Total 6 Director/C-Level Purchasing Engineer job vacancies in Houston, Texas

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IT - Information Technology

Estimated Travel Percentage (%): No Travel

Relocation Provided: No

American General Life Insurance Company

If you are not a current permanent VA employee or Federal employee from another Federal agency, you should apply under CBST-12132663-23-TC

The Chief Biomedical Engineer is responsible for the professional and administrative management of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Michael E. DeBakey VAMC Healthcare System. The incumbent has responsibility for supervising technical staff including engineers, Biomedical Engineering technicians, and other technical staff.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Administers the standardized VISN medical equipment management plan to ensure the facility meets current TJC and NFPA requirements. The breadth of technology is typical of a tertiary care and university-affiliated institution.
• Assures provision of a continuing education program for professional staff addressing the principles and application of medical instrumentation used in the delivery of healthcare. This includes a curriculum that addresses the safe and effective use of medical equipment and/or technology.
• Manages a recall and safety alert program for medical devices, including medical device incident investigations to assure compliance with patient safety goals, SMDA, and TJC requirements.
• Serves as advisor to senior clinical and leadership staff on medical technology, including existing and emerging technology, addressing viability, long-term suitability, compatibility, and/or safety. Serves as technology advisor to assist the facility Biomedical Engineering Office with technology management and assessment.
• Conducts capital asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment spanning initial concept, installation, and effective implementation of complex medical equipment. Participates at the facility, VISN and/or national level with capital asset planning. Analyzes organizational and operational problems and develops timely and economical solutions to meet facility, VISN, and/or national needs.
• Serves as institutional expert who directly supports the most complex and specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance for multiple sites.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:30am - 4:00pm
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 580-01269-F
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact Demetrius.Roberts@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $134,346 Per Year (GS 14)

If you are a current permanent VA employee or Federal employee from another Federal agency, you should apply under CBST-12132664-23-TC

The Chief Biomedical Engineer is responsible for the professional and administrative management of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Michael E. DeBakey VAMC Healthcare System. The incumbent has responsibility for supervising technical staff including engineers, Biomedical Engineering technicians, and other technical staff.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Administers the standardized VISN medical equipment management plan to ensure the facility meets current TJC and NFPA requirements. The breadth of technology is typical of a tertiary care and university-affiliated institution.
• Assures provision of a continuing education program for professional staff addressing the principles and application of medical instrumentation used in the delivery of healthcare. This includes a curriculum that addresses the safe and effective use of medical equipment and/or technology.
• Manages a recall and safety alert program for medical devices, including medical device incident investigations to assure compliance with patient safety goals, SMDA, and TJC requirements.
• Serves as advisor to senior clinical and leadership staff on medical technology, including existing and emerging technology, addressing viability, long-term suitability, compatibility, and/or safety. Serves as technology advisor to assist the facility Biomedical Engineering Office with technology management and assessment.
• Conducts capital asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment spanning initial concept, installation, and effective implementation of complex medical equipment. Participates at the facility, VISN and/or national level with capital asset planning. Analyzes organizational and operational problems and develops timely and economical solutions to meet facility, VISN, and/or national needs.
• Serves as institutional expert who directly supports the most complex and specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance for multiple sites.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:30am - 4:00pm
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 580-01269-F
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact Demetrius.Roberts@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $134,346 Per Year (GS 14)

The Chief Engineer operates under the authority of NASA's technical governance model as delegated from the NASA Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE), Johnson Space Center (JSC) Center Director, and the JSC Director of Engineering. The incumbent:

• Leads the ISS engineering team in generation of options and balanced technical recommendations to resolve technical issues and brings them forward to ISSP management. Communicates/elevates issues and resolution plans to Engineering Directorate management and the NASA Office of the Chief Engineer.
• Provides final expert recommendations in conceptual development and program planning of spacecraft and transportation systems.
• Provides expertise in the principles of spacecraft structures, mechanical systems, power generation and distribution, propulsion systems, thermal control, environmental control and life support systems, aerodynamics, and engineering simulation.
• Provides final expert recommendations on the design of flight systems projects characterized by constantly changing physical environment or other similar variables and unknowns affecting planning and design criteria and critical problems with respect to cost and schedule.
• Chairs the multi-center ISSP Chief Engineers Forum that utilizes Agency-wide engineering capability to address ISSP engineering issues; identifies the institutional requirements and standards applicable to the program; assigns ISSP-related tasks; advises on policy questions arising in the administration and technical fields; and sponsors engineering investigations to determine feasibility, need, and practicality of engineering approaches and solutions.
• Possesses a detailed technical understanding of aerospace design, manufacturing, and test methods. Performs needs analysis, directs studies, briefs management, and plans and coordinates budgeting resources.
• Provides an independent view of program activities; ensures direction to the programs reflects the views of the NASA technical community; reviews and approves waivers, deviations, and exceptions to NASA technical standards and specifications; and facilitates dissenting opinions and the appeal process to assure proper implementation and disposition to appropriate management levels.
• Fosters and continually drives a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence, and innovation within and outside of the organization and NASA. Champions the Agency's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and creates an environment and culture that promotes and enables the Agency's commitment to safety, inclusion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

