GENERAL ENGINEER

Job Title - GENERAL ENGINEER Location Long beach, CA
A. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1) Development and Planning: Determines requirements, reconnaissance, location, and prepares designs, specifications and estimates. Applies a broad knowledge of methods, precedents, and standards to significantly diverse and intense work complexities. Work complexities require not only adaptation or modification of precedents but a versatile and innovative approach to solve problems where serious conflicts exist between management requirements and engineering principles. Performs or directs surveys and investigations to establish baseline data necessary to initiate design. Evaluates baseline data and incorporate salient factors into design considerations and solutions. Evaluates design objectives, performs complex technical calculations, identifies most economical and efficient procedures for project design and performance considering all influences.
2) Professional Engineering/Architectural Advice: Provides professional advice to peers, subordinates or non-professional administrators or managers. Reviews or directs the review of plans, specifications, and analyses of designs as submitted by subordinate engineers. Provides professional advice to improve such plans, specifications and analyses. Directs necessary changes and furnishes assistance required. Advises subordinate personnel on methods and procedures to be used in special studies on highly complex projects. Provides professional oversite and/or project management of construction or maintenance efforts.
3) Construction, Maintenance & Project Administration Work: Performs scheduling and layout of operations, and inspection and surveillance of materials, methods, and equipment used in construction. Plans specific objectives for the program, including required innovations and improvisations. Prepares detailed cost estimates for use in obtaining project funding and bid evaluation. Prepares correspondence, technical reports, estimates, fact sheets, status reports and schedules as required to complete project assignments. Consults with contractor personnel to resolve difficult and complex unforeseen problems and latent conditions developing during construction. Prepares sketches or changes drawings and specifications solving the problem and incorporates these documents into the contract performance documents. Reviews and evaluates shop drawings, samples and materials certifications submitted by contractor for contract and performance requirements, recommended approval reject or receipt.
4) Performs In-House Design and AE Design Management: Develops in-house designs, providing drawings, specifications, detailed cost estimates, manufacture cut sheets and other construction documents that are fully compliant with building codes and safety standards. Establish design criteria for AE firms. Prepares AE construct scope of work detailing specific design and construction objectives. Prepares correspondence, technical reports, fact sheets, status reports and schedules as required to complete project assignments. Establishes VA design and construction standards and ensures AE and/or contractor adherence with those standards. Over sees, directs, reviews, approves and/or rejects AE design deliverables. Directs AE in preparation of change order documents. Page 32 of 39
5) Environment of Care: Implements and monitors OSHA goals for Life Safety Management, health and the environment procedures. Reports on safety hazards, accidents and injuries. Implements, monitors and reviews hazardous materials/Material Safety Data Sheets/Safety Data Sheets/waste management, fire protection. Implements and monitors Emergency Preparedness plan. Implements and monitors security policies/procedures. Implements and monitors compliance with federal, state, and local environmental and other requirements preventing pollution, minimizing waste, and conserving culture and natural resources. 6) Customer Service: Meets the needs of customers while supporting VA missions. Consistently communicates and treats customers (veterans, their representatives, visitors, and all VA staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner. Provides the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures. Handles conflict and problems in dealing with the customer constructively and appropriately.
7) Infection Control: Demonstrates infection control practices for disease prevention (i.e. hand washing, universal precautions/insolation procedures, including TB requirement/precautions.
8) ADP Security: Protects printed and electronic files containing sensitive data in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 and other applicable laws, federal regulations, VA statutes and policy, and VHA policy. Protects the data from unauthorized release from loss, alteration, or unauthorized deletion. The following are applicable regulations and instructions regarding access to computerized files, release of access codes, etc., as set out in the computer access agreement that the employee signs.
B. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
1) Minimum 5 years General Engineer experience.
2) Must be familiar with patient Centered Care Culture in healthcare.
3) Must have a bachelor's degree in engineering and/or construction management.
4) Must have knowledge of healthcare design and understanding of fire codes, building codes, barrier free codes, system, components, cleaning and maintenance concepts, ergonomics and safety criteria.
5) Must have the ability to review and interpret construction drawings and specifications.
6) Preferred certification as a Professional Engineer. Page 33 of 39
7) Expertise in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access& Outlook) is required.
8) Microsoft Project and Revit are beneficial but not required.
9) VISTA (Veterans Health Information & Technology Architecture) use to access information in the Medical Center Computer System is beneficial but not required.
10) Must be able to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally with a variety of contractors, management officials, vendors, Contracting Officers, and VA Long Beach staff.