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Supervisory Healthcare Engineer (Deputy)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 60 days ago
Hybrid Aurora, CO $142K – $184K Apply by Jul 27, 2026 General Engineering ENTJINTJINTPISTJ EngineeringOperationsHealthcare
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The Deputy Supervisory Healthcare Engineer manages diverse engineering programs-including maintenance, safety, utilities, capital planning, and compliance-at the VA Medical Center and CBOCs. This role oversees technical staff, supports research and academic integration, and acts as Chief Engineer as needed, ensuring safe, efficient facility operations in alignment with VA standards.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to: Strengthen and enhance healthcare facility engineering and operations.
- →Provide management support and technical expert consultation to the Chief Engineer.
- →Planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and management process for Facilities Management Service that includes setting qualitative and quantitative standards.
- →Oversees the Joint Commission (TJC) Environment of Care Programs for Utility Systems Management, Safety, Life Safety, and Medical Equipment Management for both this Medical Center and all Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs).
- →Oversees human resources management matters for the services, including development and implementation of succession and workforce plans.
- →Supports the VISN Capital and Energy Engineers in the administration of the programs.
- →Is a member of and routinely participates on VISN and national committees and work groups.
- →Establishes parameters in support of project scope development, ensuring alignment with master plan/strategic capital investment goals and Department objectives, goals, policies and priorities.
- →Creates and supports programs to ensure the healthcare system manages and maintains fire safety equipment, systems, and life safety building features.
- →Participates in discussion of proposed capital projects for the station and makes preliminary designs of major alterations, improvements, and additions to implement the Medical Center programs.
- →Identifies risks associated with highly sophisticated utility systems and the general physical environment.
- →Provides overarching professional engineering services to ensure the appropriate medical equipment and clinical infrastructure is available for the medical mission.
- →Ensure engineering programs, operations, and projects are compliant with VA, federal, state, and local regulations, codes (e.g., NFPA, OSHA, Joint Commission), and standards of practice.
- →Responsible for maintaining effective relations with local Government agencies, Labor Unions, Professional Engineering Societies, Affiliated Universities, Research Program Leaders and other interested organizations as required.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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