Senior Project Manager, Design and Construction Capital Projects

University of Chicago Medicine; Harvey (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Chicago Medicine seeks a Senior Project Manager in Renovation & Construction to oversee capital healthcare projects on the Hyde Park campus and at offsite locations.

You will manage scope, budget, and schedule, coordinate designers and contractors, and report progress to UCM leadership, ensuring quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Essential collaboration with facilities operations and clinical teams will ensure smooth activation and turnover of completed spaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or Project Management preferred.
• At least 7 years in construction or design with significant project management experience (10+ preferred).
• Experience managing scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources in capital projects.
• Healthcare construction experience and infection control knowledge preferred.
• Ability to analyze construction costs and schedules with data-driven approaches.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management services for construction projects, managing cost, scope, schedule, resources and risk.
• Develop and document scope, identify cost and schedule baselines, and determine required internal/external resources.
• Oversee external resources: designers, builders, vendors; manage bid processes and awards.
• Review design/construction documents for completeness, constructability, coordination, and compliance.
• Lead owner-architect-contractor progress meetings and on-site supervision to ensure contract compliance and scope.
• Monitor invoices and expenses; update project schedules and charters; manage issues and risks.
• Develop commissioning and turnover plans, including warranties, system training, occupancy certificates, and final payments.
• Collaborate with facilities operations and clinical teams to ensure project success.

Skills

Budget management

Schedule management

Risk management

Stakeholder coordination

Healthcare construction

Infection control

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or Project Management

Job description

Be a part of a world-class academic health-care system at UChicago Medicine as a Senior Project Manager in the Renovation & Construction Department. Represents the Hospital Facilities Planning Design and Construction Department while providing Project Management services for the development, design, construction, completion, and activation of University of Chicago Medical Center projects. This role will support the delivery of numerous strategic and non-strategic capital healthcare projects as well as operations funded projects, both on Hyde Park campus and at other offsite locations.

The Senior Project Manager will have overall responsibility for projects including overall budget and schedule, project scope, management of consultants and contractors with oversight of all associated work efforts to manage projects with budgets ranging from $100,000 to $10 million. The Senior Project Manager will coordinate the work of internal resources, as well as consultants and contractors to develop and meet schedule milestones, support the functions of the Facility Operations team, and will lead the efforts in informing and reporting out on schedule and budgetary milestones to UCM leadership.

Essential Job Functions:

Provide Project Management services for construction projects by managing cost, scope, schedule, resources, and risk. Develop and document intended scope, identify associated cost and schedule based on that scope and identify required internal and external resources required to deliver the scope. Senior Project Manager will identify risks to project delivery and develop mitigating strategies to avoid or minimize potential negative outcomes. Manage and report variance according to developed plan. Senior Project Manager may manage General Contractor on a project or act as the General Contractor and directly hire and manage MEPFP contractors.

Direct and manage resources external to the enterprise such as contracted designers, builders, skilled trades and other professional service providers or vendors. Prepare requests for proposals, manage bid process, and make award recommendations for external resources. Manages project design process, including reviewing design and construction documents for completeness, constructability, coordination of discipline and adherence to all UCM and regulatory agency guidelines; facilitating and performing value engineering; identifying and securing all resources, soliciting or preparing construction cost estimates; managing selection of consultants, vendors and contractors from request for proposal through contract negotiations and agreement.

Provide oversight into all project delivery activities, including support during planning and activation phases. Manages multiple projects simultaneously, understanding interdependencies and constrained resources. Phase projects accordingly to meet client needs as they affect research, academic or patient care operations. Serves as a technical resource to other project managers and Plant Department staff for infrastructure, Plant Operations, and renovation & construction activities.

Senior Project Manager will provide on-site supervision of construction phases by chairing owner-architect-contractor progress meetings to ensure the project is completed in a manner consistent with the contract documents and intended scope.

Provide project controls by monitoring and approving invoices and expenses. Develop, manage, and update project schedules within identified software. Develop project charters for scope identification and documentation. Manage and document project issues and risks. Provide change management by documenting alterations to project plan and maintaining up to date change logs.

Develop commissioning and turnover plans, including managing a punch list, submitting warranties/guarantees, providing system training, ensuring certificate of occupancy, and approving final contractor pay applications.

Perform other duties departmental duties as identified and assigned by senior management.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree (Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or Project Management Preferred) or an equivalent amount of education/experience in these fields would be considered in lieu of a specific degree in the design or construction industry.

A minimum of 7 (10 preferred) years in the construction or design industry providing significant project management experience with successfully executed projects.

Experience in managing scope, schedule, cost, risk, and resources in a capital project setting.

Experience managing projects in a healthcare environment including Infection Control protocols and mitigation strategies is strongly preferred. Previous work in healthcare operations is preferred.

Requires experience analyzing construction cost and construction schedules, knowledge of the importance of data for troubleshooting construction problems and the ability to provide analysis (specific data) to answer questions.