Hygiene Department-Level Design/Permitting

NIKA is hiring for a Hygiene Department-Level Design/Permitting to support our client in Weilerbach, Germany. The role is contingent upon contract award.

Named a Top Workplace by the Washington Post, NIKA is a well-established company that is focused on growth within an entrepreneurial environment. We work with governments to operate and manage their real property. Our operations management, engineering, and project management services provide our customers with value and expertise to ensure operational readiness for complex and mission-critical facilities. NIKA benefits include PTO, holidays, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401k matching, and an understanding of work/life balance.

Job Description:

The Hygiene Department-Level Design/Permitting specialist will provide specialized German healthcare hygiene, design-review, and permitting support for designated ROBMC clinical and support departments. The position operates in coordination with the PSO and the architectural design team to ensure that revised department-level designs satisfy both U.S. healthcare practices and German hygiene requirements.

Responsibilities include:

• Work in parallel with the PSO and the architectural firm during redevelopment of revised department-level plans.
• Attend design meetings with medical end users and the Architect.
• Provide hygiene expertise and design input during development of department-level plans.
• Review architectural proposals and recommend modifications to ensure compliance with German hygiene law.
• Prepare amended hygiene permit applications.
• Coordinate with the Kaiserslautern Gesundheitsamt to support hygiene permitting.
• Support redesign and permitting of the OR Department.
• Support redesign and permitting of the Sterile Processing Department.
• Support redesign and permitting of the Labor & Delivery Department.
• Support redesign and permitting of the Highly Infectious Patient Disease Suite.
• Ensure redesigned departments appropriately align with U.S. practices while satisfying German hygiene requirements.
• Revise and resubmit hygiene-related permitting documents following redesign.
• Support redesign of the Logistics Department.
• Address required modifications to the Logistics Department because the existing solution was not appropriately sized or located to support operational logistics requirements.
• Revise and resubmit hygiene-related permitting documents for the Logistics Department to the Gesundheitsamt.

• Recognized and accredited German healthcare hygiene professional (Hygieniker) qualification.
• Knowledge of German healthcare hygiene and infection-prevention requirements.
• Knowledge of the German Infection Protection Act (IfSG) and MedHygVO.
• Knowledge of German hygiene requirements applicable to healthcare facility design and construction.
• Experience evaluating healthcare facility designs for hygiene compliance.
• Experience developing, revising, and submitting hygiene-related permit applications.
• Ability to coordinate with German permitting and public-health authorities.
• Ability to participate effectively in architectural and end-user design meetings.
• Ability to evaluate proposed design solutions and recommend modifications.
• Understanding of U.S. healthcare practices and their integration with German hygiene requirements.
• Ability to prepare technical permitting documentation.
• Strong communication, coordination, and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to work with DHA-FE, the PSO, architects, medical users, and Host Nation authorities.
• Ability to travel as required in support of project and permitting activities.