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Summary The incumbent serves as a General Engineer (Medical Automated Transport Engineer), within the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Office of Construction & Facilities Management (CFM), Consulting Support Service (CSS), which has primary responsibility for architectural, engineering, and risk management services to all VA facilities. CSS maintains experts in engineering, architectural and provides consulting services to resolve the technical facility problems and offers options to facilities. Responsibilities CSS supports all components of VA nationwide including professionals within CFM, including but not limited to, providing support on building project design issues, subject matter expertise in all matters pertaining to VA's major design and construction programs, and serving as VA's authoritative source for advice on issues at existing VA Medical Centers. The incumbent also serves as the Departmental expert in all areas related to code compliance, construction issues, and building commissioning requirements. Engineering and Architectural expertise covers architectural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire & safety, automated transport, structural/seismic systems, and other specialty expertise. Medical Automated transport systems include various conveyances systems such as material delivery systems within medical facilities, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), pneumatic tube systems (PTS), pneumatic chute systems (PCS), as well as elevators/vertical lifts, escalators, and moving walkways. The major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Contacting Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN)/Medical Center personnel to discuss problems and situation with various automated transport systems. Conducting field visits to meet with the medical center executives and engineering personnel to determine the expectations of the client. Reviewing documented performance problems and provide on-site testing and evaluation of existing systems. Assisting with the evaluation of A/E consultant qualifications to perform the work. Meeting with private sector contractors, architectural and engineering consultants to explain technical findings and items pertaining to elevator and other automated systems certification and safety requirements. Reviewing the technical aspects of design manuals, standards, and specifications to ensure all guides reflect current VA standards for Medical Automated Transport Systems. Develop and present written and oral reports and briefings on a variety of complex automated transport systems issues and problems. Participating in post occupancy evaluation of the facility to determine the validity and efficiency of present and applications and investigating means of improving future designs. Providing guidance and implementing policy directives on medical automated transport systems issues in support of VA's Construction Program. Reviewing submittals and provides authoritative interpretation on governing codes and safety issues to meet certification standards. Keeping up to date on state-of-the-art equipment, changes in standards, codes, and requirements. Develop and conduct training sessions to various project stakeholder groups to communicate developments in automated transport systems and evolving requirements. Act as the Design Support Team (DST) lead, chairing a team of SMEs reviewing VA Major Construction project design documents for compliance with codes, standards, and VA requirements. Obtain and maintain knowledge in Medical Transportation and Logistics Delivery systems such as material delivery equipment, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), pneumatic tube systems (PTS), elevators/vertical lifts, escalators, and moving walkways. Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: May be Available Telework: Available Remote/Virtual: This is NOT a remote or virtual position Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Available Position Description Title/PD#:General Engineer (Medical Automated Transport Engineer)/ PD100080 Financial Disclosure: Not Required Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary with travel required to conduct training, to assess site conditions and to negotiate a phasing schedule for purposed repair/construction. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date 07/04/2024 of this announcement. You must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience as described below: NOTE: Applicant must have demonstrated knowledge and working experience in the medical automated transport systems. GS-14 grade level: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. To qualify at the GS-14 level, applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in Federal Service. The specialized experience must demonstrate one year of full-time work experience, or the equivalent if part-time (for example, an employee working 20 hours per week for a 12-month period should be credited with 6 months of experience.) Experience may have been obtained in either the federal service or its equivalent with state or local government, the private sector, or nongovernmental organizations. Examples of specialized experience include: Senior subject matter expert (SME) in Medical Automated Transport systems (i.e., automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), pneumatic tube systems (PTS), pneumatic chute systems (PCS), as well as elevators/vertical lifts, escalators, and moving walkways) documents prepared by Medical Transport and Logistics (MTL), and elevator systems; comprehensive knowledge of building logistics, materials management, patient transport requirements, and material movement in hospitals and healthcare settings; designing and evaluating existing Medical Automated Transport systems as well as elevators/vertical lifts, escalators, and moving walkways; reviewing and commenting on AE design documents; reviewing contractor submittals and RFIs, and providing authoritative interpretation on governing codes and safety issues to meet certification standards; developing guidance and implementing policy directives on Medical Automated Transport systems issues in support of owner's Construction Program; developing and conducting training sessions to various project stakeholder groups. [NOTE: Evidence of this specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of like duties performed in positions held on your resume. You will also need to provide work experience information such as hours per week, salary, and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have one (1) full year of specialized experience at the required grade level]. This position includes a Quality Ranking Factor (QFR) - are knowledge, skills, and abilities/competencies that could be expected to significantly enhance performance in a position but are not essential for satisfactory performance. Applicants who possess such KSAs/competencies may be ranked above those who do not, but no one may be rated ineligible solely for failure to possess such KSAs/competencies. The Quality Ranking Factor (QFR) is current professional certification/registration relevant to medical transport systems/elevators. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analysis and Problem Solving Communications General Engineering Technical Competence 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. Education There is no educational substitution for this position; however, you must meet Basic Occupational Requirement for the General Engineering series 0801 A. Degree: Professional Engineering. To be acceptable, the curriculum must: (1) be in a school of engineering with at least one curriculum accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) as a professional engineering curriculum; 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) statistics, 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. [COPY OF BACHELOR'S DEGREE TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED WITH APPLICATION] OR B. 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. 2. Written Test: 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. 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]. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. Additional Information VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. The following will be communicated to applicants for VA employment in a testing designated position and will also be included in all VA vacancy announcements for such positions: All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drugs use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found at https://www.opm.gov/. Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.