Senior Project Manager, Healthcare Construction

Arco1; Chicago, Downers Grove (IL, IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401k plan

Relocation assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Scholarship for children

Sabbatical after 5 years

Volunteer leave

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

ARCO/Murray National Construction in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Healthcare Project Manager to lead healthcare construction projects from estimating through closeout. You will partner with clients, design teams, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality healthcare environments such as medical office buildings and ambulatory surgery centers.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience delivering projects in active healthcare facilities, both ground-up and tenant

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering or related field.
• 6–10+ years of construction management or engineering design experience.
• Experience leading healthcare construction projects preferred.
• Procore, Bluebeam and Microsoft Project proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate all managerial and administrative aspects from preconstruction through closeout.
• Develop preliminary concept drawings and project budgets with clients and design teams.
• Participate in proposals to review scope, reduce costs, and negotiate contracts/fees.
• Oversee subcontractor selection, buyout, and schedule development.
• Lead preconstruction planning meetings with designers and trades.
• Chair on-site meetings to monitor progress and address challenges.
• Track performance vs. budget and manage pay applications and reports.

Skills

Construction management

Project leadership

Healthcare construction

Education

BS in Engineering

Tools

Procore

Bluebeam

Microsoft Project

Job description

Chicago, IL, US; Downers Grove, IL, US

About You:

Build what’s next in healthcare construction.

ARCO/Murray National Construction is growing its healthcare construction platform and is seeking an experienced Senior Healthcare Project Manager to help shape its next chapter. This is an opportunity to join early, take meaningful ownership, and help build a national practice focused on high-quality healthcare environments. Stepping into this role in the midst of our growth can lead to potential fast-tracked leadership opportunities within!

You will lead healthcare construction projects from estimating, design, and preconstruction through closeout, partnering with clients, design teams, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes. Our current work includes tenant improvements and ground-up outpatient facilities, with a focus on medical office buildings and ambulatory surgery centers.

The ideal candidate has numerous years of experience delivering projects in active healthcare facilities (both with a ground-up and tenant improvement background) and understands how to plan and execute work in occupied, operational environments. You will bring strong technical judgment, disciplined project leadership, and the ability to build trust with clients and partners. Moreover, the tenacity you bring when executing these projects will be symbiotic to the ever-growing ceiling you can achieve towards bonus potential!

A Day in the Life:

• Lead and coordinate all managerial and administrative aspects of project from the earliest stages of preconstruction through project closeout
• Work closely with clients and the design team to develop preliminary concept drawings and project budget
• Participate in the proposal meeting with clients to review the scope of work, discuss ways to reduce costs, provide value engineering ideas, and negotiate contracts & fees
• Oversee subcontractor selection and buyout process for all trades and vendors
• Identify and investigate opportunities to procure material and/or specialty equipment directly when advantageous to project budget or schedule
• Work with Project Superintendent to develop and review subcontractor scopes of work/contracts, project schedule, and site logistics plan
• Lead preconstruction planning meetings with all designers, subcontractors and vendors aimed at solving potential constructability, sequencing, and/or manpower issues
• Lead weekly/bi-weekly OAC meetings on-site once construction begins to review progress and address challenges directly with client
• Track and manage project performance vs budget; prepare owner pay applications, cost status, and progress billing reports
• Most importantly…find a way to make the construction process FUN for your clients, subcontractors, and vendors without sacrificing on QUALITY or SAFETY!

Necessary Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering or related field
• 6-10+ years of construction management and/or engineering design experience (due to this need - higher salary band to be considered)
• Previous experience leading healthcare construction projects strongly preferred
• Proficiency using Procore, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Project

What We Can Offer You:

We are dedicated to the well-being of our associates and are proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work. Our compensation and benefits package not only supports our associates and their families but benefits local communities and communities around the world.

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Company supported relocation
• Tuition reimbursement for associates
• Scholarship for associates’ children up to $28,000 per child
• 1-month paid sabbatical after every five years of employment, plus $5,000 for travel
• 1-week paid volunteer leave each year
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Paid parental leave

At ARCO, our first core value is to treat people fairly and do the right thing. We are committed to building and sustaining a culture that supports diversity and inclusion. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

From recruiting, training, and hiring practices to selecting our subcontractors, we understand that diversity of all those involved in the construction process enhances our ability to deliver the best solutions to our customers. We hire the best and the brightest from across the country – constructing a team of experts in architecture, design, engineering, project management, and business services.

This represents typical base compensation for the role. Candidates with extensive experience may exceed this range. In addition to base salary, the role is eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation based on individual and company performance.

Pay Range

$130,000 - $175,000 USD

MAKE YOUR MOVE

We are proud to be one of the fastest-growing, privately-owned companies in America, celebrating over 30 years of experience as design-build experts. We have completed over 7,500 design-build projects nationwide. We ranked #9 on ENR’s Design-Build Firms list and #34 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors list of 2026. Most importantly, our clients like us, trust us, and want to do business with us. We are looking for people with the same enthusiasm, passion, and respect for the hard work that brought us to where we are today. Are you a person who can make a difference at ARCO? If the answer is “Yes!” we look forward to meeting you.

ARCO does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies without pre-approval from ARCO’s Human Resources team. Pre-approval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. ARCO will not be responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers. Agencies must have a fully executed vendor agreement in place as well as written approval to submit candidates from an ARCO TA Manager for a specific position before submitting candidates.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

As set forth in ARCO Companies’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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