Owner’s Representative: Life Sciences Construction Leader

Himes Associates, Ltd.; Gaithersburg (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Growth-based incentive plans

401(K) with company match

Flex PTO & Work Life Balance

Respectful work culture

Job summary

Himes Associates, Ltd. invites an experienced Senior Construction Project Manager to join our team in Gaithersburg, supporting a major life sciences client.

You will own technically complex capital projects from planning through closeout, acting as the owner’s trusted extension for site operations, facilities, and engineering teams. You will coordinate with end users, design teams, contractors, and vendors to ensure safety, quality, and operational continuity, while driving timely decisions and

Qualifications

• BS/BA in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related technical field preferred; PE, PMP, CCM, or similar credentials are a plus.
• 8+ years of construction/project management experience with responsibility for scope, schedule, budget, risk, technical coordination, and stakeholder management.
• Experience delivering technically complex capital projects in life sciences, pharmaceutical, laboratory, research, healthcare, or similarly complex environments.
• Strong understanding of building infrastructure and MEP systems; coordinate engineers, designers, contractors, vendors, and facility stakeholders.
• Experience executing projects within active, occupied facilities, including phasing, shutdowns, utility impacts, equipment installations, commissioning, and operational constraints.
• Proven ability to represent the client and build trusted relationships across Site Operations, Facilities, Engineering, end users, senior stakeholders, design teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Strong project controls and documentation skills: schedule management, cost tracking, change management, risk management, procurement, and closeout.
• Proficiency with MS Project, Excel, SharePoint; Procore, Bluebeam, BIM or similar platforms are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own project performance across scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and documentation from early planning through closeout.
• Serve as primary coordination point among Site Operations, Facilities, Engineering, end users, design teams, contractors, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Lead and coordinate design/engineering activities, challenge assumptions, identify risks, and drive timely decisions.
• Oversee construction within active lab, research, office, and technical environments with focus on safety, quality, constructability, and operations.
• Manage planning/execution around phasing, shutdowns, utility impacts, equipment installations, access, and logistics.
• Drive workflows including design reviews, procurement, submittals, RFIs, change management, cost tracking, commissioning, turnover, closeout.
• Anticipate risks and present options/recommendations before issues affect operations, cost, schedule, or quality.
• Partner with client engineering and facilities resources to align technical requirements with project objectives.
• Represent the owner with project teams and senior stakeholders, reporting on progress, financials, schedule, risks, decisions, milestones.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Owner’s representation

Regulatory environments

Client communication

Technical coordination

Safety focus

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS/BA in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil Eng, Construction Management or related field; PE/PMP/CCM a plus

Tools

MS Project

Excel

SharePoint

Procore

Bluebeam

BIM

Job description

Himes Associates, Ltd. invites an experienced Senior Construction Project Manager to join our team in Gaithersburg, supporting a major life sciences client.

You will own technically complex capital projects from planning through closeout, acting as the owner’s trusted extension for site operations, facilities, and engineering teams. You will coordinate with end users, design teams, contractors, and vendors to ensure safety, quality, and operational continuity, while driving timely decisions and