Senior Consultant Life Safety

Responsibilities And Duties

• Provide executive-level direction over all life safety & regulatory compliance in facility engineering systems, including HVAC, electrical distribution, emergency power generation, medical gas, domestic water, steam, plumbing, and building automation systems.
• Lead multi-million-dollar life safety & critical infrastructure meetings, including master facility planning, risk assessments, and system redundancy strategies.
• Provide insight in facility condition assessments (FCA) and long-term asset replacement schedules in alignment with ASHE and FGI guidelines.
• Direct commissioning, retro-commissioning, and integration of advanced building systems with a focus on energy resilience, life-cycle cost optimization, and patient-centered safety/vendor validation.
• Serve as the organizational Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) liaison for NFPA101 Life Safety Code, NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code, NFPA 70 (NEC), NFPA 110 (Emergency Power), and related standards.
• Maintain rigorous Joint Commission Environment of Care (EC), Life Safety (LS), and Emergency Management (EM) compliance programs.
• Lead fire protection and detection system strategies, including performance-based fire modeling, fire damper inspections, and compliance-driven fire barrier management.
• Develop and oversee centralized compliance for life safety drawings, Statement of Conditions (SOC), and electronic compliance platforms.
• Oversee preventive and predictive maintenance of all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems using CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems).
• Provide expert-level troubleshooting and root cause analysis on complex utility failures, energy distribution imbalances, and environmental system deficiencies.
• Manage utility failure response drills and real-time recovery strategies for mission-critical hospital functions (e.g., surgery, ICU, imaging).
• Integrate HVAC infection control measures (e.g., pressure relationships, filtration, ASHRAE 170 compliance) to support clinical operations.
• Conduct advanced risk assessments related to fire safety, hazardous materials, emergency power, Legionella/waterborne pathogens, and energy reliability.
• Attend the Environment of Care/Life Safety Committee, ensuring cross-disciplinary alignment with clinical, emergency preparedness, and infection prevention leaders.
• Oversee construction and renovation projects for compliance with Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM), Infection Control Risk Assessments (ICRA), and Preconstruction Risk Assessments (PCRA).
• Partner with a multidisciplinary facilities team (engineering, maintenance, electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, safety officers) with a culture of technical mastery and accountability.
• Mentor leaders in facility operations, succession planning, and advanced compliance methodologies.
• Collaborate with external engineering consultants, regulatory inspectors, and contractors on design, construction, and code interpretation.
• Act as the executive technical advisor to C-suite leadership on infrastructure risk, capital investment, and environmental resilience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• 10+ years progressive leadership in healthcare Facilities, life safety, and building systems engineering.
• Demonstrated mastery of hospital utility systems, including emergency power, chilled water, steam distribution, BAS/EMS, and medical gas.
• Expert knowledge of NFPA codes, ASHRAE standards, NEC, FGI Guidelines, OSHA, EPA, and state/local healthcare regulations.
• Mastery of system redundancy, failure mode effects analysis (FMEA), and root cause analysis methodologies.