Supervisory Healthcare Engineer (Deputy Chief)

Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer will serve as the Chief Compliance Officer responsible for developing/maintaining/updating policies and procedures to meet the requirements of organizations and agencies such as the National Fire Protection Association, the Joint Commission, College of American Pathologist (CAP), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), American Association for the Accreditation of Lab Animals (AAALAC), Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to name a few.
• The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer is required to act in the absence of the Chief Engineer.
• The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer will serve as a Supervisor within the Engineering Service.
• The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer has direct supervisory authority over five employees and line authority over 168 employees. The supervised positions are as follows:Associate Chief Engineer, Plant and Utility Operations;Associate Chief Engineer, Facility MaintenanceSupervisory Program and Management Analyst
• The Deputy Chief Engineer has full administrative and managerial authority for the medical center's engineering program. By coordinating the engineering activities with all administrative and medical activities, he/she initiates policies, procedures and goals for the Engineering Service.
• The Deputy Chief Engineer actively participates in formal and informal management meetings in an advisory capacity in all major aspects of the medical center relating to policy matters and long range planning. Formal meetings include committee work such as Environment of Care, Space Committee, and Capital Activations and Planning amongst other meetings.
• The Deputy Chief Engineer actively participates in the program planning and administration of all activities of the Engineering Service.
• The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer functions with authority to resolve problems, answer questions, and make decisions necessary for the operation of the service and for the service responsibilities to the entire Medical Center.
• Due to the requirements of maintaining the environment of care, the Supervisory Healthcare Engineer must be proficient in several engineering disciplines, i.e. electrical, mechanical, civil, etc.
• The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer, in conjunction with the engineering section supervisors, maintains a complete professional engineering support component within the service to meet the requirements and needs of the medical center and its professional and administrative staff.
• The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer provides direction and review of professional and technical maintenance programs; professional engineering work in several disciplines such as civil engineering, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering; emergency and disaster planning; and support and assistance to management in developing Medical Center policies, procedures and resource allocations.
• The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer works under the general supervision of the Chief, Engineering Service in overseeing Engineering operations at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, Trinka Davis Veterans Village, Ft. McPherson campus and providing support to the Community Based Outpatient Clinics across the healthcare consortium. This includes the areas of M&O operations, and energy plant operations.
• The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer coordinates the actions between the Construction Management (CM) Section and the M&O Section in coordination with the Supervisory General Engineer over the CM Section.
• The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer supports the Chief Engineer on special assignments and other duties as required.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 730am-4pm
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 508-52360F
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Starting at $143,402 Per Year (GS 13)