Job Description

St. Jude is growing! We are looking for a building inspector. This is a new role and will be under the general supervision of the Campus Operations Director.
Under the general supervision of the Campus Operations Director, the Building Inspector is responsible for ensuring St. Jude facilities and new building construction meet code requirements, building specifications, and safety regulations.
Other duties include:

• Working closely with the Lead Building Inspector, VP-Design and Construction, and Director-Facilities Operations and Maintenance.
• Identifying priority areas and schedules for facility inspections, including those related to construction, maintenance, and safety.
• Participating in and providing expert advice during pre-construction meetings.
• Documenting and delivering findings to contractors, project managers, and maintenance personnel.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develops processes and timelines to audit new construction, renovations, as well as repairs and maintenance within existing buildings.
• Inspects and evaluates maintenance and construction work with a focus on quality, consistency with contractual documents and alignment with building specifications, campus design standards, and meeting all applicable codes and safety standards.
• Reviews construction drawings.
• Reviews contractor and designer QA/QC programs.
• Implements a risk-based approach to the audit schedule and prioritizes findings by level of risk; Documents and maintains library of audit findings, reports, and corrective actions.
• Presents findings and reports to facilities\xe2\x80\x99 owners and other stakeholders; may make recommendations for corrective actions.
• Conducts follow-up inspections to confirm recommended corrective actions are made in a timely manner.
• Coaches, mentors and trains project management and facilities maintenance staff in quality principles, procedures.
• Responsible for leading and managing quality processes such as work planning, pre-activity meetings, material management, lesson-sharing, and follow-up inspections.
• Works collaboratively and closely with clients, subcontractors, design partners and other stakeholders to support project partnership and issue resolution.
• Creates and implements project specific inspection and test plans, quality control plans and other procedures as necessary. For projects with specifications, reviews project documents to work with the project manager on a plan to ensure all 3rd party and owner inspections are included and executed throughout the project.
• Completes 30 hours annually for relevant OSHA (or other similar) courses as part of continuing education.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

• High School Diploma/ GED with five (5) years of directly related experience; or
• Associate\'s Degree.
• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, or a related field, preferred.

Minimum Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience in a similar or related role required.
• Experience working with Building Code and MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) drawings and construction.
• Experience in construction in a healthcare setting is preferred.
• Experience with data analysis required.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams required.
• Experience working with facilities, design and construction, or campus planning/operations a plus.
• Ability to prioritize, schedule and complete competing customer requests.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by Law:

• None

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by SJCRH Only:

• QA/QC International Certification or American Society for Quality (ASQ) certification preferred.

Special Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Knowledge of construction industry, practices, and terminology.
• Knowledge of building and workplace safety standards.
• Ability to interact effectively with senior management and external partners.
• Exceptional customer service skills.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• Ability to identify, develop, and initiate innovations and solutions where precedents and procedures may not exist.
• Computer skills: Microsoft Outlook and Word, ease with using online computer platforms, etc.
• Experience working with facilities, design and construction, or campus planning/operations a plus.
• Ability to prioritize, schedule and complete competing customer requests.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, ascending and descending stairs and sit.
The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and talk or hear.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions.
The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; and risk of electrical shock.
The noise level in the work environment is occasionally loud.
An essential function of the job is to be able to comply with all applicable federal, state and local safety and health regulations that would apply to this job.
The employee must move about the workspace to access work surface and shelves, cabinets, drawers, and equipment that are at, below or above the work surface.
Nothing in this job description limits management\xe2\x80\x99s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time as business needs dictate.
This job description reflects management\xe2\x80\x99s assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job.

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