Construction Architect/Engineer

ISI Professional Services•Pittsburgh, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

ISI Professional Services is seeking full-time onsite Construction Architect/Engineers to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive campus and Heinz campus, for Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) infrastructure upgrades. The Construction Architect/Engineer will provide senior technical leadership and construction-management support across design review, construction administration, quality assurance, schedule and cost control, testing, commissioning, and closeout for active medical-facility projects.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Engineering from an accredited institution; minimum six (6) years of experience involving both design and construction, with a focus on medical facilities; - and active professional architect or professional engineer license OR Fifteen (15) years of directly related experience in lieu of the education requirement; minimum seven (7) years of experience managing facility-construction projects, including supervision of engineering, design, and construction; schedule control; cost management and program budgeting; and overall project-management activities
Ability to present three projects of comparable scale and difficulty completed in a similar role
OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification or ability to complete the training at contractor expense within 60 days of Notice to Proceed
US Citizenship required
Ability to obtain and maintain a favorable National Agency Check (NACI) and VA PIV credential
Ability to work full-time onsite at the University Drive campus in Pittsburgh, PA
Ability to support approximately 30% off-business-hours work, including nights between 5:00 PM and 5:00 AM, as required
Experience managing facility-construction projects, including supervision of engineering, design, and construction activities
Working knowledge of construction contract documents, engineering services, building codes, permitting, budgeting, scheduling, materials, methods, and construction processes
Ability to review scopes, submittits, proposed changes, and work in place; identify risks or violations; and provide professional recommendations
Demonstrated capability to supervise and manage personnel with diverse technical disciplines

Nice To Haves

Prior VA or other federal healthcare design/construction experience
EHRM, healthcare IT, low-voltage, electrical, mechanical, or telecommunications infrastructure experience
Experience working in active hospitals, including phased construction, infection-control constraints, testing, and commissioning
Familiarity with VA Design Guides/Manuals, VA specifications, and VA projects

Responsibilities

Provide architecture/engineering and construction-management support for EHRM infrastructure projects
Review concepts, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and redesign submissions for completeness, accuracy, code compliance, constructability, and alignment with budget
Interpret construction drawings, front-end specifications, technical specifications, and other contract documents
Review submittals, shop drawings, RFIs, proposed changes, and as-built documentation and provide written professional recommendations
Monitor construction quality, schedules, milestones, phasing, critical activities, budgets, and work-in-place value
Support cost estimates, change-order analysis, pay-application review, claims analysis, and time-impact evaluation
Perform and document field inspections; identify deficiencies, risks, code issues, and potential impacts
Coordinate testing, commissioning, corrective actions, issue tracking, and project closeout
Support project meetings, risk-management planning, reports, records, and VA project-management systems
Coordinate with the VA Project Manager, COR, users, designers, contractors, and other stakeholders
Serves as ISI’s main point of contact with the VA and oversees deliverables of other staff with diverse technical skill sets and support an integrated onsite CM team
Maintain professional independence and provide advisory support without exercising inherently governmental authority