Infection Prevention & Control Manager

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Reports to: Senior Project Manager

Location: Red Deer, AB

Position Description

The Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Manager provides leadership, coordination, and oversight of infection prevention and control requirements for construction activities, with particular focus on projects within active healthcare and other infection-sensitive environments. The IPAC Manger works collaboratively with project and field leadership, HSE, quality, trade partners, design teams, commissioning teams, and the client’s Infection Prevention and Control representatives to identify infection-control risks and establish appropriate controls throughout planning, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout. 

The role is responsible for coordinating Infection Control Risk Assessments (ICRAs), developing and monitoring project-specific infection-control plans, supporting construction sequencing and phasing, and verifying that required environmental controls are established and maintained. The IPAC Manager provides technical guidance to project teams and trade partners and promotes consistent implementation of infection prevention and control requirements across the project. This position requires CSA Z317.13.22 training.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Provide project leadership and subject matter expertise related to infection prevention and control during construction.
• Establish and maintain the project-specific Infection Prevention and Control program in alignment with contractual requirements, applicable standards, client requirements, and project procedures.
• Lead Infection Control Risk Assessments (ICRAs), identify construction-related infection risks, and establish appropriate mitigation and monitoring measures.
• Serve as a primary project resource for construction-related IPAC requirements.
• Work closely with the client’s IPAC representatives to coordinate requirements, reviews, inspections, approvals, and issue resolution.
• Integrate infection-control requirements into construction planning and day-to-day project execution.
• Promote awareness and accountability for infection prevention and control among project personnel and trade partners.
• Monitor changing project conditions and ensure infection-control measures remain appropriate for the work being performed.
• Evaluate construction activities based on the nature of the work, location, adjacent occupancies, patient populations, and potential infection-control risks.
• Reassess infection-control risks when project scope, sequencing, site conditions, or adjacent operations change.
• Maintain ICRA documentation and ensure required controls are incorporated into work planning.
• Reassess infection-control risks when project scope, sequencing, site conditions, or adjacent operations change.
• Participate in preconstruction and pre-activity planning for work with elevated infection-control risk.
• Develop, maintain, and implement project-specific Infection Prevention and Control plans and procedures.
• Translate client, contractual, and regulatory requirements into practical construction controls.
• Establish requirements for barriers, pressure relationships, access, housekeeping, dust control, debris removal, material movement, temporary conditions, and other infection-control measures.
• Coordinate IPAC requirements with project logistics, phasing, scheduling, and shutdown planning.
• Verify appropriate installation and maintenance of temporary construction barriers and containment systems.
• Coordinate requirements for negative pressure and other pressure relationships where required.
• Coordinate use and maintenance of HEPA filtration and other temporary air-management equipment.
• Establish controls for construction dust, debris, moisture, and contaminants.
• Coordinate appropriate construction access routes and movement of workers, materials, equipment, and waste.
• Coordinate construction activities with hospital or healthcare operations where work occurs within or adjacent to occupied areas.
• Understand the potential impact of construction activities on patients, staff, visitors, and clinical operations.
• Participate in coordination meetings involving clinical, facilities, infection-control, and construction stakeholders.
• Escalate conditions that could create unacceptable infection-control risk.
• Conduct routine inspections of construction areas to verify compliance with established IPAC requirements.
• Maintain inspection and monitoring records in accordance with project requirements.
• Participate in joint inspections with client IPAC representatives and other stakeholders.
• Communicate infection-control requirements to trade partners before work begins.
• Promote shared accountability for maintaining required infection-control conditions.
• Develop and deliver project-specific infection prevention and control orientation and training.
• Develop practical reference materials, signage, and communication tools.
• Conduct refresher training when requirements change or performance issues are identified.

Qualifications

• Degree, diploma, or recognized education in Infection Prevention and Control, Occupational Health, Environmental Health, Public Health, Construction Management, Engineering, Building Sciences, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience supporting infection prevention and control within construction, healthcare, facilities, or another infection-sensitive environment.
• Knowledge of construction-related Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) principles and practices.
• Understanding of construction containment, pressure relationships, HEPA filtration, dust control, environmental monitoring, and related engineering controls.
• Knowledge of healthcare construction, renovation, commissioning, or facilities operations is strongly preferred.
• Experience conducting inspections, documenting findings, and managing corrective actions
• Strong understanding of the interaction between construction activities and occupied healthcare environments.
• Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with construction professionals, healthcare personnel, technical specialists, and trade partners.

Physical Demands

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands, talk, and hear. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and frequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performance of the required duties require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. The employee is required to be mobile, and the employee regularly travels both short and long distances via a variety of conveyances. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office or remote setting. The noise in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate in an office setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works at construction work sites where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes, or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The noise in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws. 

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