Building Infrastructure & Safety Program Specialist

Company Description

At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It’s why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. And it’s why we need caring, committed people on our team – like you.

Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time.

The Building Infrastructure & Safety Program Specialist is responsible for managing and coordinating the hospital’s accreditation and regulatory compliance of the Fire and Life Safety and Utility Management Programs. Ensures a safe facility through participation in Environment of Care rounding, validating that inspection, testing, and maintenance are conducted on schedule, risk assessments are completed, and department policies are current and accurate.

• Oversee accreditation compliance of CMS and Joint Commission standards or regulation by state and local jurisdictions for the hospitals and buildings overseen by General Services.
• Collaborate with the Environmental Health and Safety team on multiple initiatives across Stanford Children’s, sharing data, outcomes, risk assessments, and mitigation plans as needed.
• Facilitate the process for accreditation surveys, regulatory inspections, and insurance rounding. Present documentation, lead survey groups, and provide access to rooms and equipment requested by the surveyor.
• Write and/or update the Fire and Life Safety and Utilities Management Plans, risk assessments, and verify code compliance for the building and equipment.
• Lead the Fire and Life Safety sub-committee, Utilities Management sub-committee, and Water Management committee. Participate in select regulatory meetings, such as the Environment of Care, Infection Prevention and Control, and Office of Emergency Management committees.
• Schedule, organize documentation, and provide corrective action for compliance inspection, testing, and maintenance, including fire drills and Interim Life Safety Measures.
• Participate in the weekly Environment of Care Rounding with a multidisciplinary team of managers and directors. Report findings, corrections, and any training needed.
• Use data and completed risk assessments to provide recommendations to evaluate and improve the functions of the Fire and Life Safety and Utilities Management programs. Provide updates to the Environment of Care Committee as needed.
• Review construction drawing designs to validate Life Safety Code compliance. Complete Interim Life Safety Measures assessment to start construction work authorization. Maintain accurate and updated Life Safety Drawings.
• Manage and post area of effect maps for utility services such as fire sprinklers, medical gas shutoff valves, water distribution, and ventilation.
• Manage the hospital’s water management program. Oversee and schedule vendors, report findings, corrections, and conduct training as needed.
• Collaborate with medical staff and other LPCH staff to ensure that the highest quality of service is delivered to patients; continually strive to facilitate the productive efforts of all hospital staff members. Consistently assess customer needs in order to develop and/or ensure that existing services maintain and deliver quality characteristics which meet the needs of customers and external regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Educate staff, vendors, and contractors on compliance for codes and policies. Assist to establish and deliver required training for Engineering staff for Cal‑OSHA safety program.
• Manage multiple daily workflows for equipment rounding such as Elevator, Neg/Pos pressure rooms, and egress routes. Conduct ongoing process improvement initiatives to improve workflow and safety.

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying.

Education: Bachelor's Degree

Experience: Four (4) years of…