Healthcare Project Manager

CORE; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CORE Construction seeks an experienced Healthcare Project Manager to lead healthcare construction projects across Tucson and Southern Arizona, with occasional Mountain West work. You'll manage multiple projects from preconstruction through turnover, focusing on safety, quality, schedule, and budget.

You will coordinate with hospital partners, clinical leaders, and design teams, ensure compliance with healthcare standards, mentor junior staff, and drive client satisfaction on complex occupied

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of commercial construction PM experience, incl. 3+ years healthcare projects
• Experience managing occupied healthcare facilities
• Strong leadership and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple healthcare projects from preconstruction through turnover.
• Manage budgets, schedules, procurement, and financial reporting.
• Review plans for constructability and risk.
• Develop detailed schedules with milestones and critical paths.
• Coordinate with trade partners, safety, and owner expectations.
• Collaborate with Infection Prevention, Facilities/Engineering, and clinical leadership.
• Mentor Assistant PMs and project engineers.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Risk management

Client-service

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management

Related field experience

Tools

MS Project

Bluebeam

Procore

Job description

CORE Construction is seeking an experienced Healthcare Project Manager to lead healthcare construction projects throughout Tucson/Southern Arizona and, as projects require, the broader Mountain West. The role has primary responsibility for the financial, technical, operational, and client-service success of multiple concurrent projects, typically ranging from $500,000 to $50 million.

Projects may include renovations, tenant improvements, additions, expansions, and new construction within hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging facilities, laboratories, medical office buildings, clinics, rural and critical-access facilities, tribal healthcare environments, and other occupied or operational healthcare settings.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Project Management & Financial Performance

• Lead multiple healthcare projects from preconstruction and planning through construction, commissioning, closeout, turnover, and owner training.
• Maintain responsibility for project budgets, General Conditions, cost forecasts, schedules, procurement plans, project controls, change management, pay applications, and financial reporting.
• Review plans, specifications, and contract documents for constructability, scope coordination, sequencing, completeness, and risk.
• Develop detailed schedules incorporating trade activities, owner milestones, inspections, shutdowns, equipment installations, commissioning, licensing requirements, and turnover.
• Negotiate and administer subcontracts and purchase orders; manage trade‑partner performance, procurement, submittals, RFIs, and closeout documentation.
• Partner closely with the Superintendent and field leadership to align safety, quality, schedule, budget, logistics, and owner expectations.
• Coordinate architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire‑protection, controls, and specialty healthcare systems.

Healthcare Construction & Operational Coordination

• Lead construction planning within occupied and operational healthcare environments while maintaining continuity of patient care and facility operations.
• Coordinate Preconstruction Risk Assessment (PCRA), ICRA 2.0, infection‑control barriers, negative‑air and HEPA requirements, protected pathways, construction access, and interim life‑safety measures (ILSM).
• Plan critical shutdowns, utility interruptions, tie‑ins, demolition, above‑ceiling work, temporary conditions, emergency egress, and fire/life‑safety activities with facility stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Infection Prevention, Facilities/Engineering, clinical leadership, Security, Risk Management, Safety, design teams, equipment vendors, authorities having jurisdiction, and other project partners.
• Manage coordination of medical equipment and specialty systems such as imaging, medical gas, nurse call, controls, TAB, commissioning, inspections, owner training, and turnover documentation when applicable.
• Support compliance with applicable FGI Guidelines, NFPA 99, NFPA 101, CMS requirements, accreditation standards, owner standards, and state and local requirements.
• Anticipate activities that may affect patients, critical systems, emergency operations, infection prevention, licensing, or facility continuity and implement mitigation plans before work begins.

Preconstruction, Market Growth & Client Leadership

• Support conceptual and detailed budgeting, ROM estimates, constructability reviews, value analysis, procurement strategies, logistics plans, and phased implementation planning.
• Participate in proposal development, interviews, client presentations, project pursuits, and early owner and design‑team engagement.
• Help develop qualified healthcare trade‑partner relationships and market intelligence throughout Southern Arizona and in other emerging Mountain West markets.
• Serve as a primary client contact and communicate project status, financial performance, schedule, risk, changes, and upcoming critical activities.
• Build trusted relationships with healthcare owners, facility leaders, clinical stakeholders, design professionals, consultants, and trade partners.
• Lead, develop, and mentor Assistant Project Managers, Project Engineers, and other project‑team members.
• Demonstrate CORE's values of Integrity, Fairness, Continuous Improvement, and Results in every client, employee, and building‑partner interaction.

Candidate Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of commercial construction project‑management experience, including at least 3 years directly managing healthcare construction projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing construction within occupied and operational healthcare facilities.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent small- to mid‑sized projects, including renovations, tenant improvements, additions, expansions, and/or new construction.
• Advanced understanding of construction documents, healthcare MEP and specialty systems, scheduling, budgeting, cost control, procurement, contracts, change management, commissioning, and turnover.
• Experience with CMAR and/or Design‑Build delivery methods preferred.
• Strong leadership, judgment, organization, problem‑solving, negotiation, client‑service, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Bluebeam, and Procore; familiarity with other scheduling and construction‑management platforms is beneficial.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel regularly throughout Southern Arizona and occasionally across the Mountain West based on active project assignments.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Construction Technology, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; equivalent directly applicable healthcare construction experience may be considered.
• Working familiarity with Arizona Department of Health Services medical‑facility requirements, local building officials and fire marshals, and healthcare licensing inspections preferred.
• Familiarity with The Joint Commission, DNV, CMS, FGI, NFPA, and other healthcare regulatory or accreditation requirements as they relate to construction activities preferred.

Strongly Preferred Credentials & Training

• Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC)
• ASHE Health Care Construction training
• ICRA/PCRA training
• OSHA 30‑Hour Construction certification

LOCATION & TRAVEL

The position is based in Tucson/Southern Arizona. Regular travel throughout Arizona is required, with occasional Mountain West travel based on project assignments, client needs, and project phases.

CORE provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.