Project Manager, Health Sciences

NORR Architects Engineers Planners; Philadelphia, Northern (Philadelphia County, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

NORR Architects Engineers Planners in Philadelphia is seeking a Project Manager to plan and manage healthcare projects, leading a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery, and maintaining strong client relationships.

You will oversee scope, budgets, and schedules while applying your knowledge of architectural/engineering systems, codes, and project accounting to forecast revenue and deliver value. This role emphasizes leadership and collaboration across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Architectural or engineering systems design and presentation
• ME and structural building systems knowledge
• Registration with a relevant professional association is an asset
• Experience in strategic development, business development, project management, and client management
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, flexibility, and resourcefulness
• Understanding of project accounting to monitor performance and forecast revenue

Responsibilities

• Negotiate, develop, monitor, and control the scope of deliverables, work plans, schedules, and budgets for all project stages
• Develop a detailed work plan for all architectural and engineering disciplines, allocate hours, monitor progress
• Lead an integrated team of architects and engineers in QA/QC of deliverables, especially drawings and specs
• Maintain understanding of project scope and negotiate solutions when changes occur
• Coordinate with contractor/sub-consultants/building authorities to address constructability issues
• Act as primary liaison with client, contractor, and project team to maintain relationships

Skills

Architectural design

ME systems design

Professional registration

Strategic development

Leadership

Project accounting

Healthcare projects

Job description

This is an exciting time to join our team. As we continue to grow, we are looking for talented professionals who are ready to make an impact, collaborate with exceptional colleagues, and help shape the future of the built environment. If you are looking for a place where your expertise will be valued, your career can grow, and your work will make a difference, we invite you to explore what is possible with us.

We empower our employees to choose where they work whether remotely, from home or from one of our office locations because we believe flexibility, trust, and collaboration drive great results.

We bring informed programming and proven design excellence to the forefront of every healthcare project. Guided by human-centric and evidence-based design, our team believes in creating healing environments that place patients at the center of their care. We embrace the adoption of technology through an immersive design process that uses virtual reality and in-situ simulationin collaboration with the clinicians who will be working in the space.

Learn more about our Health Sciences Portfolio.

We are currently seeking a Project Manager to plan and manage projects to ensure that all contractual commitments are met on time and within budget. As a Project Manager, you will use your interpersonal and leadership skills and must have an understanding of project financials to determine the necessary resources required for successful project execution. In addition, you will provide leadership to a multi-disciplined team, monitor project performance, and forecast revenue.

You Will Make an Impact by

• Negotiate, develop, monitor, and control the scope of deliverables, work plans, schedules, and budgets for all project stages
• Develop a detailed work plan for all architectural and engineering disciplines, allocate hours to the work plan, and monitor project progress
• Lead an integrated team of architects and engineers in the quality assurance and quality control procedures for all deliverables, specifically the construction drawings and specifications
• Maintain a good understanding of the project scope and when changes to the scope occur, negotiate solutions to ensure outcomes meet client expectations and contractual obligations
• Coordinate with contractor, sub-consultants, or relevant building authorities to address and document issues with constructability or owner concerns
• Act as the primary liaison with the client, contractor, and project team and ensure close client relationships are maintained

You Will Bring to the Team

• Architectural or engineering systems design and presentation, M&E and structural building systems, permit and building code
• Registered with a relevant professional association is an asset
• Experience in strategic development, business development, project management, and client management is required
• Possess excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, flexibility, and resourcefulness
• A strong understanding of project accounting is required in order to monitor project performance and forecast revenue
• 10-15 years of project work experience
• Experience in health care projects

We are:

The spaces we design and the technology we embrace shape how people live, work, learn, and connect. At NORR, you will collaborate with talented professionals to deliver projects that make a lasting impact on communities across Canada, the US, and the UK. Together we are advancing sustainable design, helping clients reduce environmental impact, and shaping a net-zero future.

As an employee-owned, integrated Architecture and Engineering firm, we support our employees to think differently, embrace innovation, and solve complex challenges together. We invest in your growth, support flexible ways of working, and create opportunities to build a meaningful career.

The hiring base salary range for this vacant position is $90,000.00 - $125,000.00 annually. Actual compensation will be based on several factors such as work location, education, experience, internal equity and skills.

NORR is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic: Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.