Healthcare Engineer (Muskogee, Oklahoma)

Healthcare Engineer
Veterans Health Administration
Muskogee, Oklahoma US View Map

Healthcare Engineer

The Veterans Health Administration was seeking a Healthcare Engineer for the Facilities Management Service at the VA Eastern Oklahoma Health Care System in Muskogee, OK. Healthcare Engineers provide professional engineering and architectural services supporting healthcare delivery infrastructure, facilities, equipment integration, construction, maintenance, design review, project management, and compliance with healthcare facility standards.

Agency: Veterans Health Administration

Facility: VA Eastern Oklahoma Health Care System

Location: Muskogee, OK

Vacancies: 1

Salary: $58,193 - $129,225 per year

Pay Scale & Grade: GS-7 to GS-12

Promotion Potential: GS-12

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Compressed/Flexible: Not available

Appointment Type: Permanent

Telework: Yes; may be offered on a situational ad-hoc basis

Remote/Virtual: Not available

Travel Required: Not required

Relocation Expenses: Not reimbursed

Recruitment Incentive: Not authorized

PCS: Not authorized

Drug Test: Not required

Security Clearance: Not required

Position Sensitivity/Risk: Non-sensitive / Low Risk

Background Check: Credentialing and suitability/fitness required

Financial Disclosure: Not required

Federal Service: Excepted Service

Union Representation: Yes

Supervisory Status: No

Series: 0801 General Engineering

Functional Statement: 55172-A, 55173-A, 55174-A, 55175-A

Announcement Number: CBSU-12988349-26-OYM

Key Responsibilities:

Provide professional engineering and architectural services supporting healthcare delivery processes and systems.
Ensure appropriate infrastructure, facilities, and equipment are available for the medical mission.
Collaborate with biomedical engineers to support seamless integration of medical technology into the patient care environment.
Specify spatial layouts, infrastructure needs, and environmental requirements for medical equipment integration.
Determine requirements, conduct reconnaissance, select locations, and prepare designs, specifications, and estimates.
Apply engineering methods, precedents, standards, and professional judgment to complex facility situations.
Conduct investigations to improve design, materials, and methods.
Prepare original designs, preliminary layouts, and final layouts.
Coordinate assignments with engineers and architects responsible for related project features.
Review architect-engineer plans and specifications for adequacy and feasibility.
Provide professional advisory services to peers, subordinates, non-professional administrators, and managers.
Provide professional oversight and project management for construction and maintenance efforts.
Schedule and lay out operations and inspect materials, methods, and equipment used in construction.
Develop and modify methods, techniques, and procedures to address facility engineering challenges.
Develop competitive bidding cost estimates for projects.
Investigate construction problems requiring modification of original designs.
Coordinate with designers and contractors on design changes.
Ensure quality control and adequacy of contractor operations.
Review contractor progress charts and conduct field surveys to verify fulfillment of obligations.
Administer payments to contractors.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

Must be a U.S. Citizen. Non-citizens may only be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
Must be proficient in spoken and written English.
Must meet Healthcare Engineer education, registration, or examination requirements.
Must be subject to background/security investigation.
Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
Must complete all application requirements and online onboarding requirements.
Must provide acceptable identification for employment eligibility verification.
Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as required for Department of Veterans Affairs health care personnel.
Selected applicant will be required to serve a one-year or two-year trial period.

Eligibility:

This announcement was open to current permanent Eastern Oklahoma Health Care System employees.
This announcement was also open to Department of Veterans Affairs employees and other federal agency employees.
Current, past, and upcoming VHA Health Professions Trainee graduates could be selected non-competitively.
Public U.S. citizens were directed to apply under announcement CBSU-12988350-26-OYM.
The two-page resume requirement did not apply to this occupational series.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
Area of consideration referrals were reviewed in order: current permanent VA employees of the facility, all other VA employees, then other federal agency employees.
This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

Education, Registration, or Examination Requirements:

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Architecture from a school with an ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission-accredited curriculum or National Council of Architectural Registration Boards curriculum; or
Bachelor's degree with evidence of passing the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination, such as an Engineer in Training certificate or passing NCEES test results; or
Current professional registration or licensure as a Professional Engineer or Architect from any U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Guam, or Puerto Rico.
Acceptable degrees may include Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Architecture, and Architectural Engineering.
Foreign engineering, architecture, or related education must be evaluated by a private credential evaluation organization and deemed equivalent to at least a bachelor's degree.

