General Engineer - Engineering Program Manager/Deputy Capital Asset Manager
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
serves as the technical expert/consultant to all VISN Health Care Systems (Fargo, Black Hills, Sioux Falls, Central Iowa, Nebraska-Western Iowa, Iowa City, St. Cloud, and Minneapolis) for engineering program management; assists medical centers in all areas of project and operations management; addresses medical center specific problems, evaluates engineering strategies, offers solutions; participants or conducts (as needed) monthly conference calls including construction contracting group calls, Chief Engineer calls, and twice monthly engineering training calls, addresses issues at specific medical centers, conducts face to face meetings, develops or assists in the development of scoring mechanisms for annual project ranking and prioritization, addresses VA Central Office (CO) Congressional policy adaptation for the network, and conducts site visits; participates In the oversight activities of the Energy Subcommittee and assists in providing direction; serves as the Engineer Project Manager for all VISN level activities related to design and construction (major, minor, and nonrecurring maintenance); oversees project design programs for all VA Medical Centers and Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) by reviewing, evaluating, and coordinating planning data such as projected space requirements and strategic, operational, program, and design requirements; ensures value engineering theories and principles are implemented, to assure the most economical methods of construction or construction materials are utilized, and to achieve cost efficiency for the Federal government Assists in the coordination of VISN 23 capital investment submissions and provides guidance on investment categories, strategies, financial planning and budgeting; provides technical expertise on capital asset proposals and assists in developing guidelines and data tools in completing the application, cost-effectiveness analysis, earned value analysis, alternate analysis, and risk analysis, evaluates and establishes a VISN-wide cost estimating strategy; oversees project progress reviews and overall project performance levels using an earned value analysis approach to identify slippage, cost overruns and other Issues; assists in managing minor construction fund transfers and establishing tracking systems for funding of VISN approved NRM construction and equipment; assists facility management in developing strategies to address the correction of space, functional, and operational deficiencies to include lead for VISN-wide space and functional surveys, updates and maintenance of the Facility Conditional Assessment FCA), and other capital performance management requirements and databases; provides guidance, direction, and policy interpretation on sensitive and complex issues in support of the acquisition and administration of all construction projects and capital planning; provides a system of communication and training for facility-level engineering staff on a wide variety of capital related issued both in terms of planning and operations. Under direction of the VISN 23 Capital Asset Manager, the incumbent will have delegated authority to speak for the Network regarding engineering programs to VA Central Office, Network staff, facility leadership and managers, and outside agencies. The incumbent understands the mission and operational objectives of the network and individual characteristics of its facilities, as well as the organizational components of VA Central Office as it relates to capital assets, engineering program management, design and construction, and engineering compliance. Duties and
Responsibilities:
The incumbent assists the VISN 23 Capital Asset Manager by conducting and assessing engineering options to meet Veteran health care needs. The incumbent is considered the expert on engineering technical and compliance issues and will provide direction, guidance, and support on all types of capital assets at all VISN locations including non-recurring maintenance, minor construction, major construction, leases, studies, assessments, and operational issues; as well as all technical engineering compliance issues such as boiler, electrical, water, and construction safety. The Incumbent will be deployed throughout VtSN 23 to assess and provide solutions for complex engineering problems and develop action plans to address constantly updated/revised VA Central Office Directives and design guidelines. Work Schedule:
Full Time Monday - Friday 7:
30 a.m. - 4:
00 p.m. Telework:
Ad Hoc Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. This position will be stationed at the Network Office in Eagan, MN. Position Description/PD#:
General Engineer - Engineering Program Manager/Deputy Capital Asset Manager/PD23372-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Authorized for Highly Qualified Candidate Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/09/2020. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the grade of GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Basic Requirements:
Degree:
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 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 and 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. OR 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 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:
1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, 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 http:
//www.nspe.org 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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. For more information, please visit:
http:
//www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of 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 in paragraph A. 4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized
Experience:
You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:
Managing a portfolio of capital assets to include performance monitoring of the portfolio such as facilities condition assessments, real property management, leasing, and enhanced use. Experience with disposal and reuse planning and ongoing maintenance. Managing assets throughout their life cycle to include planning and execution. Good communication with the ability to develop a wide range of reports, memoranda, briefings, and presentations. Developing, or assisting in developing, training programs for personnel. Developing programs or tracking mechanisms to address weaknesses within a construction and maintenance program. Knowledge of government budgeting estimation (IGCE) FAR regulations, capital funding and appropriation management. Experience with energy management concepts, healthcare engineering design, construction, maintenance, and compliance standards. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Analysis and Problem SolvingBuilding and ConstructionCapital Planning and Investment AssessmentOral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingStrategic Thinking Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements:
Work is performed in an office setting and is mostly sedentary using a computer the majority of the time. Work involves prolonged periods of reading/working on a computer screen, and using a keyboard and mouse. Required sitting, walking, and light carrying of files. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https:
//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
