Supervisory Healthcare Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Supervisory Healthcare Engineer (GS-13)
• Focus: Engineering service for hospital and support facility building/renovation projects

Description

Manage engineering design and construction programs to ensure safe, reliable, and precisely controlled environments for direct patient care. Provide professional and technical leadership across multiple engineering disciplines, review engineering work, and advise on capital planning, deferred maintenance, and facility engineering issues. Lead supervisory functions (hiring, performance, training) and produce technical reports, specifications, estimates, schedules, and correspondence.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and review for engineering programs across architecture, civil, energy, electrical, mechanical, structural, environmental, fire safety and safety engineering
• Manage human resources functions: hiring, performance, training, and development
• Advise on capital investment planning, capital asset inventory, resource surveys, deferred maintenance, and engineering-related topics
• Participate in discussions of capital projects and develop preliminary designs for major alterations and improvements
• Review or direct review of plans, specifications, and analyses submitted by subordinate engineers/technicians
• Develop technical data for materials, dimensions, quantities, and costs for specifications
• Prepare technical reports, estimates, fact sheets, status reports, and schedules
• Research/analyze facility and project engineering problems and requirements across the facility
• Manage financial aspects of the project section and plan/accomplish special projects
• Conceive and implement initiatives to strengthen and integrate engineering programs

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Proficient in written and spoken English
• Background/security investigation required
• Selective Service registration (if applicable)
• Complete onboarding and pre-employment requirements, including documentation verification
• Seasonal influenza vaccination required
• Education/credential: bachelor’s in Engineering/Architecture (accredited) OR passing Fundamentals of Engineering exam OR current Professional Engineer/Architect licensure/registration
• GS-13 eligibility: one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade
• KSA demonstration for workload/quality/performance productivity analysis, resource management, full supervisory duties, communication leadership, prioritization/multi-deadline management, policy/directive drafting, and initiative to resolve evolving scenarios

Benefits

Federal employment offers a comprehensive benefits package; eligibility depends on position type and full-time/part-time status.