Construction Project Manager - Rex Construction

National Association of Women in Construction; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 53,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Rex is seeking a Construction Project Manager in Raleigh, NC to oversee hospital construction, renovations, and upgrades. The role involves coordinating schedules, budgets, and documentation across in-house teams and contractors to ensure projects meet clinical and operational needs.

Responsibilities include guiding design coordination, contract negotiation with design consultants, change orders, and ensuring compliance with hospital standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction management for healthcare, powerplants, or institutional buildings is strongly preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret design drawings and specifications.
• Knowledge of building codes and standards applicable to hospital construction.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate work schedules for in-house trades and contractors on in-house projects.
• Evaluate and troubleshoot technical, system and construction problems in facilities.
• Implement project scope, determine budget and schedule; coordinate with architects and consultants.
• Provide construction management for renovations and new construction, including change orders and inspections.
• Represent the owner's interests; maintain project documentation and turnover to operations.
• Support department operations, budgeting, and project design development.

Skills

Construction management

Reading drawings

Building codes

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Job description

UNC Health Rex is hiring a Construction Project Manager to join their team in Raleigh, NC!

Summary

Responsible for oversight of development, implementation, coordination, schedule, budget, documentation, turnover, and compliance of construction, renovation, upgrade, replacement, and repair projects involving buildings, grounds, facilities, and infrastructure for the UNC Health Care System.

Experience in Construction (healthcare, powerplants, residential apartment complex/neighborhoods, institutional buildings construction, etc.) is strongly preferred. Salary Range: $38.17 - $54.88 per hour (Hiring Range). Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Responsibilities

1. Coordinate work schedule for In-House trades and Contractors working on in-house projects. Coordinate project schedules, deliveries, installations, and inspections with requesting Department and Plant Engineering trades.
2. Evaluate, troubleshoot, analyze and manage the correction of technical, system and construction problems in newly constructed and renovated buildings, including negotiation of warranty issues.
3. Implement approved scope of project and determine budget and schedule limitations. Interview, select and negotiate fees with architects and engineering design consultants. Coordinate project design with hospital departments and design consultants to ensure adequacy of design and conformance with hospital design standards. Review, evaluate and prepare comments on consultant’s designs. Bid project and negotiate the contract for construction.
4. Provide construction management services for hospital renovation and construction projects, including scheduling and coordination of construction activities with hospital staff and contractors, negotiation and approval of change orders, monitoring and approving construction schedules and budgets, and inspecting work for conformance with user needs and jurisdictional requirements. Ensure project budget is maintained and that items such as costs, schedule changes, scope changes, and issues are communicated to upper management. Ensure operational impacts to the Hospital and to Operations are clearly defined, scheduled appropriately, and manned adequately. Ensure open and direct communications with all departments affected throughout the project, including all direct project support and ancillary departments.
5. Represent the interests of UNC Health Care and act as the Owner’s representative on all aspects of the project. Generate and maintain all project related documentation for Hospital policy compliance such as Risk Assessments, project inspection logs, project inspections by State and Federal agencies, and any credentialing agencies. Establish and oversee all project turnovers to Operations. Ensure all required closeout documentation and materials are received.
6. Support Department operations, planning, budgeting, and implementation. Oversee project design and development of projects.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

• No licensure or certification required.

Professional Experience Requirements

• If Bachelor's degree: Six (6) years of progressive experience in construction administration, building construction, or project engineering in institutional buildings. If Associate's degree: Ten (10) years of progressive experience in construction administration, building construction, or project engineering in institutional buildings. If High School Diploma or GED: Fourteen (14) years of progressive experience in construction administration, building construction, or project engineering in institutional buildings.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

• Skilled in the application of construction management practices, in reading and interpreting design drawings and specifications. Demonstrated knowledge of the principles, practices, and standards associated with building construction, project management, and building codes.