Construction Project Engineer Jobs in Raleigh, NC

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Summary: Responsible for oversight of development, implementation, coordination, schedule, budget, documentation, turnover, and compliance of construction, renovation, upgrade, replacement, and repair projects involving buildings, grounds, facilities, and infrastructure for the UNC Health Care System.
Experience in Construction (healthcare, powerplants, residential apartment complex/neighborhoods, institutional buildings construction, etc.) is strongly preferred
Responsibilities:
1. Coordinate work schedule for In-House trades and Contractors working on in-house projects. Coordinate project schedules, deliveries, installations, and inspections with requesting Department and Plant Engineering trades.
2. Evaluate, troubleshoot, analyze and manage the correction of technical, system and construction problems in newly constructed and renovated buildings, including negotiation of warranty issues.
3. Implement approved scope of project and determines budget and schedule limitations. Interview, select and negotiate fees with architects and engineering design consultants. Coordinate project design with hospital departments and design consultants to ensure adequacy of design and conformance with hospital design standards. Review, evaluate and prepare comments on consultants? designs. Bid project and negotiate the contract for construction.
4. Provide construction management services for hospital renovation and construction projects, including scheduling and coordination of construction activities with hospital staff and contractors, negotiation and approval of change orders, monitoring and approving construction schedules and budgets, and inspecting work for conformance with user needs and jurisdictional requirements. Ensure project budget is maintained and that items such as costs, schedule changes, scope changes, and issues are communicated to upper management. Ensure operational impacts to the Hospital and to Operations are clearly defined, scheduled appropriately, and manned adequately. Ensure open and direct communications with all departments affected throughout the project, including all direct project support and ancillary departments.
5. Represent the interests of UNC Health Care and act as the Owner?s representative on all aspects of the project. Generate and maintain all project related documentation for Hospital policy compliance such as Risk Assessments, project inspection logs, project inspections by State and Federal agencies, and any credentialing agencies. Establish and oversee all project turnovers to Operations. Ensure all required closeout documentation and materials are received.
6. Support Department operations, planning, budgeting, and implementation. Oversee project design and development of projects.
Other Information
Other information:
Education Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
• No licensure or certification required.
Professional Experience Requirements:
• If Bachelor's degreee: Six (6) years of progressive experience in construction administration, building construction, or project engineering in institutional buildings. If Associate's degree: Ten (10) years of progressive experience in construction administration, building construction, or project engineering in institutional buildings. If High School Diploma or GED: Fourteen (14) years of progressive experience in construction administration, building construction, or project engineering in institutional buildings.
Experience in Construction (healthcare, powerplants, residential apartment complex/neighborhoods, institutional buildings construction, etc.) is strongly preferred.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
• Skilled in the application of construction management practices, in reading and interpreting design drawings and specifications. Demonstrated knowledge of the principals, practices, and standards associate with building construction, project management, and building codes.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: UNC REX Healthcare
Organization Unit: Rex Construction
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $38.17 - $54.88 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System, in a department that provides shared services to operations across UNC Health Care; except that, if you are currently a UNCHCS State employee already working in a designated shared services department, you may remain a UNCHCS State employee if selected for this job.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.