Director - Planning Design & Construction

trinityhealth; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Trinity Health seeks a senior construction leader to supervise department-based project delivery and program management. You will direct daily functions, lead strategic initiatives, and ensure alignment with governance, safety, and quality standards across multiple sites.

You will oversee capital planning, coordination with executive leaders, and the go-live of major projects, including renovations and new facilities, while managing budgets and schedules with a focus on compliance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, or business.
• Experience managing construction projects.
• Experience with budgeting and cost reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead major construction projects and master planning initiatives.
• Coordinate with architects, contractors, and stakeholders to align programs.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Oversee safety programs and infection control during construction activities.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Budgeting

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management, or Business

Job description

Employment Type:
Full time Shift:

Description:

PURPOSE : Frontline, department-based; Supervises daily functions of assigned department; Provides clear direction & manages / advances people, processes, structures &/or programs that support direct / indirect care. The leader demonstrates behaviors in alignment with culture & creates / supports comprehensive strategies & measures progress to achieve desired outcomes.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Our Trinity Health Culture: Knows, understands, incorporates & demonstrates our Trinity Health Mission, Values, Vision, Actions & Promise in behaviors, practices & decisions.

Leadership

• Providing advice, guidance, and leadership to RHM and Region leaders in developing strategies and in the achievement of performance goals.
• Enable Collaboration across and within service area, RHM, and Regions to ensure consistency and integration of strategy and operations

Direction and Growth

• Providing advice, guidance, and leadership to service area, functional area, and RHM.
• Leading standardization/systems and optimization of policy, process, methodology, establishing a national community of practice.
• Oversee Vendor/Contract Labor Management including centralizing strategy and optimizing spend.

Strategic Support & Accountability

• Collaborates in system-wide strategy development and deployment of functional area priorities and initiatives.
• Responsible for supporting regional efforts to comply with functional area priorities.
• Accountable for the selection, evaluation, and overall success of the functional leadership teams.
• Organization-wide focal point for establishing functional strategies and governance over financials and staffing.
• Accountable for communication between service area functional area, RHM leader.

Operational Delivery

• Responsible for measuring and reporting KPIs/metrics and value delivery
• Providing advice, guidance, and leadership for the colleague life cycle

Maintains a Working Knowledge of applicable federal, state & local laws / regulations, Trinity Health Integrity & Compliance Program & Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures & guidelines in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical & professional behavior & safe work practices.

Functional Role (not inclusive of titles or advancement career progression)

Leadership responsibility, that includes:

• Working with executive leaders on the development of the annual capital plan and budgets.
• Coordination and oversight of an assigned group of project managers, ensuring all PDC processes are followed, and projects are appropriately managed.
• This position is responsible for managing construction projects.
• This position is responsible for leading major construction projects, to include:
• Plans and coordinates master planning initiatives in the markets.
• Coordinates closely with the Trinity Health approved architects and selects support design partners.
• Coordinate across the leadership teams to ensure the coordination of their programs into the management plans of the projects.
• Responsibility for construction safety programs and infection control for patients and the Environment of Care during construction operations.
• Ensures project reports are delivered in a timely manner to stakeholders.
• Responsible for the recommendation of construction management platforms.
• Performs oversite of multiple small sites/locations or single medium/large sites within a region's health ministry.
• Works to support compliance with Joint Commission, CMMS, OSHA, state Department of Health and other governing bodies.
• Provides coordination and administration of construction/renovation projects, both on and off campus.
• Provides budget cost estimates for in-house projects.
• Prepares facilities planning reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends.
• Facilitates between the design team, end users, leadership and the authorities having jurisdiction to complete design and construction/state permitting and licensure.
• Maintains documentation and prepares reports on construction and renovation projects.
• Manages construction projects to schedule and within budget.
• Responsible for the activation, transition and go-live of assigned projects.
• Coordinates and oversees project components including furniture and equipment procurement, IT, Clinical Engineering, Marketing, and licensure.
• Responsible for implementation of the interim life safety and infection control plans.
• Identifies current and future facilities planning requirements.
• Evaluates facility suitability by inspecting buildings and office areas.
• Assists internal customers, and architects with building and campus design.
• Provides functional supervision to in-house facility engineers.
• Maintains medical center way-finding standards.

Minimum Qualifications

Education / Accreditation / Licensure

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management, or Business or relevant work experience required. Years of experience will be