The Deputy Director of the Office of Environmental Health and Engineering, shares the responsibility for the full scope of health care facilities construction and operations, sanitation facilities construction (SFC) and management, environmental health services, environmental engineering, and reality services management. The Deputy Director helps provide agency-wide leadership and consultation to the OEHE Director, IHS Director, Headquarters, IHS Area offices, Tribal and Urban Health programs regarding environmental health and engineering activities of IHS and Tribal facilities programs. The Deputy Director is responsible for helping in the overall management and direction of the OEHE staff in Rockville, Dallas and Seattle offices of IHS, providing oversight of both and operating budget and a construction budget appropriated and contributed funds for facilities activities in 37 states

Serves as the Deputy Director, within the Headquarters Office of the Division of Environmental Health Services. The purpose of this position is to provide executive and professional leadership for the management, administration, planning, development, and evaluation of the Environmental Health Division.