Construction Architect/Engineer

Key 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

Minimum Qualifications:

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 Requirements:

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, submittals, 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

Preferred Requirements:

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