Building Systems Quality Engineer

Kaiser Permanente; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

KAISER seeks a Building Systems Quality Engineer in Oakland, CA to lead QA and commissioning for hospital MEP systems on capital projects ranging from new construction to renovations.

Responsibilities include developing commissioning plans, test procedures, and acceptance criteria, coordinating with facilities engineers, and producing commissioning reports while adhering to hospital policies and standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum seven (7) years of experience in design of facility engineered systems.
• Bachelor’s degree requirement and related field experience as described above.

Responsibilities

• Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members.
• Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed.
• Facilitates planning and design projects by interpreting guidelines to assist with non-standard problems; communicates between project team and others inside and outside the organization.
• Supports NFS program deliverables by developing, analyzing, and executing project plans including scope, schedule, dependencies, and resources; manages change management activities.
• Contributes to consultants relationship management by providing technical support and coordination to designers/engineers; applies knowledge on building codes and materials.
• Acts in compliance with KP requirements by developing a full working knowledge of enterprise facilities design standards.

Skills

Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management

Attention to Detail

Communication

Critical Thinking

Cross-Group Collaboration

Decision Making

Dependability

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Drives Results

Facilitation Skills

Health Care Industry

Influencing Others

Integrity

Learning Agility

Organizational Savvy

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Topic-Specific Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Interior Design, Construction Management, or related field

Tools

Design Engineering

Engineering Systems

Job description

Building Systems Quality Engineer

The Building Systems Quality Engineer will be leading building system quality assurance or commissioning for hospital and healthcare building MEP systems on capital projects. The project types will range from new building construction to renovations and simple equipment replacement projects.

The Building System Quality Engineer will apply knowledge of system testing and quality assurance practices, equipment and system start-up practices, test & balance activities, controls system programing and checkout, acceptance criteria development, setting up and reviewing DDC system point trending, engineering principals, practices, and systems and hospital-specific engineering policies, regulations, and practices to commission the building MEP systems and equipment.

The commissioning engineer will review building equipment and system designs, preparing system quality assurance plans or commissioning plans, development and review of pre-functional; checklists, development and performing of functional test procedures, development and review of system and equipment acceptance criteria, verification of training and coordination with facilities engineers, preparing final quality assurance reports or commissioning reports and conducting a 10-month warranty review.

They will be developing building systems quality policies and practices; generalizing lessons-learned into standard practices and assessing the legitimacy of deviations from standard practices for discreet applications; validating and reporting on engineered system outcomes and values-delivered; leading and facilitating resolution of issues with more than one involved party are competent and experienced subject matter experts; reviewing codes and standards for recommended adoption, provide public comment to regulatory bodies; and participating in state and national code and standard development with regulatory and industry groups.

Job Summary:

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is responsible for applying knowledge of engineering principals, practices, and systems and hospital-specific engineering policies, regulations, and practices to prepare and/or review drawings, plans, specifications, costs estimates, and reports for new construction, refurbishment work, and other structures; preparing and/or reviewing life-cycle analysis and business cases related to engineered systems; preparing and/or reviewing engineering analysis and research for medical facility projects and programs; providing feedback, review, and critique to senior engineers and project engineers; and developing templates and standards for engineering designs.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.

• Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.

• Facilitates planning and design projects by: using judgment and discretion to interpret guidelines to assist with the resolution of non-standard problems. communicating between the project team and others inside and outside of the organization; and developing training materials for the team or consultants on strategies and concepts, coordination, and management of the support teams area of expertise.

• Supports NFS program deliverables by: working on components of National Facilities Services (NFS) initiatives and projects from initiation through design phase with close oversight from senior management; developing, analyzing, and executing project plans which include scope identification and management, schedule, inter-dependencies, and resource forecast; monitoring project performance (e.g., on time, within scope, and with quality) against plans and provides input and justification for costs and budget impact; managing project activities related to organizational change management (e.g., development and execution of user adoption, implementation, and training plans) as defined by the project; and allocating resources, establishes schedules, and makes task assignments.

• Contributes to consultants relationship management by: providing technical support and coordination to designers/drafters/engineers and architects/planners/engineers; and obtaining and applying comprehensive research knowledge on building codes and materials from vendor.

• Acts in compliance with KP requirements by: developing a full working knowledge of the enterprise facilities design standards development to ensure quality solutions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management

• Attention to Detail

• Business Knowledge

• Communication

• Critical Thinking

• Cross-Group Collaboration

• Decision Making

• Dependability

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support

• Drives Results

• Facilitation Skills

• Health Care Industry

• Influencing Others

• Integrity

• Learning Agility

• Organizational Savvy

• Problem Solving

• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall

• Teamwork

• Topic-Specific Communication

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

• Design Engineering Planning & Analysis

• Design Engineering Policies

• Engineering

• Engineering Systems Business Case & Life Cycle Analysis

• Medical Facility Analysis & Research

• Medical Facility Engineering Knowledge

• Architectural Engineering

• Computer Literacy

• Construction Management

• Interpersonal Skills

  Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum seven (7) years of experience in design of facility engineered systems.

• Bachelors degree in Architecture, Engineering (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Structural, etc.), Planning (e.g., Space Planning), Interior Design, Construction Management, Cost Estimating, or related field AND minimum three (3) years of experience in planning, architectural, design, engineering, CADD, hospital/medical facility, healthcare planning, construction estimating, or a directly related field OR Minimum six (6) years of experience in planning, architectural, design, engineering, CADD, hospital/medical facility, health and safety administration/management, construction estimating, or a directly related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Licensed Professional Engineer.

• Three (3) years of experience in healthcare or another heavily regulated industry (e.g., Banking).

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Building Systems Quality Engineer

LOCATION: Oakland, California

REQNUMBER: 1455142

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.