Engineering Technician

Veterans Health Administration • Salt Lake City, UT

13d • Onsite

About The Position

The Engineering Technician uses computer-aided software applications to plan and develop products for Facilities Management projects and maintains complex databases containing design files. The role manages graphic databases, including CAD and Statement of Conditions (SOC), and alphanumeric Computer-aided Facility Management (CAFM) data used by the VA and Medical Center. It also maintains hardcopy equipment operations manuals, warranties, and other facility-related records.

The technician preserves and updates CAD files and CAFM modules covering building systems such as electrical, fire protection, medical gas, and life safety. The position maintains record drawings, space survey and inventory information, and ensures drawings and databases reflect actual facility conditions. It participates in engineering surveys, develops plans and specifications, prepares detailed drawings for facility projects, and reviews work for accuracy and compliance with applicable requirements.

The role also prepares reports, delegates drawing assignments to support staff, participates in final inspections, follows VA regulations and directives, and coordinates with vendors, contractors, service staff, and Medical Center personnel on facility operations, renovations, construction, and project submissions. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ad-hoc telework may be authorized; this is not a virtual position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM major (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) or related discipline, as stated in the position summary.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the normal line of progression.
• Experience using CAD software to prepare, update, and maintain architectural, engineering, and as-built drawings and documentation for existing buildings and building systems, including drawing review and coordination.
• Experience interpreting and creating detailed facility floor plans, sections, elevations, and system layouts.
• Knowledge of building codes, construction practices, and design standards used to develop and maintain facility as-built documents.
• Experience updating and managing drawing databases and file structures for multidisciplinary building projects.
• Familiarity with plan reading and working with engineering and architectural teams to ensure as-built documentation reflects field conditions and construction changes.
• CAD experience limited to parts, components, or machinist-level work does not qualify unless it involved drafting for buildings, facilities, or architectural/engineering design projects.
• Current federal employees and certain former federal employees applying for GS-11 must meet the time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-09.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Applicants are subject to a background/security investigation and must complete online onboarding and provide acceptable identification.
• Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• A one-year probationary period or two-year trial period may be required.
• The work is primarily sedentary, with some moderate physical effort, including walking between buildings and entering restricted-access spaces such as pipe basements and mechanical rooms; respirator use may be required in asbestos areas.

Nice To Haves

• Certification by the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies may be helpful as a measure of the technician's quality of experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage graphic databases, including CAD and Statement of Conditions (SOC), and alphanumeric CAFM data for the VA and Medical Center.
• Maintain hardcopy equipment operations manuals, warranties, and facility-related filing systems.
• Preserve and update CAD files and CAFM modules, including drawings and diagrams for electrical, fire protection, medical gas, and life safety systems.
• Supervise maintenance of record drawings in accordance with VACO and Medical Center requirements.
• Maintain and review the station Space Survey Report, coordinate it with as-built drawings, and verify drawings against actual space.
• Maintain an accurate space inventory database in CAD and ensure it correlates with drawing files and databases.
• Participate in engineering surveys and initiate, formulate, and adapt design plans and specifications.
• Gather architectural and engineering information and apply professional techniques to achieve established goals.
• Produce detailed drawings using the resident CAD/CAFM system.
• Prepare drawings, layouts, and plans for proposed additions, improvements, alterations, modifications, and equipment installations.
• Prepare drawings of utility systems, roadways, parking lots, landscaping, and structural requirements.
• Maintain, prepare, or coordinate reports and ensure proper format and timely submission.
• Delegate drawing assignments to support staff and review their work for accuracy and compliance with specifications, codes, and standards.
• Participate in final inspections of assigned projects in accordance with the Handbook for Resident Engineer H-08-2.
• Comply with VA regulations, standards, specifications, policy memoranda, and other pertinent directives.
• Meet with sales representatives, vendors, contractors, supply service staff, and Medical Center personnel about problem areas, renovations, construction projects, project submissions, pre-construction conferences, bid openings, and related activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• Eligible selected applicants may request credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service; approval is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level