General Engineer (Healthcare Engineer)

Terrestris Global Solutions • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

Are you looking for a Challenge? Looking for an innovative organization and the opportunity to learn and grow professionally? We can help! We are seeking a General Engineer (Healthcare Engineer) to support the Veteran community in the San Francisco, California area. This position is open to all candidates, including Locum or Traveling professionals.
Position Highlights:
Logistics:
Contract Type: 1 base year with 4, 1-year option periods
Location: San Francisco, California
So,what will the General Engineer at Terrestris do?
The General Engineer provides comprehensive engineering planning, design, and project management support for complex construction and maintenance projects. It involves developing technical solutions, overseeing design and construction activities, ensuring regulatory compliance, coordinating with stakeholders, and maintaining safety, environmental, and data security standards while delivering efficient, cost-effective outcomes aligned with organizational objectives.
What does a typical day look like for the General Engineer (Healthcare Engineer)?
You will:
Conduct Requirements Development, Design Review, and In-House Design. May provide Construction Representative Services as needed:
Requirements Development – This performance will require data collection in the form of retrieval of historical documentation, physical verification of existing conditions, review and response to Requests for Information (RFIs), Building Service Equipment (BSE) specification, and Cost Estimating via RS Means or similar. It does not include capital planning actions such as creation of entries in the Strategic Capital Investment Plan (SCIP) or use of the Space and Equipment Planning System (SEPS).
Design Review – This task comprises the review of A/E incremental submissions for compliance to requirements contained in the Technical Information Library (TIL) and more specifically PG-18-15 Volume C which governs submission requirements for Non-Recurring Maintenance (NRM) Projects.
In-House Design – Capabilities related to drafting, development of notes, and minor specifications revisions necessary to produce a requirement in sufficient detail to inform work requirements and restrictions as well as quantitative material requirements. Work will be actioned by VA staff and hence coordination on design efforts will be extensive. Software requirements will include Autodesk applications.
Construction Representative Services – Tasks are consistent with requirements in the 0809 Federal Job Series. Specific responsibilities include creation of Construction Daily Logs, Construction Safety rounding (OSHA 30 Construction Safety level), Project oversight utilizing construction documents (drawings and specifications), review of schedule compliance, review of submittals as related to jobsite materials, coordination of utility outages, preliminary review of invoicing as related to work completion, drafting and posting of compliance documentation such as Infection Control Risk Assessments (ICRA) and Preconstruction Risk Assessments (PCRA), review and oversight of work requiring an Activity Hazard analysis, and troubleshooting of construction site issues resulting in adjacent impacts.

Requirements

• Authorization to work in the U.S. permanently, without sponsorship.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Architecture.
• ABET accredited degreed Engineer or AIA-qualified architect.
• Knowledge of either mechanical, electrical, structural, civil, or other engineering/architectural principles, practices, and their applications in the healthcare environment.
• Knowledge of basic project management principles as applied to the healthcare setting.
• Ability to apply healthcare engineering-related standards, codes, policies, and regulations, inclusive of state and local codes.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with internal and external customers with tact and diplomacy.
• Ability to develop material for clinical or administrative staff that addresses the principles and application of engineering technology and/or theory used in healthcare.
• Ability to advise staff on emerging engineering technology related to a healthcare facility, while keeping abreast of changes in such technology and utilizing the information to solve healthcare facility engineering challenges.
• If selected, candidates will need to complete credentialing and onboarding requirements consistent with VA medical staff processes.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with the VA is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Requirements Development
• Design Review
• In-House Design
• Construction Representative Services

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) match
• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation
• 11 federal paid holidays
• We offer outstanding benefits, including health, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week regularly are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees