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Resident Engineer jobs on OPT require active F-1 work authorization through STEM OPT or standard OPT. Most roles sit within construction, infrastructure, or systems integration and expect on-site presence, making employer sponsorship conversations straightforward since the work is inherently U.S.-based.
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Job Description:
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Provides daily physician management and treatment of patients at the Clinic/Practice.
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Provides clinical services to patients, including diagnosis, treatment and referral.
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Participates in the establishment of office policies, procedures and medical protocol necessary to provide physician clinic services.
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Appropriately refers patients to medical specialists.
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Complies with BMA/BCHS policies, procedures and pricing.
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Utilizes program forms/computer system for charting.
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Complies with case management protocols.
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Agrees to assist with the clinic/practice’s quality assurance and quality improvement plan.
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Works with Administration to ensure that the program operates in a manner consistent with appropriate medical policy and current professional standards in specific area of care.
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Participates in community events and periodic public relations calls as time permits. It is understood that, on occasion, these duties may fall outside of regularly scheduled office hours.
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Maintains appropriate telephone contact with patients, payers and pharmacies.
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Performs physical exams to include, but not limited to: Routine Examinations, Department of Transportation (DOT) examinations, Post-Offer Examinations, Executive Physicals, Commercial Drivers License (CDL), Annual Examinations, and School/Sport Physicals.
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May serve as Medical Review Officer (MRO) for drug screens.
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May serve as Director for on-site Laboratory services if applicable to specific site.
Key Accountabilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Daily physician management and treatment of patients.
- Directs appropriate clinical services, tests and referrals.
- Performs physical exams and develops treatment plan.
- Maintains appropriate telephone contact with patients, payers and pharmacies.
Compliance:
- Complies with BCHS policies, procedures and pricing.
- Complies with clinical protocols.
- Complies with quality assurance and quality improvement.
- Participates in chart reviews and staff education when appropriate and maintains continuing education requirements.
Policies and Procedures:
- Works with administration to help assure that the management program operates within appropriate medical policies and procedures.
- Gives feedback regarding treatment protocols.
- Participates in community events and public relations when appropriate.
Standards of Conduct:
Communication: The goal of good communication is being committed to listening attentively to our customers to fully understand their needs. It is speaking in terms customers can easily understand to deliver messages with courtesy, clarity and care. This includes face-to-face encounters, telephone and email.
Confidentiality/Privacy: It is the responsibility of all Baptist Medical Associates employees to protect our patients’ privacy and modesty by creating a secure and trusting environment.
Professionalism/Excellence Orientation: Professionalism and Excellence Orientation refer to the way in which our employees work to meet our customers’ needs and further the mission of the hospital.
Ownership/Stewardship: The work we do is a reflection of ourselves. Ownership and Stewardship mean taking PRIDE in what we do and demonstrating a sense of responsibility for the outcomes of our work and job.
Teamwork/Commitment to Co-Workers: We rely on each other to give the best possible service and care to our patients, visitors, coworkers and physicians. Respect and collaboration are essential Baptist Medical Associates values.
Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required:
- Current valid & unrestricted license to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- Current valid & unrestricted DEA registration number.
- Eligible at all times to be insured for professional liability insurance.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in appropriate specialty.
- BCLS required.
Skills and Abilities Required:
- Excellent understanding of limits and appropriate supervision.
- Ability to collaborate with other departments.
- Assist the surgeon in the office and operating room until all patients have been taken care of.
- Familiarity with laws and state regulations relation to advanced nursing practice.
- Desires to maintain high level of quality of care.
- Promote application of research to clinical setting.
Physical Requirements:
- Strength - Position requires ability to occasionally lift objects less than 20 pounds or push/pull carts in excess of 20 pounds.
- Manual Dexterity - Position requires ability to constantly perform simple motor skills such as moving from area to area in the building, on campus and off campus. Position requires ability to frequently perform moderately difficult manipulative skills such as typing, data entry.
- Coordination - Position requires ability to constantly perform gross body movement such as stooping, filing, etc., and constantly to perform tasks, which require hand-eye coordination such as keyboard skills.
- Mobility - Position requires ability to frequently move from department to department, building to building, and to sit for prolonged periods of time.
- Visual Discrimination - Position requires ability to constantly see objects closely as in reading and viewing paper records and computer screen.
- Hearing - Position requires ability to constantly hear normal sounds with some background noise as in answering the telephone.
Mental Requirements:
- Concentration - Position requires ability to constantly concentrate on minimal and fine detail with some interruption.
