees, workshops, and other gherings; initiing program reviews; and developing or fostering cross-agency activities. Professional Engineering/Architectural Analysis and Advice This position serves as the Chief Engineer within a medical center/VISN/VACO hierarchy. In this capacity he meets regularly with other Engineers from across the country and VA Leadership from the Office of Capital Asset Management and Engineering Support (OCAMES). This position interfaces between VACO and the other Chief Engineers in VISN, and the VISN Capital Asset Manager. This position assists the VISN offices and other chief engineers by providing technical advice and input on a wide range of engineering issues, including the Stregic Capital Investment Plan, Capital Asset Inventory, Capital Asset Resource Survey, Deferred Maintenance, management of an engineering department, and a myriad of engineering reled topics.

Work Schedule :

8:00am-4:30pm, Monday through

Friday Compressed/Flexible :

Not authorized

Telework :

Not available

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # :

FS-30663

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Not authorized Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

Qualificions Basic Requirements:

To qualify for appointment to this position, all applicants must possess the following: Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United Stes (U.S.). Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7407(a). Educion. Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or Architecture. To be acceptable, the curriculum must be from a school with least one curriculum accredited by the Accredition Board for Engineering and Technology, Engineering Accredition Commission (excludes engineering technology) or Nional Council of Architectural Registrion Boards curriculum. Examples of acceptable engineering and architectural degrees include, but are not limited to: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture and Architectural Engineering. Titles may vary from educional institutions and change over time; OR Evidence of passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Examinion with a bachelor’s degree. Evidence can be in the form of an Engineering in Training certifice issued from any Ste, the District of Columbia, Guam or Puerto Rico, or test results from the Nional Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) identifying a passing score; OR Evidence of current professional registrion or licensure as a Professional Engineer or Architect. Evidence of current professional registrion or licensure can be from any Ste, the District of Columbia, Guam or Puerto Rico. Grandfhering Provision. All individuals employed in VHA in this occupional series or in another occupional series performing the duties as described in the qualificion standard on the effective de of this qualificion standard, are considered to have met all the qualificion requirements for the grade held including positive educion th is part of the basic requirements of the occupion. Foreign Educion. To be creditable, engineering, architecture or reled educion completed outside the U.S. must be submitted to a prive organizion th specializes in the interpretion of foreign educional credentials and such educion must have been deemed least equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree as outlined in the educion requirements. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Supervisory Healthcare Engineer, GS-14. (1) Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade. (2) Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to meeting the experience requirements for this grade level, the candide must fully demonstre the following

KSAs:

Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, structural, civil and other engineering/architectural principles, practices and their applicions as reled to healthcare facilities. Knowledge reled to the management of overall healthcare system resources, (i.e., finances, space, equipment, supplies, schedules and staffing). Skill in using effective communicion in managing interpersonal relionships with internal and external customers, stakeholders, executive leadership, labor representives and managers. Skill in balancing multiple responsibilities, setting priorities, deleging tasks and projects, meeting multiple deadlines, analyzing complex organizional problems and developing and implementing effective solutions th result in efficient operions. Skill in applying considerable independent judgment to interpret broad or general nional policies and guidelines and adapt/apply them to specific compliant programs the local healthcare system. Skill in recognizing and assessing evolving scenarios, utilizing initiive, and self-directing and assigning resources to affect resolutions. Skill in complying with nional internal and outside regulory agency and organizion (including, but not limited to TJC, OSHA, NFPA, etc.) regulions, requirements, guides, policies, procedures, directives, standards and general medical program requirements as they rele to healthcare engineering. Ability to anticipe, develop and implement stregies in meeting the healthcare system’s short-term and long-term stregic goals in a highly fluid environment. Ability to interview candides for positions, recommend appointments, advancements, or when approprie, disciplinary actions; evalue performance and identify continuing educion and training needs. Assignment. For all supervisory assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity, difficulty, range of variety and be performed by the incumbent as a major duty least 25% of the time. The incumbent must supervise staff for least 25% of the time, administrively and technically the full performance grade level or below. This Supervisory Healthcare Engineer, GS-14 position is the Chief Engineer. Chief Engineers supervise engineering service, including subordine the Supervisory Healthcare Engineer(s) the GS-13 level, to ensure compliance with VA, TJC and a variety of other prevailing codes and standards. In addition to Chief Engineers’ integral role in providing capability and capacity for the primary medical mission, they ensure the availability of facilities for complex medical research and participe in community partnerships and supports Department of Defense contingency planning. Chief Engineers supervise the engineering staff to accomplish the operions of the service. As Chief Engineers, they exercise the full range of supervisory responsibility to include but not limited to development of performance standards and performance evaluions; recommendions for appointment, awards, advancements, and when approprie, disciplinary actions and identificion of continuing training needs.

References:

VA Handbook 5005/150, Part II, Appendix G72 – Healthcare Engineer Qualificion Standard. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements:

The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts th require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, training rooms, and libraries. The work area is adequely lighted, heed, and ventiled. The Chief Engineer must also work outdoors in all types of weher. There may be occasional exposure to modere risks or discomforts in storage areas or hazardous waste sites. The work is primarily sedentary, although some physical effort may be required, e.g., walking, standing, climbing ladders, stooping, kneeling, and carrying light items such as manuals or briefcases, or driving or traveling by motor vehicle. Educion

IMPORTANT

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion.

Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. This is an

OPEN CONTINUOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2025. The initial cut-off de for referral of eligible applicants July 17, 2025 , with subsequent cut-off des on the 17th of each month. Eligible applicions received after th de referred regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as needed basis until the position(s) are filled. Area of Considerion – Eligible applicions reviewed and referred in the following order (veteran’s preference waived): Current permanent VA employees of the facility (Miami VA Health Care System).

VA VISN 8

employees All other VA employees. Other federal employees All other U.S. Citizens

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Performance Appraisal Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. This is a veteran’s preference waived position. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/30/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Thomas Ellis Phone Address Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1201 Northwest 16th Street Miami, FL 33125 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Performance Appraisal Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. This is a veteran’s preference waived position. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/30/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Thomas Ellis Phone Address Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1201 Northwest 16th Street Miami, FL 33125 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/23/2025 to 09/30/2025 Salary $151,658 – $197,155 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Miami, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12742929-25-TE

Control number 839263800 ., .