Facilities Project Manager

Lifespan; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 78,416 - 129,355; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health System seeks a capable Capital Project Manager to lead construction initiatives across healthcare facilities. You will oversee budgets, schedules, and contracts, ensuring work complies with codes and standards while coordinating with architects, engineers, and campus stakeholders.

This role emphasizes space planning, department move management, and collaboration with Brown University Health departments to deliver projects on time and within budget, supporting patient care

Qualifications

• Construction, design, and project management knowledge.
• Budget and scheduling coordination with consultants and contracts.
• Interpersonal communication with hospital personnel and outside contractors.

Responsibilities

• Develop project budget and schedule with consultants and contracts.
• Work with architects/engineers on construction documents.
• Ensure construction quality and client satisfaction.
• Monitor budgets, bills, and project finances; control expenditures.
• Coordinate hospital trades and outside contractors to meet timelines.
• Review bid proposals and advise on selections.
• Assist planning of hospital facilities and services; propose improvements.
• Collaborate with planning resources and prepare donor/submission materials.

Skills

Construction knowledge

Facilities management

Communication with stakeholders

Education

Bachelor’s degree in architectural/electrical/mechanical engineering

Tools

CADD systems

Engineering management software

Job description

Summary

Under the general direction of the Director, Capital Project and in collaboration with the departments Administrative Director, the role controls how projects are implemented to satisfy the client’s programmatic needs and meet schedule and fiscal needs. It is responsible for construction methodology, contract management, and day‑to‑day management of projects. The manager ensures all projects, whether designed in‑house or by outside consulting firms, comply with applicable building codes and regulations. The role serves as the leading individual contributor and coordinator of construction field activities, coordinating construction documents, specific actions, and contracts for routine and complex projects with a focus on space‑planning oversight and department move management for the Brown University Health System.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role‑model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. These values guide everyday actions with patients, customers, and one another.

Core Success Factors

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

Responsibilities

• Development of the budget and schedule for the project, including coordination of consultants and contracts.
• Work with architects and engineers in the development of construction documents.
• Maintain technical quality of construction and client satisfaction.
• Monitor budget, staff time, job costs, and accounting; review invoices/billing; develop and maintain contracts; perform value‑engineering analysis for senior management; prepare funding authorizations; process invoices and control project finances; ensure target dates are met and expenditures remain within budget.
• Recommend improvements or alternatives to maximize the budget.
• Develop and implement quantitative and qualitative standards for the project team.
• Coordinate activities of hospital trades, construction crew personnel, and outside contractors to ensure compliance with specifications and project timelines; ensure appropriate testing is completed and subsequent information is reported.
• Review bid proposals and recommend decisions to the Director, Capital Projects based on bid amount and qualifications.
• Assist departmental trade supervisors and department heads in planning and use of hospital facilities, utilities, equipment, and support services; recommend improvements.
• Collaborate with outside planning resources, manage site‑operation user groups, organize meetings, and prepare materials/presentations to facilitate interaction; follow up with information, data reports, and research as required.
• Obtain approvals from local, state, and federal agencies; participate in commissioning; inspect projects and attend acceptance testing; review test reports before final payment.
• Review specifications of proposed major equipment purchases for compliance with institutional standards and compatibility with existing facilities.
• Partner with Development and Communications staff to prepare graphics and presentation material for donors, grant submissions, fundraising, and public relations.
• Participate in activities that secure funding and approval of projects by business partner management and governing bodies, and regulatory agencies.
• Maintain technical skills and stay current on planning and healthcare industry trends, changes, legislation, and regulation through training courses and seminars.
• Perform additional duties as required, including participation in councils, quality‑improvement teams, and other committees.

Minimum Qualifications

Basic Knowledge

• Construction, construction design, and architectural design knowledge normally acquired in a four‑year bachelor’s degree program in architectural, electrical, or mechanical engineering.
• Understanding of the analysis required to manage physical facilities projects from conceptualization through implementation consistent with defined objectives and approved budgets, with discretion in determining methods to be used.
• Broad professional knowledge to prepare specifications, evaluate and approve specifications prepared by others, and provide professional guidance and direction.
• Working knowledge of computers, CADD systems, and engineering management software to produce construction documents, specifications, and schedules.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local building and construction codes.

Experience

• Minimum of five years of related experience in architectural/construction engineering design, cost estimating, project coordination, and specification writing, and at least one year of practical CADD experience, preferably in a healthcare environment.
• Interpersonal experience effectively communicating the impact of design alternatives, negotiating agreements among project team members, and interacting with all levels of hospital personnel, outside contractors, and consultants.

Supervisory Responsibility

None.

Pay Range

$78,416.00 – $129,355.20

EEO Statement

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location

Rhode Island Hospital – 593 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Work Type

Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 4:00 pm (Day Shift, 8 hours per day, driving required)