Project Executive - Healthcare

Employment Resource Group, Inc.An EOS company; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Candor seeks a seasoned Healthcare Project Leader to guide large, complex healthcare projects from preconstruction to completion. You will shape how the company pursues healthcare work, partnering with senior leadership on strategy and ensuring project teams have what they need to succeed.

This role offers a clear path toward executive responsibility as the practice grows, with opportunities to mentor teams and drive critical healthcare initiatives across occupied facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Project management certification is required.
• ASHE certification or healthcare-focused education preferred.
• 10+ years of related healthcare construction experience.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple healthcare projects.
• Ability to read drawings, interpret codes, and work across all project phases.
• Ability to manage multiple healthcare projects and competing priorities under tight timelines.
• Experience training, coaching, and developing project managers, project engineers, and field engineers.
• Strong preconstruction and/or estimating skills.
• Comfort working in occupied, active healthcare facilities with phased construction and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple healthcare projects through preconstruction and every phase of construction.
• Partner with leadership, owners, and architects across all phases.
• Plan, direct, and coordinate all phases to stay on schedule and within budget.
• Prepare and submit proposals, estimates, drawings, and specifications.
• Coordinate permits as required.
• Manage changes to plans and related estimates and pricing.
• Facilitate project execution with teams and stakeholders with regular updates.
• Resolve disputes with owners, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Prepare status reports and participate in progress meetings; review invoices and issue subcontracts and change orders.
• Manage other project managers as needed.
• Support marketing and business development to win new work.
• Assist estimating and budgeting for conceptual/negotiated projects.
• Complete quarterly job cost forecast analysis.
• Uphold safety and quality programs on every project.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Budgeting

Scheduling

Reading drawings

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management or related field

Project management certification

ASHE certification preferred

Job description

Candor runs both ways here. Leadership invites honest, outside perspectives on what the business needs and acts on it, and the decisions being made right now are about investing in the people who will lead its next chapter. Many team members have built entire careers with the organization and look to seasoned builders for direction and mentorship. Titles matter less than finding the right person and giving them room to lead, and respect and reliability are expected of everyone, at every level.

This role puts you at the center of a growing healthcare practice, leading large, complex projects in active care environments from early preconstruction through completion. Beyond your own projects, you will help shape how the company pursues and delivers healthcare work, partnering with senior leadership on strategy and making sure project teams have what they need to succeed. It is a genuine step up for a seasoned project leader, with a clear path toward executive-level responsibility as the practice grows.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead multiple healthcare projects through preconstruction and every phase of construction.
• Partner with company leadership, owners, and architects across all project phases.
• Plan, direct, and coordinate all phases of assigned projects so work stays on schedule, finishes on time, and remains within budget and funding parameters.
• Prepare, review, and submit proposals, estimates, drawings, and specifications to establish timelines, funding limits, execution approach, staffing needs, and the allocation of resources and equipment across project phases.
• Coordinate and secure building and site permits as required.
• Manage changes to project plans or scope of work and prepare the associated estimates and pricing.
• Facilitate project execution alongside superintendents, project managers, project management assistants, project engineers, owners, architects, and subcontractors, providing regular updates and ongoing feedback on progress.
• Help resolve disputes with owners, subcontractors, suppliers, and vendors.
• Prepare project status reports and participate in regular construction and project management meetings.Review and approve invoices, submit pay applications, complete job cost adjustments, and issue subcontracts, purchase orders, and change orders for each project.
• Manage and oversee other project managers as needed.
• Support marketing and business development efforts to win new work through client relationships and industry connections.
• Support estimating and budgeting for conceptual and negotiated projects.
• Complete quarterly job cost forecast analysis.
• Uphold safety and quality programs on every project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and work experience
• Project management certification
• ASHE certification or equivalent healthcare-focused education preferred
• 10+ years of related work or internship experience, ideally in healthcare construction
• Demonstrated success managing multiple healthcare projects
• Ability to read drawings, interpret codes, and work across all phases of building design
• Ability to manage several healthcare projects and competing priorities at once under tight timelines
• Experience training, coaching, and developing project managers, project engineers, and field engineers
• Strong preconstruction and/or estimating skills
• Comfort working in occupied, active healthcare facilities with phased construction schedules and regulatory requirements
• Working knowledge of healthcare construction standards, patient-safety-driven project execution, and coordination between healthcare owners and contractors
• Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and ability to travel to project and work sites