Healthcare Project Manager

POSITION OVERVIEW

CORE Construction is seeking an experienced Healthcare Project Manager to lead healthcare construction projects throughout Tucson/Southern Arizona and, as projects require, the broader Mountain West. 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.

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 Southern Arizona 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 Southern Arizona 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 Arizona 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.

Strongly Preferred Credentials & Training

• Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC)
• ASHE Health Care Construction training
• ICRA/PCRA training
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction certification

LOCATION & TRAVEL

The position is based in Tucson/Southern Arizona. Regular travel throughout Arizona is required, with occasional Mountain West travel based on project assignments, client needs, and project phases.

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