Construction Project Manager - Healthcare, Life Sciences

Job Title: Construction Project Manager

Location: Austin, TX

Compensation: $100-160k DOE

We are here to lead the transformation of healthcare facilities management by incorporating a new approach to providing services. Created by healthcare, for healthcare, we have a dedicated focus on our people and customers, as well as providing tools, processes, support resources, data analytics and insource strategies that drive results.

The Construction Project Manager will plan, track, and evaluate complex capital projects including scope, schedule and budget within the company's Planning, Design, & Construction organization. This position will assist in developing policies and procedures associated with construction project management to build a standard national framework for construction. The Project Manager will review and assure compliance with all engineering-related safety codes, regulations, and accrediting agencies as they apply to construction in healthcare facilities. This role will be expected to participate in developing and monitoring implementation of Quality Assurance for all construction projects and also has the ability to approach technical design and construction issues, identify alternative solutions, and make recommendations in order to move forward on projects with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities:

Project Planning and Execution- 40%

• Manage the project plans and drive the plans to execution.
• Explain implications of changes to project scope and/or objectives to the client and to the project team
• Lead the team to prioritize signed off project work based on analysis of strategic importance, tasks outstanding, obstacles or barriers, budgets, resources, and deadlines.
• Create, or participate in the creation of, project documentation.
• Manage the client stakeholders, team members, or contract personnel to design a solution and establish associated project time lines and budgets that allow for the delivery of the most strategic functionality within the project constraints.
• Establish and maintain a usable and well-communicated schedule for all phases of a project.
• Determine project roles of team members based on project requirements, time frames and budget.
• When necessary work with external resources in addition to internal resources.
• Define skill sets (competencies) required for the project based on project specifications and requirements
• Determine resource requirements (including staffing, software, hardware, and facilities) of projects, based on project specifications.
• Manages all aspects of the construction process including budget development, the bid process, project acceptance, quality of work including warranty response, schedules, and financial reports.
• Plans, schedules, estimates, and coordinates construction projects with hospital staff, contractors, architects, and engineers.
• Consults with registered architects and professional engineers to assure conformity with customer needs, project requirements, schedules, budgets, safety issues, building codes, The Joint Commission (TJC), and ADA standards.
• Analyzes special circumstances that arise on projects and assists with other construction manager's unusual or difficult problems to solve complex building construction problems.
• Establishes and maintains courteous and cooperative relations with staff, departments, vendors, and customers including providing clear communications to appropriate parties.
• Ensures safety measures are followed for all construction, remodeling, or renovation projects throughout the healthcare facility.

Project Control - 30%

• Manage scope creep through change orders, phased delivery, or other methods to ensure projects deliver on time line, scope, budget, and strategy expectations.
• Evaluate all key project deliverable, as well as final products to ensure traceability of requirements, high quality, and acceptance.
• Responsible for formal sign off on all project deliverable; this will often include coordinating input and involvement from stakeholders.
• Ensure project meets internal and customer expectations with respect to quality, budget, delivery time lines, and strategy.
• Identify, track, manage, and mitigate risk on specific customer engagements; escalate issues when necessary to ensure minimal impact to quality, budget, and time line.
• Create contingency plans with appropriate input from key team members and implement a revised project schedule, scope, or budget in a timely manner, as needed.

Project Communication - 30%

• Work with facilities management leadership to ensure customer achieve an understanding of expectations, deliverable, dependencies, risks, progress, and the bright works development process.
• Create ad hoc customized reporting for the customer or team to secure sign off on deliverable or documentation.
• Use sound judgment in all project communication and ensure that key stakeholders including the team,customer, and management are apprised of project activities in a timely manner.
• Communicate progress, risks, expectations, time lines, milestones and other key project metrics to customers and team members.
• Be prepared to discuss project quality, client and team satisfaction, and project success metrics during regularly scheduled and ad hoc project review meetings with facilities management leadership.
• Track and report weekly on percent complete, budget burn, earned value, slippage, project effort and duration to complete, and other key project metrics.
• Keep an accurate risk tracking document with an associated mitigation plan.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years progressively responsible experience in construction, maintenance, or facilities required 
• Bachelors degree in Construction, Business, Project Management or related field required 
• Graduate degree in relevant field  preferred 
• At least 5 years of healthcare experience preferred 
• CHC/HCC Certified Healthcare Constructor or Healthcare Construction Certificate preferred 
• CAPM Certified Associate in Project Management preferred 
• PMP Project Management Professional preferred 

Benefits

PTO

Medical 

Dental

Vision

401k

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.