Healthcare Construction Project Lead

Jobtailor; Connecticut; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Connecticut seeks a Healthcare Construction Project Manager to oversee planning, design, and construction of clinical facilities. You will coordinate across hospital admins, facilities teams, and contractors to ensure safe, compliant delivery of projects.

Responsibilities include managing schedules and budgets, maintaining regulatory permits, and coordinating with clinical end-users. On-site work and travel to facilities are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the central liaison among hospital admins, clinical departments, facility management, architects/engineers, contractors, infection control professionals, and regulatory agencies.
• Coordinate healthcare construction and renovation projects from planning through closeout.
• Build and maintain relationships with medical staff, facilities teams, and executive leadership.
• Coordinate ICRA protocols and interim life safety measures in occupied healthcare facilities.
• Facilitate design reviews with clinical end-users.
• Maintain project data, schedules, budgets, milestone dates, RFIs, submittals, change orders, and status updates.
• Track design approvals, regulatory permits, facility licenses, and certifications.
• Prepare project reports, dashboards, meeting minutes, agendas, and executive summaries.
• Ensure documentation complies with Joint Commission standards, FGI Guidelines, and state healthcare facility licensing requirements.
• Review construction drawings and specifications for healthcare code, infection control, and operational compliance.
• Inspect construction quality and progress, including medical gas systems and critical MEP infrastructure.
• Coordinate utility shutdowns and construction phasing to minimize disruption to clinical operations.
• Oversee contractor performance and adherence to healthcare safety protocols.
• Support project budget development, contingency planning, schedule monitoring, cost estimates, change orders, and payment applications.
• Identify risks and support mitigation strategies related to patient safety, infection control, and operational continuity.
• Support medical equipment planning, coordination, and commissioning.
• Escalate blockers, delays, and missing dependencies to ensure milestones and deliverables are met.

Skills

Healthcare Construction Project Mgmt

ICRA Protocol Coordination

Regulatory Compliance

Project Mgmt Systems Proficiency

Strong Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CM/Engineering/Architecture/PM

Tools

MS Project

Smartsheet

Procore

Excel

MS Office Suite

AI Tools

Architectural Drawing Interpretation

MEP Drawing Interpretation

Job description

Jobtailor in Connecticut seeks a Healthcare Construction Project Manager to oversee planning, design, and construction of clinical facilities. You will coordinate across hospital admins, facilities teams, and contractors to ensure safe, compliant delivery of projects.

Responsibilities include managing schedules and budgets, maintaining regulatory permits, and coordinating with clinical end-users. On-site work and travel to facilities are required.