Physical Environment Surveyor

All locations
  • Houston, TX, United States
  • Austin, TX, United States
  • Chalfont, PA, United States
  • Cincinnati, OH, United States
  • Columbus, OH, United States
  • Detroit, MI, United States
  • Medford, MA, United States
  • Newark, NJ, United States
  • Phoenix, AZ, United States
  • Dallas, TX, United States
Business:
Supply Chain & Product Assurance
Position type:
Full Time
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Overview

About us

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence.

As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.

About the role

DNV's Healthcare Division is seeking to fill the role of Physical Environment (PE) Surveyor. This position can be remote from anywhere in the Continental U.S with travel to customer sites up to 100% of the time

DNV's Healthcare Division is the vanguard of quality improvement in the healthcare industry through promoting adoption and ensuring compliance with internationally recognized ISO 9001 quality management and NIAHO accreditation standards. Our teams of highly qualified healthcare professionals work as trusted partners with providers nationwide to ensure the highest quality and safest care.

What you’ll do:

  • Participate as a member of the healthcare survey team ensuring provider compliance with the guidelines, principles and written instructions established by DNV.
  • Work independently to survey healthcare organizations throughout the United States.
  • Apply analysis and reasoning skills to determine healthcare organizations’ degree of compliance with applicable standards and ISO principles.
  • Prepares management reports linked to standard nonconformities with potential system(s) vulnerabilities and related organizational risk points.
  • Effectively communicates (constructive and collegial) and engages with healthcare organization staff in interactive dialogues on standards-based issues to assess compliance and to identify opportunities for improving compliance.
  • Where applicable, supervise the work and provide guidance and/or training to other survey team members.
  • Attend monthly educational calls.
  • Complete all required ongoing training and educational requirements.
  • Participates in other DNV activities as assigned.

What we offer

  • Generous Paid Time Off (Vacation, Company Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick, and Disability).
  • Multiple Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefit Plans to choose from.
  • Spending Accounts - FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, Company-Seeded HSA.
  • 401(K) with company match.
  • Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits.
  • Education reimbursement program.
  • Employer-Paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace.
  • Flexible work schedule with hybrid/remote opportunities.

Benefits may vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election

How We Do It:

We Care, We Dare, We Share

DNV is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit or business need, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

DNV is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. US applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact the North America Recruitment department (hrrecruitment.northamerica@dnv.com). Information received relating to accommodations will be addressed confidentially.

DNV is proud to announce being named one of Houston's best places to work in the 2022 Houston Business Journal - Best Places to Work competition.

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About DNV

Careers in DNV

As required by the Pay Transparency laws in Colorado, New York City, California, Washington, and Connecticut, DNV provides a reasonable compensation range for roles that may be hired in those locations. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. For the states of Colorado, New York City, NY, California, Washington, and Connecticut only, the range of starting pay for this role is $90000- $100000

Deadline to apply: April 24, 2024 - July 26, 2024

*Immigration-related employment benefits, for example visa sponsorship, are not available for this position*

About you

What is required

  • High School Diploma or GED.
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience within the healthcare environment or related field such as Safety, NFPA/Life Safety, OSHA, etc.
  • Excellent customer service skills.
  • Ethical standards.
  • Willingness and ability to travel to customer sites up to 100% of the time, including mostly overnight stays and U.S. travel often outside of normal working hours and occasional weekends.
  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills:(i.e. critical thinking, interpersonal, problem solving, interviewing, teamwork, organizational, analytical empathetic, able to communicate effectively, respond calmly, and make decisions when assessing practices and procedures against the DNV accreditation or certification requirements.)
  • Affable style (nice)
  • Valid driver’s license and be able to rent and drive a car and travel on public conveyances, when required.
  • We conduct a pre-employment background check and drug screen.

What is Preferred

  • Bachelor’s degree in healthcare or related field of study
  • NIAHO Standards Application
  • ISO 9001 Experience
  • Working efficiency in MS Office
  • Ability to speak comfortably in public.
  • Auditor experience and standards
  • Professional experience within facilities management including safety.
  • programs, risk and/or quality control assessment and/or improvement, and knowledge of the Life Safety Code/NFPA
  • Prior experience with medical equipment/clinical engineering.
  • Experience with infection prevention
  • Experience with behavioral health

Physical Abilities:

  • Work in settings with infectious diseases
  • Ability to adapt to a changing environment and handle multiple priorities.
  • Willing and able to walk and stand for long periods of time, walking lengthy distances, lifting, climbing, stooping, pushing, and pulling in order to adequately inspect and observe all medical facilities, equipment and procedures, and any areas where cleanliness may affect the possibility of infection, including areas of a healthcare facility from floor-to-floor either by stairs or elevator.
  • Able to lift and carry up to 25 lbs., in addition to transporting one’s own luggage and computer for multiple-day travel and push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop and kneel with that which is lifted, carried or transported.
  • Able to maneuver through airport settings and all other traveling requirements.

Benefits

Profit Share

You’ll be part of our global profit share scheme that means we all share in our success as a business. If we profit, so do you. This will be part of our Total Compensation approach each year and depends on our year-end results.

Personal Development

You’ll have a lot of opportunities to learn and grow. Whether it’s building your network, having resources to plan and realise your career goals or enjoying genuine freedom to satisfy your curiosity, we’ll make sure you’re always growing and developing

Purpose-led organization

You become part of a world-leading company where we know and live our purpose; to safeguard life, property, and the environment, with the opportunity to tackle global change through your work.

401(k)

DNV provides the option for eligible employees to enroll in our professional managed 401(k) plan. We’ll match up to a percentage of employee elected investment, which will become fully vested after a few years.

Healthcare and more

You’ll have multiple medical plans to choose from including Dental, Vision, RX plans, AD&D, Critical Illness, ST/LT Disability, Paid Parental Leave, Virtual TalkSpace Therapy.

Additional benefits

ID theft protection, generous PTO accrual, company paid holidays, discounted pet insurance, charitable donation matching, additional vacation hours purchase plan, commuter benefits, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), tuition reimbursement.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At DNV, our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is not only an ethical choice, but also a business decision.

Diversity, fairness, and a sense of belonging are a source of strength for our people, our business, and our customers, and help us to deliver on our purpose, vision, and values.

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Working here

Since 1864 we’ve been dedicated to safeguarding life, property and the environment. Today we remain at the forefront of new technologies and techniques to help our customers transform for a more sustainable future.

At DNV you can expect to deliver career and industry defining work. You’ll be given the time to build your network, the resources to support your development, and the freedom to satisfy your curiosity and desire to learn.

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Please beware of recruitment scams that pretend to be from DNV or its employees. We will never ask you to pay any fees or make any payments as part of our recruitment process. If you see any suspicious communication or activity related to DNV or its job openings, please stay vigilant. Do not respond to any requests that ask you to pay money or share sensitive information and report to your local authority if necessary.