Healthcare Construction Principal PE

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams in the planning, design, and execution of complex healthcare projects, ensuring alignment with client objectives, contractual requirements, and applicable codes and regulations.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to healthcare clients, developing strong relationships, understanding their long-term needs, and identifying opportunities for repeat and expanded business.
• Direct project scope, budgets, schedules, staffing, and resources to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality.
• Oversee project financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, profitability, and resource management, while identifying and mitigating project risks.
• Ensure technical designs and project deliverables comply with applicable healthcare, building, mechanical, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering teams by providing technical guidance, coaching, performance feedback, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Effectively communicate complex engineering concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including clients, project stakeholders, and executive leadership.
• Champion sustainable and high-performance design strategies that promote energy efficiency, occupant wellness, and improved healthcare outcomes, incorporating current industry research and best practices.
• Serve as Lead Engineer and/or Engineer of Record on significant projects, maintaining technical quality, accountability, and adherence to project objectives.
• Collaborate closely with architects, owners, contractors, consultants, and other stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle, from concept and design through construction administration and commissioning.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional engineering experience, including significant experience designing hospital and healthcare facilities from concept design through construction administration and commissioning.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Proven experience leading project teams as a Project Manager, Project Director, Lead Engineer, or similar senior-level role on medium to large-scale healthcare projects.
• Strong technical expertise and leadership experience in mechanical engineering and building systems design.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong client relationships and successfully lead collaborative, multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication, presentation, planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining project quality, schedule, budget, and client expectations.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas required.

What Success Looks Like

The ideal candidate is a senior healthcare engineering leader who combines deep mechanical design expertise with strong project management, client relationship, and team leadership skills. This individual will play a key role in delivering complex healthcare projects while helping strengthen client relationships, develop engineering talent, and drive continued growth in the healthcare practice. No Relo offered at this time!