Architectural Project Manager - Healthcare

EwingCole; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Hybrid work options

Parental leave

Insurance options

Job summary

EwingCole is seeking an Architectural Project Manager for our Philadelphia office. The role oversees staff, sets workflow, and serves as a primary client contact to drive projects from schematic design through construction documentation with a focus on quality and cost-conscious design.

You will balance client needs with team capabilities, resolve complex issues, and guide resources to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery while maintaining design excellence and firm standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design or Engineering; Master's preferred.
• Professional licensure as a Registered Architect (RA) or Professional Engineer (PE), or NCIDQ certification preferred.
• Experience in project management with strong leadership and client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery from schematic design through construction documents ensuring design intent and technical quality.
• Promote adherence to and improvement of company standards for quality.
• Manage project costs, resources, and schedules to meet client goals and budgets.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Client liaison

Budgeting

Construction administration

Quality assurance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design or Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Description

EwingCole is a nationally recognized architecture, engineering, interior design and planning firm with offices across the country. Our multi-disciplinary practice is built on the core values of professional excellence, design quality and collaboration. We are seeking an Architectural Project Manager to join our Philadelphia office.

The Project Manager is responsible for supervising the staff, establishing the workflow and acting as a consistent point of client contact for projects. This person has the ability to work independently to establish project schedules and budgets and coordinate the efforts of both internal and external members of the team. The Project Manager has a unique talent and ability to interact with clients and employees to resolve complex issues by balancing all aspects of a project and facilitate difficult conversations. This position is responsible for understanding the capabilities of teammates and aligning those abilities with efforts to best meet project goals. The ability to manage project resources to provide a high level of client satisfaction through quality design and cost consciousness with efficiency is essential.

Essential Functions:

This role provides expert leadership in:

• Project Delivery: Progressing project work from schematic design through construction documentation, ensuring design intent and technical quality are maintained
• Quality Standards: Promoting project quality through adherence to and the ongoing improvement of the company standards
• Cost Consciousness: Analyzing construction cost estimates for alignment of design intent and approved budgets and develops alternatives for controlling project costs

Demonstrates advanced skills in:

• Profitability: Effectively managing fees, resources, and the project delivery schedule to ensure the financial health of a project
• Documentation: Guiding the modeling and drawings used to accurately deliver projects
• Construction Administration: Managing the construction phase through responsive coordination with the builder to maintain design intent and contractual requirements
• Sustainability: Conceiving projects with rigor to resolve human and environmental health impacts and meet sustainability goals

Exhibits proficient ability in:

• Building Technology: Applying an understanding of construction methods to building design
• Codes and Accessibility: Ensuring project designs and construction documents fully comply with applicable codes and accessibility standards
• Programming: Progressing exploratory discussions to capture and align quantitative and functional requirements with aspirational and experiential goals
• Planning: Developing effective spatial configuration options through analysis of adjacencies, phasing and expansion
• Representational Skills: Guiding the visualization of design concepts
• Design Generation: Initiating the design approach to distinctive solutions which consider the totality of a project
• Material Research: Selecting quality materials and identifying appropriate applications that consider the lifecycle of the products
• Presenting Narratives: Conveying design vision through engaging and informative presentations to project stakeholders
• Specification Writing: Defining the design intent for material qualitative requirements and performance standards to ensure contractually enforceable and accurate representation of the design

Shows foundational capability in:

• Site Planning: Addressing project, sustainability, and regulatory requirements in the development of sites

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design or Engineering, Masters preferred
• Professional licensure as a Registered Architect or Professional Engineer (P.E.), or NCIDQ certification, preferred

Benefits of Working at EwingCole

Generous paid time off, 401(k) plan with company match, tuition reimbursement, flexible/hybrid work options, paid parental leave, excellent insurance offerings including medical, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, identity protection and more.