Starting at $141,022 Per Year (SL 00)

The SCE integrates up through the Orion Chief Engineer who is responsible for the overall TA and integration for the Orion Program. The Chief Engineer operates under the authority of NASA's technical governance model as delegated from the NASA Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE), Johnson Space Center (JSC) Center Director, and the JSC Director of Engineering. The incumbent:

• Leads the Orion spacecraft engineering team (system managers, subsystem managers, project engineers, software developers, analysts) in the generation of options and balanced technical recommendations to resolve technical issues and brings them forward to the Orion Program Chief Engineer and Orion program management for final resolution
• Provides expertise in the principles of spacecraft structures, mechanical systems, power generation and distribution, propulsion systems, thermal control, environmental control and life support systems, aerodynamics, and engineering simulation.
• Provides final expert recommendations on the design of flight systems projects characterized by constantly changing physical environment or other similar variables and unknowns affecting planning and design criteria and critical problems with respect to cost and schedule.
• Serves as the principal technical counterpart to the Orion Program partners and is the NASA Orion representative to the Orion Engineering Review Board and ad-hoc Failure Review Boards. Serves as the Engineering co-chair of the Orion Safety and Engineering Review Panel.
• Is accountable for the technical adequacy for the Orion spacecraft and approves changes to and waivers of Engineering Technical Authority owned spacecraft requirements.
• Provides in-depth knowledge of aerospace design, manufacturing, and test methods and performs spacecraft needs analysis, directs studies, briefs management, and plans and coordinates budgeting resources.
• Fosters and continually drives a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence, and innovation within and outside of the organization and NASA. Champions the Agency's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) and creates an environment and culture that promotes and enables the Agency's commitment to safety, inclusion, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

Starting at $141,022 Per Year (SL 00)

• The Incumbent has notable ongoing responsibilities supporting the VISN 17 Healthcare Technology Management Program, including, but not limited to hosting VISN systems, participating in the VISN trainee program and the development of VISN policy and guidance.
• Incumbent has responsibility to represent the South Texas VA Healthcare System on VISN-level committees, workgroups and councils. These meetings make up at least 25% of the incumbents' duties. The groups may include, but are not limited to: VISN 17 Equipment Committee, VISN 16/17 Biomedical Engineering IT Council, VISN 17 HTM Leadership Council, and the VISN HOC HTM Subcommittee, etc
• Acts as a consultant to the Medical Center regarding Healthcare Technology Management. Incumbent uses leadership to draft new policies and procedures to guide activities. Incumbent develops new innovative strategies to complete assignments as required. Incumbent develops new methods or proposes new policies as required for other professional engineers at the facility and/or professional engineers in the VISN. He/she serves on standing committees of the facility as assigned by the Leadership team.
• The incumbent determines organizational changes in key positions within the Service; ensures internal personnel-related programs are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner; communicates agency and local policies and priorities to all employees within the Service; delegates to each section supervisor the authority and responsibility to carry out assigned tasks; follows progress of each and recommends improvement to be made where warranted; and ensures labor/management relations are maintained in accordance with Medical Center policy and procedures and that other requirements such as effective use of performance standards, EEO policies. and other personnel-related rules and regulations are effectively enforced.
• Takes a lead role in the coordination of purchase, planning, construction, installation, and in-service training stages of major Healthcare Technology Management. This coordination can span several years, when major or minor construction is involved.
• Incumbent implements national policies and uses knowledge required for the position to reduce broad and non-specific guidelines to practical application. Independent judgment, interpretation, ingenuity and experience are necessary to adapt, expand, simplify or resolve conflicts between guidelines and existing conditions. The incumbent is a technical authority, capable of creating guidelines for use at the local, VISN and national level in the area of Healthcare Technology Management. There are significant numbers of situations where no existing guidelines are applicable, and the employee must draw upon technical expertise to evaluate complex problems with medical systems.
• Demonstrates the ability to be resourceful in devising alternative methods to accomplish the objectives of the Biomedical Engineering Service when technical guidelines are not always prescriptive, economic conflicts are present, and other factors contribute to the complexity of decision making

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm or negotiable upon start.
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: may be authorized for a Highly Qualified Individual.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $117,891 Per Year (GS 14)