Principal Planning & Design Engineer - Oakland, CA at Kaiser Permanente

Oakland, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

25 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

24 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Engineering Principles, Design Review, Cost Estimating, Life-Cycle Analysis, Business Case Development, Engineering Analysis, Policy Development, Code Review, Stakeholder Relationship Building, Performance Feedback, Project Management, Problem Solving, Resource Coordination, Consultant Management, Change Management, Strategic Guidance

Industry

Medical Practices

Description

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; developing templates and standards for engineering designs; researching, challenging, and developing engineering 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. Essential Responsibilities: Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams. Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others. Directs planning and design projects by: using judgment and discretion to define issues and develop solutions to resolve complex problems for the capital program; coordinating the communication network between the project team and other internal personnel across the organization and external contacts; and researching, recommending, and training teams and consultants on strategies and concepts to provide expert strategic guidance, coordination, and management of the support teams area of expertise. Supports NFS program deliverables by: managing multiplecomplex National Facilities Services (NFS) projects and initiatives with responsibility and accountability for project outcomes from initiation through design phase with minimal oversight from senior management; developing, analyzing, and managing complex project plans which include scope identification and management, schedule, inter-dependencies, and resource forecast; monitoring overall project performance (e.g., on time, within scope, and with quality) against plans, ensuring measurement of business benefits and outcomes, and makes adjustments as needed; leading 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 driving allocation of resources, establishes schedules, and task assignments to ensure established practices are in place. Contributes to consultants relationship management by: driving the application of strategies and concepts to provide technical guidance, coordination, coaching, and project-level supervision to designers/drafters/engineers/consultants/architects/planners; obtaining advanced research knowledge on building codes and materials from vendor and applying strategies for implementation; and identifying incremental process improvements that increase efficiency and effectiveness of vendor assessment. Provides oversight for compliance by: leading other internal teams to ensure the enterprise facilities design standards development to ensure quality solutions. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum ten (10) 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 eight (8) years of experience in planning, architectural, design, engineering, CADD, hospital/medical facility, healthcare planning, construction estimating, or a directly related field OR Minimum eleven (11) years of experience in planning, architectural, design, engineering, CADD, hospital/medical facility, health and safety administration/management, construction estimating, or a directly related field.

Responsibilities

This role involves applying engineering principles to prepare and review technical documents like drawings, specifications, and cost estimates for hospital construction and refurbishment projects. The engineer will also be responsible for developing engineering standards, researching policies, validating system outcomes, and leading complex issue resolution among subject matter experts.