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The General Engineer is an integral part of the design, construction and maintenance team at the facility supporting a fully accredited healthcare facility campus. The incumbent is a professional engineer who supports the operation, maintenance, renovation, and construction of multiple sites. The position is responsible for critical elements of the capital improvement program at the White River Junction VA Medical Center.
Learn more about this agency04/17/2020 to 05/18/2020
$76,721 - $99,741 per year
GS 12
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
12
No
No
CBTD-10798340-20-DB
565953900
ALL US CITIZENS DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.205) for this occupation.
Determines requirements, reconnaissance, location, and prepares designs, specifications and estimates, including systems requirements. The engineer is accountable for integrating complex medical facility designs for architectural, civil, structural, medical gas, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, communications, fire safety, security, and specialized systems (elevators, patient safety lifts, pneumatic tube, etc.). The incumbent is responsible for designing in conformance with applicable codes and standards, as well as federal and state agency regulations, standards, specifications, and other criteria. The employee supports development and implementation of engineering policies, programs, and procedural documentation. Frequently it is necessary to integrate complex, special or unusual planning, scheduling, and coordination considerations to minimize disruption of diverse activities, provide for continuity of essential patient care functions, and avoid conflicts with other ongoing work, without undue economic disadvantage. Position also requires frequent interdependent modifications, adaptations, or compromises for successful integration with the existing architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical systems and environmental conditions, diverse special equipment or functional requirements, and future long-range plans. The employee participates in resolving complex technical issues which integrate multi-discipline activities throughout the Medical Center as well as with outside organizations such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA),Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Environmental Management (DEM), RI Department of Transportation (RIDOT) and the State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO). Contacts are used to plan, coordinate, or advise on work efforts or resolve operating problems in dealings with others who are working toward mutual goals. The employee meets with service representatives to both meet established regulations as well as resolve unforeseen issues that affect patient care and research, as well as administrative functions. The employee is responsible for assuring the continuous operation of essential patient services.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am- 4:30 pm
Position Description Title/PD#: General Engineer/ 02337-A
Physical Requirements: The duties of the position require visits to all areas of the medical center environment. Physical agility and manual dexterity are essential in that the incumbent must be able to climb, lift, push, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, and work in close quarters during project inspections and gathering of project design information. Inspections of hazardous environments require the use of respirators and protective clothing. The incumbent spends a significant portion of each day conducting field inspections; may often be required to personally oversee delicate or dangerous work in the field for long hours each day, such as overhead crane work, confined space entry, excavation and trenching, and high voltage field connections.
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DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.205) for this occupation.