GS-7 Qualification Requirements:

Must meet the basic qualification requirements.
No additional experience beyond the basic requirements is required.

GS-9 Qualification Requirements:

Must have one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade; or
Must have a Master of Engineering degree, Master of Architecture degree, Master of Science degree in Engineering, or related field; or
Must have a qualifying bachelor's degree plus two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education in a related field.
Must demonstrate knowledge of engineering principles, theories, concepts, and practices.
Must be able to interpret codes, regulations, guidelines, and standards for healthcare facility compliance.
Must understand operational engineering needs of clinical services in a healthcare system.
Must be able to prepare technical material for presentation to technical staff and mid-level hospital management.

GS-11 Qualification Requirements:

Must have one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade; or
Must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in Engineering or a related field; or
Must have a qualifying master's degree plus one full year of progressively higher-level graduate education in a related field; or
Must have a qualifying bachelor's degree plus three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education in a related field.
Must demonstrate knowledge of mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, or other engineering or architectural principles and their healthcare applications.
Must demonstrate knowledge of basic project management principles in a healthcare setting.
Must be able to apply healthcare engineering standards, codes, policies, and regulations, including state and local codes.
Must be able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.
Must be able to advise staff on emerging engineering technology related to healthcare facilities.

GS-12 Qualification Requirements:

Must have one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade.
Must demonstrate knowledge of mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, and other engineering or architectural principles and their healthcare applications.
Must demonstrate knowledge of healthcare industry standards and regulatory requirements, including The Joint Commission, OSHA, and NFPA requirements.
Must demonstrate knowledge of construction standards, methods, practices, materials, and equipment.
Must be skilled in researching and analyzing information to make engineering and business recommendations.
Must be able to plan and execute complex, multi-faceted projects and inspections within approved scopes, contract documents, and budgets.
Must be able to organize and lead multidisciplinary task forces involving departments, divisions, and design or construction firms.
GS-12 is the full performance level of this vacancy.

Education:

Engineering or architecture education may be used to meet basic and grade-specific qualification requirements as described above.
Education must be from an institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Foreign education must be supported by a certificate of foreign equivalency if used to meet qualification requirements.
Transcript was required if using education to qualify.

Physical Requirements:

Physical requirements are governed by VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service.

Evaluation Criteria:

Applicants were evaluated based on qualification requirements, application materials, resume, CV, and supporting documentation.
Experience had to be clearly and specifically described because the agency stated it would not make assumptions.
Pre-employment reference checks may be used to verify information and support final selection decisions.
Applicants could opt in to make their resume available to hiring managers in the agency with similar positions.

Required Documents:

Clinical Applicant Resume/CV
Resume
SF-50 / Notification of Personnel Action
Standard Clinical Resume Document uploaded into the restricted resume field
Full resume or CV may be uploaded separately into the Other document upload field without page limitation
Resume/CV had to include job title and duties, month and year start/end dates, full-time or part-time status including hours worked per week, and series and grade if applicable.
Transcript, if using education to qualify
License, if applicable
Professional Certification, if applicable
DD-214 / Statement of Service, if applicable
Disability letter, cover letter, and other supporting documents, if applicable

Benefits:

Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
37 to 50 days of paid time off per year, including 13 to 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave after 12 months of employment.
Potential child care subsidy for eligible full-time employees after 60 days of employment.
Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting.
Federal 401(k)-style retirement plan with up to 5% VA contribution.
Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance options.
Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work experience or military service, subject to approval.

Application Deadline: June 29, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET

Status: Closed; reviewing applications

This internal/federal announcement for a Healthcare Engineer position at the VA Eastern Oklahoma Health Care System closed on June 29, 2026. Applications are currently listed as being reviewed.