- Attention Span - Position requires ability to frequently attend to task/function for more than 60 minutes at a time and to frequently attend to task/function for less than 10 minutes at a time.
- Conceptualization - Position requires ability to frequently understand and relate to concepts behind specific ideas, to frequently understand and relate to the theories behind several related concepts.
- Memory - Position requires ability to constantly remember multiple tasks/functions given to self and others over long periods of time.
- Communication - Position requires ability to constantly communicate verbally and in writing using advanced level vocabulary and advanced writing skills. Ability to communicate in reassuring fashion with patients and families.
- Clerical perception needed to prevent errors in proofreading prescription labels and other work performed by others.
Working and Environmental Conditions:
Position requires exposure to infectious or communicable diseases, biohazardous and/or chemical materials.
Category A – Job classification employee may be expected to incur occupational exposure.
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Summary
Job Description:
-
Provides daily physician management and treatment of patients at the Clinic/Practice.
-
Provides clinical services to patients, including diagnosis, treatment and referral.
-
Participates in the establishment of office policies, procedures and medical protocol necessary to provide physician clinic services.
-
Appropriately refers patients to medical specialists.
-
Complies with BMA/BCHS policies, procedures and pricing.
-
Utilizes program forms/computer system for charting.
-
Complies with case management protocols.
-
Agrees to assist with the clinic/practice’s quality assurance and quality improvement plan.
-
Works with Administration to ensure that the program operates in a manner consistent with appropriate medical policy and current professional standards in specific area of care.
-
Participates in community events and periodic public relations calls as time permits. It is understood that, on occasion, these duties may fall outside of regularly scheduled office hours.
-
Maintains appropriate telephone contact with patients, payers and pharmacies.
-
Performs physical exams to include, but not limited to: Routine Examinations, Department of Transportation (DOT) examinations, Post-Offer Examinations, Executive Physicals, Commercial Drivers License (CDL), Annual Examinations, and School/Sport Physicals.
-
May serve as Medical Review Officer (MRO) for drug screens.
-
May serve as Director for on-site Laboratory services if applicable to specific site.
Key Accountabilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Daily physician management and treatment of patients.
- Directs appropriate clinical services, tests and referrals.
- Performs physical exams and develops treatment plan.
- Maintains appropriate telephone contact with patients, payers and pharmacies.
Compliance:
- Complies with BCHS policies, procedures and pricing.
- Complies with clinical protocols.
- Complies with quality assurance and quality improvement.
- Participates in chart reviews and staff education when appropriate and maintains continuing education requirements.
Policies and Procedures:
- Works with administration to help assure that the management program operates within appropriate medical policies and procedures.
- Gives feedback regarding treatment protocols.
- Participates in community events and public relations when appropriate.
Standards of Conduct:
Communication: The goal of good communication is being committed to listening attentively to our customers to fully understand their needs. It is speaking in terms customers can easily understand to deliver messages with courtesy, clarity and care. This includes face-to-face encounters, telephone and email.
Confidentiality/Privacy: It is the responsibility of all Baptist Medical Associates employees to protect our patients’ privacy and modesty by creating a secure and trusting environment.
Professionalism/Excellence Orientation: Professionalism and Excellence Orientation refer to the way in which our employees work to meet our customers’ needs and further the mission of the hospital.
Ownership/Stewardship: The work we do is a reflection of ourselves. Ownership and Stewardship mean taking PRIDE in what we do and demonstrating a sense of responsibility for the outcomes of our work and job.
Teamwork/Commitment to Co-Workers: We rely on each other to give the best possible service and care to our patients, visitors, coworkers and physicians. Respect and collaboration are essential Baptist Medical Associates values.
Minimum Education, Training and Experience Required:
- Current valid & unrestricted license to practice in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- Current valid & unrestricted DEA registration number.
- Eligible at all times to be insured for professional liability insurance.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in appropriate specialty.
- BCLS required.
Skills and Abilities Required:
- Excellent understanding of limits and appropriate supervision.
- Ability to collaborate with other departments.
- Assist the surgeon in the office and operating room until all patients have been taken care of.
- Familiarity with laws and state regulations relation to advanced nursing practice.
- Desires to maintain high level of quality of care.
- Promote application of research to clinical setting.
Physical Requirements:
- Strength - Position requires ability to occasionally lift objects less than 20 pounds or push/pull carts in excess of 20 pounds.
- Manual Dexterity - Position requires ability to constantly perform simple motor skills such as moving from area to area in the building, on campus and off campus. Position requires ability to frequently perform moderately difficult manipulative skills such as typing, data entry.
