Project Manager - Healthcare

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture in Atlanta seeks a seasoned Project Manager to lead design and construction administration for complex projects. The role focuses on aligning team effort with firm strategy, managing budgets, and ensuring quality results across A/E disciplines.

The position emphasizes marketing collaboration, client liaison, and firm-wide development plans, with a strong expectation of advancing project goals and maintaining rigorous documentation and compliance.

Qualifications

• Professional degree in Architecture from an NAAB-accredited program.
• Ability to provide business development for firm within practice expertise area.
• 10+ years combined experience as a design professional and/or architect.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and Revit.
• Firm grasp of building technology fundamentals.
• Thorough knowledge of relevant codes, operations, processes, and trends.
• Excellent time management, organizational and written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in marketing and business development processes; create and monitor marketing and business development plans.
• Prepare strategic plans for practice success and establish, communicate, and execute a vision for the market practice.
• Represent Firm at practice market’s professional and trade organizations.
• Ensure practice organization, operation, and direction aligns with Firm and practices strategic plans.
• Foster an environment of learning, collaboration, innovation, professional development, and communication.
• Review and advocate for individual practice team members’ professional development plans.
• Take responsibility for finished plans, specifications, and approval of materials and construction and for managing all aspects of multiple small to large complex projects.
• Prepare design and proposal / presentation materials, estimate fees, determine scope of work.
• Conduct code research and analysis and review with various agencies for approval.
• Collaborate with engineers, consultants, contractors and/or clients.
• Ensure that the project meets environmental, safety, structural, zoning, and aesthetic standards.
• Review shop drawings, submittals, and respond to RFIs.
• Coordinate all project efforts, administrative and technical, to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective execution of assigned project.
• Actively manage client budgets, schedules, and programs, project communications and documentation, office administrative tasks, and project team assignments.
• Supervise and/or perform site observations, such as recording and reporting of existing conditions and construction progress.
• Responsible for major design decisions, involving spatial, aesthetic elements, and detailing of materials.
• Document the progression of a routine project through correspondence, memos, etc.
• Follow routine projects through approvals and construction. Initiate contact with client and town officials.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Suite

Revit

Time management

Verbal & written communication

Business development

Education

NAAB-accredited architecture degree

Master's degree in Architecture

Licensed architect

Tools

Newforma Project Center

Newforma Project Analyzer

Microsoft Project

Bluebeam PDF Revu

Job description

Description

McMillan Pazdan Smith is an award-winning architecture, interior design, and advisory services firm with eight studios located in the southeast. We pride ourselves on strong client relationships and community partnerships. Our projects represent the work of a collaborative group of dedicated design professionals driven by a solitary goal: to deliver a functional solution that inspire collaboration, function, imagination, constructability, and attributes of a well-constructed environmental design.

Project Manager Responsibilities

• Actively participate in the marketing and business development processes; create and monitor marketing and business development plans
• Prepare strategic plans for practice success and establish, communicate, and execute a vision for the market practice
• Represent Firm at practice market’s professional and trade organizations
• Ensure practice organization, operation, and direction aligns with Firm and practices strategic plans
• Foster an environment of learning, collaboration, innovation, professional development, and communication
• Review and advocate for individual practice team members’ professional development plans
• Take responsibility for finished plans, specifications, and approval of materials and construction and for managing all aspects of multiple small to large complex projects
• Prepare design and proposal / presentation materials, estimate fees, determine scope of work
• Conduct code research and analysis and review with various agencies for approval
• Collaborate with engineers, consultants, contractors and/or clients
• Ensure that the project meets environmental, safety, structural, zoning, and aesthetic standards
• Review shop drawings, submittals, and respond to RFIs
• Coordinate all project efforts, administrative and technical, to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective execution of assigned project
• Actively manage client budgets, schedules, and programs, project communications and documentation, office administrative tasks, and project team assignments
• Supervise and/or perform site observations, such as recording and reporting of existing conditions and construction progress
• Responsible for major design decisions, involving spatial, aesthetic elements, and detailing of materials
• Document the progression of a routine project through correspondence, memos, etc.
• Follow routine projects through approvals and construction. Initiate contact with client and town officials

Requirements

About You

The qualifications of a Project Architect are multi-faceted. The ability to effectively and confidently prioritize and execute tasks with many competing priorities and absorb new ideas and concepts quickly is a key skill for the Project Designer. Here is a list of other required skills:

Required Qualifications

• Professional degree in Architecture from an NAAB-accredited program
• Ability to provide business development for firm within practice expertise area
• 10+ years combined experience as a design professional and/or architect
• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and Revit
• Firm grasp of building technology fundamentals
• Thorough knowledge of relevant codes, operations, processes, and trends
• Excellent time management, organizational and written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree of Architecture
• Registered as a licensed architect
• Experience with Newforma Project Center and/or Newforma Project Analyzer
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Bluebeam PDF Revu
• Additional relevant certifications indicating additional expertise such as for construction administration, interior design, LEED/Green Globes/sustainability, etc.
• Experience writing and editing specifications Write and edit specifications as assigned

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to grasp objects; reach with hands and arms; balance, stop, kneel, or crouch; speak or listen. The employee must occasionally lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Workplace Environment Work

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally be exposed to hazardous working conditions in conjunction with construction site visits. The noise level in the construction zone may be loud. While performing the duties of this job in the office work environment, the employee will not be exposed to hazardous working conditions. The noise level in the office work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Employment Opportunity

McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Applicants also have rights under the following Federal Employment