Project Manager-Healthcare

WCL Group; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Full medical, dental, and vision

Paid time off (PTO)

Life and disability insurance

Paid maternity leave

HSA and FSA medical plans

Job summary

WCL Group in Boise, Idaho seeks an experienced Healthcare Project Manager to lead construction projects across Idaho and the Mountain West. The role focuses on financial, technical, operational, and client-service success for multiple projects ranging from $500,000 to $50 million in healthcare settings.

You will coordinate with Infection Prevention, clinical leadership, and trade partners to maintain patient care continuity while ensuring safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of commercial construction project-management experience, including healthcare facilities.
• Experience managing construction within occupied/operational healthcare environments.
• Experience with multiple concurrent projects including renovations, tenant improvements, additions, expans tions, and/or new construction.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple healthcare projects from preconstruction through turnover, ensuring financial, schedule, and quality targets are met.
• Maintain project budgets, cost forecasts, schedules, procurement plans, and subcontract administration.
• Coordinate with clinical and facilities teams, trade partners, and stakeholders to ensure patient care continuity and safety.
• Develop detailed schedules with trade activities, milestones, inspections, and commissioning requirements.
• Oversee subcontractor performance, change management, RFIs, submittals, and turnover documentation.

Skills

Project management

Healthcare construction

Leadership

Communication

Budgeting & cost control

Scheduling

Estimating

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Bluebeam

Procore

Microsoft Office

Job description

CLIENT HIGHLIGHT

The client you will be working for is a nationally recognized construction leader with more than 85 years of experience and 1,200+ employees across the U.S. The company delivers comprehensive construction services across K-12 and higher education, civic and public safety, and healthcare projects, combining national resources with strong local relationships. They are committed to safety, quality, innovation, and earning the trust of its clients and building partners.

LOCATION

Boise, ID *Must be local*

COMPENSATION

$100-125k – flexible depending on experience

SCHEDULE

Monday-Friday

POSITION OVERVIEW

Construction Project Manager We are seeking an experienced Healthcare Project Manager to lead healthcare construction projects throughout Idaho and, as projects require, the broader Mountain West region. 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.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

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 Idaho 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 Idaho 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 Idaho 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.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

• 401(k) with company match
• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid maternity leave
• HSA and FSA medical plans