- Coordination - Position requires ability to constantly perform gross body movement such as stooping, filing, etc., and constantly to perform tasks, which require hand-eye coordination such as keyboard skills.
- Mobility - Position requires ability to frequently move from department to department, building to building, and to sit for prolonged periods of time.
- Visual Discrimination - Position requires ability to constantly see objects closely as in reading and viewing paper records and computer screen.
- Hearing - Position requires ability to constantly hear normal sounds with some background noise as in answering the telephone.
Mental Requirements:
- Concentration - Position requires ability to constantly concentrate on minimal and fine detail with some interruption.
- Attention Span - Position requires ability to frequently attend to task/function for more than 60 minutes at a time and to frequently attend to task/function for less than 10 minutes at a time.
- Conceptualization - Position requires ability to frequently understand and relate to concepts behind specific ideas, to frequently understand and relate to the theories behind several related concepts.
- Memory - Position requires ability to constantly remember multiple tasks/functions given to self and others over long periods of time.
- Communication - Position requires ability to constantly communicate verbally and in writing using advanced level vocabulary and advanced writing skills. Ability to communicate in reassuring fashion with patients and families.
- Clerical perception needed to prevent errors in proofreading prescription labels and other work performed by others.
Working and Environmental Conditions:
Position requires exposure to infectious or communicable diseases, biohazardous and/or chemical materials.
Category A – Job classification employee may be expected to incur occupational exposure.
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Resident Engineer
Target infrastructure-heavy employers first
Large engineering and construction firms, transit agencies, and utilities regularly hire Resident Engineers and have established OPT onboarding processes. These employers file Labor Condition Applications routinely, making OPT-to-H-1B visa transitions more predictable than at smaller firms.
Emphasize your on-site availability clearly
Resident Engineers are expected to be physically present at project sites. Explicitly stating your local availability and willingness to be on-site removes a common employer hesitation about hiring international students on work authorization.
Apply before your OPT start date if possible
Many employers need four to eight weeks to process paperwork for OPT hires. Starting your search two to three months before your OPT begins gives you a realistic runway to receive an offer and complete onboarding on time.
Know your STEM OPT extension eligibility
Engineering degrees in civil, mechanical, electrical, and systems disciplines typically qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Confirming your program's CIP code eligibility before interviews lets you confidently discuss your three-year total authorization window.
Connect your degree field directly to the role
OPT authorization must align with your degree field. When applying, make clear how your engineering degree maps to Resident Engineer duties like construction oversight, quality control, or systems commissioning to satisfy both employers and your DSO.
Prepare your employment verification documents in advance
Have your EAD card, I-20 with OPT authorization, and university DSO contact details ready before any offer is extended. Employers unfamiliar with OPT move faster when you remove uncertainty by presenting complete documentation proactively.
Resident Engineer OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Resident Engineer on OPT?
Yes, provided your OPT is authorized for your engineering degree field and the Resident Engineer role falls within that field. Most Resident Engineer positions in civil, mechanical, or systems engineering align directly with qualifying STEM degrees, making OPT authorization straightforward. Confirm the fit with your DSO before accepting an offer.
Do Resident Engineer employers commonly sponsor OPT students?
Infrastructure contractors, transit agencies, and engineering consulting firms hire OPT students regularly because Resident Engineer roles require on-site U.S. presence, making international remote workarounds impractical. Employers in these sectors are generally familiar with OPT documentation requirements. Migrate Mate lists Resident Engineer roles specifically from employers open to OPT candidates, so you can filter for those opportunities directly.
Does a Resident Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree's CIP code, not the job title itself. If your engineering degree is listed on the STEM Designated Degree Program list, and your Resident Engineer duties substantively relate to that field, you qualify for the 24-month extension. Check your I-20's CIP code against the official STEM list and confirm with your DSO.
What happens if my OPT expires mid-project?
Your employer would need to file an H-1B petition or another nonimmigrant work visa to keep you on. For Resident Engineers, employers often pursue H-1B sponsorship because replacing someone mid-project carries real operational cost. Proactively discuss the H-1B timeline with your employer well before your OPT end date to avoid a gap in authorization.
How do I find Resident Engineer jobs that accept OPT students?
Standard job boards rarely filter for OPT eligibility, which means significant time spent applying to roles where sponsorship was never an option. Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and surfaces Resident Engineer roles from employers who have sponsored work visas before, so you can focus your applications where authorization is genuinely on the table.