Facilities Interface Engineer

DIMENSIONAL INNOVATIONS INC • Overland Park, KS

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Facilities Interface Engineer (FID) is part of DI’s Engineering department and reports to the Engineering Manager and VP Director of Engineering. The role is accountable for coordinating how exhibit designs interface with host buildings, bridging DI’s design and engineering teams with building owners and project partners such as the Architect of Record (AOR), Structural Engineer of Record (SEOR), General Contractor (GC), and local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). The position initially serves as a pilot within the Cultural Practice, with the possibility of expanding to other practices.

The FID supports assigned lead engineers and project managers and may communicate directly with the AOR, GC, and SEOR on heavily integrated projects. The role builds and maintains a shared CAD/BIM/Speckle coordination model for design and construction coordination; translates design intent into formats usable by project partners; identifies and resolves clashes between exhibits and building systems; and produces facility-interface drawings and permit packages.

The FID triages structural scope to identify items that may need stamped engineering, initiates and routes engineering packages, and communicates load information to the facility’s SEOR. The position manages the process for obtaining required stamped calculations but does not perform or stamp them. It also reviews attachment methods, supports permitting and RFI workflows, and provides preliminary engineering assessments for estimating and early project coordination.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, structural engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• Experience coordinating directly with architects, general contractors, and/or structural engineers of record on a construction or fabrication project.
• Experience supporting the RFI process and construction-phase plan review or permitting activities.
• Working knowledge of building structural code concepts, including gravity/live loads, seismic loads, and wind loads, sufficient to triage scope but not to perform stamped engineering.
• Proficiency with design software such as SketchUp and Rhino and engineering or production software such as SolidWorks.
• Ability to build and maintain coordination models using CAD/BIM collaboration platforms such as Speckle or similar tools.
• Knowledge of RFI workflows and construction-phase plan review and permitting processes.
• Understanding of the full project lifecycle, from design and engineering through fabrication and installation.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with architects, general contractors, structural engineers of record, and internal project teams.
• Ability to occasionally reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, climb, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50/75 pounds.
• Required vision abilities include close, distant, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to talk and hear.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in exhibit fabrication, museum or cultural institution construction, themed entertainment, or a related built-environment field.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for facility-interface questions on assigned projects, supporting the Lead Engineer and Project Manager without replacing their project ownership.
• Communicate directly with the Architect of Record, General Contractor, and Structural Engineer of Record when appropriate, particularly on heavily integrated projects.
• Translate design intent from SketchUp, Rhino, and SolidWorks work into formats suitable for coordination with external parties.
• Create and manage the Speckle interface connecting DI’s design and engineering models with the architect’s model.
• Review shared coordination models to identify conflicts between exhibit elements and building structural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems before fabrication or installation.
• Resolve identified conflicts in the model to reduce field rework, change orders, and contractor claims.
• Create drawings describing facility-interface requirements, including blocking, footings, and overhead anchoring.
• Coordinate power and data requirements with design, engineering, and the tech team, and communicate those requirements to the facility.
• Review design elements against DI’s structural triage criteria and flag items likely to be exempt from engineering or likely to require stamped PE/SE calculations.
• Scope and initiate engineering packages for items requiring stamped calculations and route them to DI’s engineering team or an outside PE/SE.
• Transmit load information to the facility’s SEOR to confirm that the host building can accept the additional loads.
• Review facility attachment methods, including anchors, fasteners, and mounting details, for suitability to the required use case.
• Prepare concise permit drawing packages for building department submission.
• Respond to plan-check comments and work to resolve overly conservative or off-scope requests.
• Support the Project Manager’s RFI process by helping draft RFIs to the architect and GC and prepare responses to project RFIs.
• Review large fabrication packages from outside design firms to identify structural engineering needs and likely permitting requirements.
• Produce initial, high-level engineering approach assessments to support pricing before detailed engineering begins.
• Assist DI Engineering with structural assessment and review before scope is sent to estimating or early base-building coordination begins.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance and supplemental accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverage.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Health Savings Account match.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Seven paid holidays plus an employee-chosen floating holiday annually.
• Paid parental leave.
• Potential quarterly bonuses as company goals are achieved.

What This Job Offers

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