- Position Title
- Supervisory General Engineer
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSZ-11330710-22-JT Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, December 23, 2021 to Thursday, January 6, 2022
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
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Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications.
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications.
Assessment 1
Select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your current level of experience and/or education that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience and education are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience or education as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
Please select the most appropriate response(s) regarding meeting the basic requirement for the GS-801 General Engineering series. Transcripts REQUIRED - You must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application. Education cannot be credited without documentation.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Education: Do you possess a bachelor's degree in engineering? To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor's degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET); or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses (more advanced than first-year physics and chemistry) in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: (a) statics, dynamics (b) strength of materials (stress-strain relationships) (c) fluid mechanics, hydraulics (d) thermodynamics (e) electrical fields & circuits (f) nature and properties of materials (relating particle and aggregate structure to properties) and (g) any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics, such as optics, heat transfer, soil mechanics, or electronics. TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED.
If you do not have an engineering degree, you may qualify with a combination of education and experience: college-level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished (1) a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying professional engineering, and (2) a good understanding, both theoretical and practical, of the engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: (see Questions 2, 3, 4, 5 below). Select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your current level of education and/or experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
2.
Professional Registration or Licensure: Do you possess current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT), or licensure as a Professional Engineer (PE) by any State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Absent other means of qualifying under this standard, those applicants who achieved such registration by means other than written test (e.g., State grandfather or eminence provisions) are eligible only for positions that are within or closely related to the specialty field of their registration. For example, an applicant who attains registration through a State Board's eminence provision as a manufacturing engineer typically would be rated eligible only for manufacturing engineering positions. Documentation must be provided.
3.
Written Test: Do you have evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination or any other written test required for professional registration by an engineering licensure board in the various States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico? Documentation must be provided.
4.
Specified Academic Courses: Have you successfully completed at least 60 semester hours of courses in the physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences and that included the courses specified in the basic requirements under paragraph A. The courses must be fully acceptable toward meeting the requirements of an engineering program as described above in question 1. TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED.
5.
Related Curriculum: Have you successfully completed a curriculum leading to a bachelor's degree in an appropriate scientific field, e.g., engineering technology, physics, chemistry, architecture, computer science, mathematics, hydrology, or geology, may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree in engineering, provided the applicant has had at least 1 year of professional engineering experience acquired under professional engineering supervision and guidance. Ordinarily there should be either an established plan of intensive training to develop professional engineering competence, or several years of prior professional engineering-type experience, e.g., in interdisciplinary positions. TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED.
If you responded yes to the Related Curriculum question, please indicate the position on your resume where you have at least one year of professional engineering experience and the name and title of the person(s) that provided the professional engineering supervision and guidance.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
6.
Specialized Experience: Do you possess one or more years of progressively responsible specialized experience serving in a position substantially similar to the Supervisory General Engineer, at or equivalent to the GS-12 level in Federal service? (Your responses will be verified based upon your resume) Examples of qualifying experience include: Providing leadership, oversight, management and supervision for a complex Engineering firm, program or segment; Serving as a subject matter expert related to complex construction and renovation projects in which you were responsible for providing professional engineering advice, guidance and solutions to senior management related to regulatory, feasibility and cost issues; Serving as engineering lead and or technical oversight for a major Engineering program in which you were responsible for the integration of duties from multiple skilled professionals and trades workers to accomplish a major project (For example, this would include the integration, management and direction of professional Engineers within various specializations, Architects, Interior Designers, Plumbers, HVAC/AC Mechanics, Electricians, Carpenters, Utilities Workers, Electronics Workers, Infection Control Specialist, Fire Safety Specialists, Code Specialists, as well as other skilled and unskilled trades); Applying fundamental and diversified professional engineering theories, practices and concepts for the purpose of solving non-standard engineering problems to achieve engineering objectives (This also includes organizing, analyzing, interpreting and evaluating data in order to find solutions to complex engineering problems within construction projects, renovations, retrofits and replacements). Projects overseen and or managed included major, minor, non-recurring maintenance and clinical specific initiatives.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
7.
Determines the requirements, reconnaissance, location, and prepares designs, specifications, and estimates.
8.
Conceives plans and conducts work in unexplored areas.
9.
Break through frontier areas and come up with new knowledge of fundamental significance which influences the procedures and ideas of others.
10.
Ensures continuity of operations of all utility systems and infrastructure and that all
critical systems are fail-safe.
critical systems are fail-safe.
11.
Advises and direct the Project Section for capital planning needed to ensure back-up systems are in place.
12.
Ensures that the necessary resources are available to keep systems operational.
13.
Initiates efforts to improve the aesthetic environment of all grounds and facilities, and to be an active participant in the Executive Leadership's initiatives through planning and directing of FES work, and providing feedback in the coordinating efforts with other Services of the Medical Center.
14.
Ensures that all VA Central Office (VACO) initiatives and guidance's are incorporated into FES capital planning and work practices.
15.
Responsible for drafting, updating, and maintenance of Medical Center policies that fall under the jurisdiction of facility management.
16.
Determines the need to continue, rescind, and/or rewrite each applicable Medical Center policy to assure compliance with highest-level regulations,policies, etc.
17.
Independently determines the degree of regulatory compliance, accuracy,other program requirements for the organization.
18.
Provides advice and guidance to all supervisory levels on facility management principles, facility planning, construction, maintenance, and operations, as well as federal, state, and local regulatory and hospital credentialing affiliation requirements.
19.
Works closely with senior management and other management to provide advice concerning short- and long-term facilities management strategies to include construction, and non-recurring maintenance impacts to services throughout the medical center.
20.
Identifies facility management problems, concerns, quality management issues; develops sound and appropriate recommendations and alternative solutions for these facility management issues
21.
Takes appropriate action to correct inefficient, inadequate, or invalid measurement methods.
22.
Ensures Facility Management programs meet requirements outlined in agency self assessment guidance, regulations, policies, etc.