- Position Title
- Supervisory Biomedical Engineer - Chief Engineer
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTC-12722941-25-SGP Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025 to Wednesday, July 16, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you currently employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
3.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
4.
Are you a current permanent Federal employee from an agency other than Department of Veterans Affairs?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
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.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- 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
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
Assessment 1
1.
This question pertains to basic Education and/or Experience requirements. Please select from the below that best matches your current level.
NOTE: To be creditable, the curriculum must be from a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), as a professional engineering curriculum. Examples of acceptable engineering degrees include Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biochemical Engineering.
NOTE: To be creditable, the curriculum must be from a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), as a professional engineering curriculum. Examples of acceptable engineering degrees include Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biochemical Engineering.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
2.
Are you proficient in spoken and written English?
(Biomedical Engineers must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 2, section D, paragraph 5a, this part)
(Biomedical Engineers must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with chapter 2, section D, paragraph 5a, this part)
3.
GS-14 Grade Requirement Completion of at least [one] year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level (GS-13)
4.
Selective Placement Factor Do you have 5 to 7 years in the following:
• Has in-depth experience as a Biomed Engineer
• Has in-depth experience managing departmental equipment and supplies.
• Has in-depth experience managing departmental purchases following the GOV purchasing program.
• Has in-dept experience managing departmental staffing requirements.
• Has in-depth experience as a Biomed Engineer
• Has in-depth experience managing departmental equipment and supplies.
• Has in-depth experience managing departmental purchases following the GOV purchasing program.
• Has in-dept experience managing departmental staffing requirements.
5.
Selective Placement Factor Do you have 3 to 5+years in the following:
• Has In-depth experience managing staff in a multi-site healthcare system?
• Has in-depth experience writing and managing contractual agreements?
• Has in-depth experience managing unions?
• Has in depth experience developing and managing preventive maintenance programs?
• Has In-depth experience managing high cost, high tech, clinical equipment inventory and purchases.
• Has in-depth experience managing multiple people with varied technical skills.
• Has In-depth experience developing training plans for teams.
• Has in-depth experience with improvement project and cost savings.
o System Redesign
o Lean Six Sigma
• Has in-depth experience with managing a multi-million-dollar budget of $250M+.
• Has In-depth experience managing staff in a multi-site healthcare system?
• Has in-depth experience writing and managing contractual agreements?
• Has in-depth experience managing unions?
• Has in depth experience developing and managing preventive maintenance programs?
• Has In-depth experience managing high cost, high tech, clinical equipment inventory and purchases.
• Has in-depth experience managing multiple people with varied technical skills.
• Has In-depth experience developing training plans for teams.
• Has in-depth experience with improvement project and cost savings.
o System Redesign
o Lean Six Sigma
• Has in-depth experience with managing a multi-million-dollar budget of $250M+.
6.
I understand that the information provided may be investigated. I understand that misrepresenting my experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in or with my application may be grounds for not hiring me or for firing me after I begin work. I understand that failure to respond or responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.