serves as the technical expert/consultant to all VISN Health Care Systems (Fargo, Black Hills, Sioux Falls, Central Iowa, Nebraska-Western Iowa, Iowa City, St. Cloud, and Minneapolis) for engineering program management; assists medical centers in all areas of project and operations management; addresses medical center specific problems, evaluates engineering strategies, offers solutions; participants or conducts (as needed) monthly conference calls including construction contracting group calls, Chief Engineer calls, and twice monthly engineering training calls, addresses issues at specific medical centers, conducts face to face meetings, develops or assists in the development of scoring mechanisms for annual project ranking and prioritization, addresses VA Central Office (CO) Congressional policy adaptation for the network, and conducts site visits; participates In the oversight activities of the Energy Subcommittee and assists in providing direction; serves as the Engineer Project Manager for all VISN level activities related to design and construction (major, minor, and nonrecurring maintenance); oversees project design programs for all VA Medical Centers and Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) by reviewing, evaluating, and coordinating planning data such as projected space requirements and strategic, operational, program, and design requirements; ensures value engineering theories and principles are implemented, to assure the most economical methods of construction or construction materials are utilized, and to achieve cost efficiency for the Federal government Assists in the coordination of VISN 23 capital investment submissions and provides guidance on investment categories, strategies, financial planning and budgeting; provides technical expertise on capital asset proposals and assists in developing guidelines and data tools in completing the application, cost-effectiveness analysis, earned value analysis, alternate analysis, and risk analysis, evaluates and establishes a VISN-wide cost estimating strategy; oversees project progress reviews and overall project performance levels using an earned value analysis approach to identify slippage, cost overruns and other Issues; assists in managing minor construction fund transfers and establishing tracking systems for funding of VISN approved NRM construction and equipment; assists facility management in developing strategies to address the correction of space, functional, and operational deficiencies to include lead for VISN-wide space and functional surveys, updates and maintenance of the Facility Conditional Assessment FCA), and other capital performance management requirements and databases; provides guidance, direction, and policy interpretation on sensitive and complex issues in support of the acquisition and administration of all construction projects and capital planning; provides a system of communication and training for facility-level engineering staff on a wide variety of capital related issued both in terms of planning and operations. Under direction of the VISN 23 Capital Asset Manager, the incumbent will have delegated authority to speak for the Network regarding engineering programs to VA Central Office, Network staff, facility leadership and managers, and outside agencies. The incumbent understands the mission and operational objectives of the network and individual characteristics of its facilities, as well as the organizational components of VA Central Office as it relates to capital assets, engineering program management, design and construction, and engineering compliance. Duties and
Responsibilities:
The incumbent assists the VISN 23 Capital Asset Manager by conducting and assessing engineering options to meet Veteran health care needs. The incumbent is considered the expert on engineering technical and compliance issues and will provide direction, guidance, and support on all types of capital assets at all VISN locations including non-recurring maintenance, minor construction, major construction, leases, studies, assessments, and operational issues; as well as all technical engineering compliance issues such as boiler, electrical, water, and construction safety. The Incumbent will be deployed throughout VtSN 23 to assess and provide solutions for complex engineering problems and develop action plans to address constantly updated/revised VA Central Office Directives and design guidelines. Work Schedule:
Full Time Monday - Friday 7:
30 a.m. - 4:
00 p.m. Telework:
Ad Hoc Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. This position will be stationed at the Network Office in Eagan, MN. Position Description/PD#:
General Engineer - Engineering Program Manager/Deputy Capital Asset Manager/PD23372-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Authorized for Highly Qualified Candidate Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/09/2020. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the grade of GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note:
Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Basic Requirements:
Degree:
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 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 and 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. OR 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 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:
1. Professional registration or licensure -- Current registration as an Engineer Intern (EI), Engineer in Training (EIT)1, 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 http:
//www.nspe.org 2. Written Test -- Evidence of having successfully passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)2 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. For more information, please visit:
http:
//www.nspe.org/Licensure/HowtoGetLicensed/index.html. 3. Specified academic courses -- Successful completion of 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 in paragraph A. 4. Related curriculum -- Successful completion of 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. (The above examples of related curricula are not all-inclusive.) Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized
Experience:
You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:
Managing a portfolio of capital assets to include performance monitoring of the portfolio such as facilities condition assessments, real property management, leasing, and enhanced use. Experience with disposal and reuse planning and ongoing maintenance. Managing assets throughout their life cycle to include planning and execution. Good communication with the ability to develop a wide range of reports, memoranda, briefings, and presentations. Developing, or assisting in developing, training programs for personnel. Developing programs or tracking mechanisms to address weaknesses within a construction and maintenance program. Knowledge of government budgeting estimation (IGCE) FAR regulations, capital funding and appropriation management. Experience with energy management concepts, healthcare engineering design, construction, maintenance, and compliance standards. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Analysis and Problem SolvingBuilding and ConstructionCapital Planning and Investment AssessmentOral CommunicationPlanning and EvaluatingStrategic Thinking Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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 that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements:
Work is performed in an office setting and is mostly sedentary using a computer the majority of the time. Work involves prolonged periods of reading/working on a computer screen, and using a keyboard and mouse. Required sitting, walking, and light carrying of files. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https:
//www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
- Department:
0801 General Engineering - Salary Range:
$98,084 to $127,512 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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