Overview
Medxcel is here to lead the transformation of healthcare facilities management by incorporating a new approach to providing services. Created by healthcare, for healthcare, we have a dedicated focus on our people and customers, as well as providing tools, processes, support resources, data analytics and insource strategies that drive results.
The Life Safety Code CAD Specialist (LSCCS) is Medxcel Facilities Management's (Medxcel FM) subject matter expert and resource for the compliance of NFPA 101-Life Safety Code, Federal, State, and local Fire and Life Safety regulatory requirements as well as Accreditation Organizations: CMS, The Joint Commission, DNV, etc., as it pertains to Life Safety Drawings. The LSCCS will analyze, establish and ultimately manage a library of CAD drawings for maintaining life safety code compliance. The LSCCS will review Medxcel FM's needs and establish a means of cataloging, standardizing and updating/modifying life safety CAD drawings as required.
The LSCA will work with Medxcel FM's Life Safety Code Specialists (LSCS) in reviewing the life safety drawings for each facility to ensure accuracy and code compliance including providing applicable changes to the Director. The LSCCS will work with the Director of Life Safety and VP of Program Development/Facilities Compliance in the development of reports to indicate deficiencies, share findings and provide potential resolutions in a professional manned to educate and bring about best possible outcomes.
The LSCCS provides expert consultation, education and technical assistance to Medxcel FM's operations, Ascension Ministry Facilities, and Commercial Facilities, to ensure compliance with the Life Safety Code and its referenced
publications. The LSCCS will document all observations in a thorough, accurate manner utilizing applicable Medxcel technology, and providing adequate indication of non-compliance where appropriate.
This position will be Remote-Home Office.
Responsibilities
Operational Support
- Act as customer-facing point of contact regarding engineered life safety drawings and associated regulatory requirements therein.
- Perform initial review of existing life safety drawings for accuracy and code compliance.
- Provide field support in updating regulatory life safety drawings based on current or future-state conditions.
- Exercise independent judgement and leverage logic-based solutions to design or update life safety drawings for accuracy and code compliance based on their unique regulatory requirements.
- Recognize the regulatory, operational and financial impacts of, and exercise discretion when, recommending or requiring changes to the drawings or built environment for program and AHJ compliance purposes.
- Communicate changes to local Facility Operations departmental leadership and CO Compliance team(s).
- Communicate potential space allocation issues to the CAFM team to maintain data integrity and client cost reporting accuracy.
CAD/Drawing Library Support
- Support system processes & policies for updating CAD/CAFM drawings with evolving field conditions.
- Ensure enterprise Drawing Library integrity when modifying or collecting engineered drawings.
- Utilize CAFM software to ensure facility space data integrity as drawing changes are applied.
- Ensure seamless delivery of associated drawings and findings to client facility administration.
- Train & develop other associates.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Drafting or related field or equivalent combination of education, training and experience required.
License/Certification:
- NFPA Certified Life Safety Specialist for Healthcare (CLSS-HC) (May be obtained within 1 year) required.
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of related experience, including education, preferably as it relates to architectural floor plan documentation reqired.
- Experience with healthcare industry-related regulatory requirements or experience in commercial fire protection, building maintenance, building construction, architectural science, engineering, safety or related required.
- Experience working with large institutional or commercial facility drawings/floor plans required.
- Experience in Life Safety Code and/or International Building Code compliance activities preferred.
- Experience in supporting CAD/BIM drawing libraries for multiple facilities preferred.
- Experience with Autodesk REVIT preferred.
- Experience with CAFM software such as FM Systems or Archibus preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Working knowledge of latest AutoCAD software required.
- Must be able to recognize the regulatory and operational impacts of life safety assemblies and systems.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications required.
- Experience with oversized printer(s)/plotter(s) & scanner(s) preferred.
- Experience working in a corporate environment in a healthcare facility preferred.
- Must be able to develop the confidence necessary to act in a customer-facing consultant capacity.
- Must be able to work independently & complete tasks at an appropriate pace with little supervision.
- Effective time management skills (Capable of organizing individual tasks and managing personal time to complete assignments based on personal commitments).
- Ability to work on multiple projects in a matrix team environment.
- Excellent communications and organization skills.
- Ability to be sensitive to and respectful of all internal and external stakeholders and customers, without compromising in any way on the message that must be delivered.
- Must be able to travel 60%-80% of the time (overnight travel required).
- Other duties as assigned.
- Field validation work requirements:
- Must be able to stand for long periods of time, walking lengthy distances, lifting, climbing, stooping, pulling, kneeling, and pushing in order to adequately inspect and observe all facilities life safety protective features.
- Must be able to examine hard-to-reach areas such as utility spaces, mechanical rooms and penthouses.
- Must be able to climb over or under pipes, ductwork or other obstructions.
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