Construction Project Manager

Location: Remote (Ideally in DC, Maryland, Virginia, DE area -> can sit anywhere on east coast)

Duration: Permanent

Working Model: Hybrid - 20% travel if in Huntsville or DC (DMV), 40% travel if not in those two locations

Overview:

Our customer is seeking a Project Manager to help oversee Defense Health Agency (DHA) projects based around the greater Washington DC region.

Day to Day:

• Lead planning and execution of complex Federal medical construction projects from pre-construction and design through procurement, construction, commissioning, turnover, and project closeout.
• Maintain overall accountability for project performance, including safety, quality, schedule, financial results, contract compliance, customer satisfaction, and successful project delivery.
• Develop, maintain, and manage detailed CPM project schedules aligned with contractual milestones, including design, procurement, construction, outages, testing, commissioning, turnover, and closeout activities.
• Identify critical-path risks, evaluate schedule impacts, and develop and implement recovery plans when required.
• Coordinate pre-construction and design-build activities, including scope review, estimating support, design development, constructability reviews, procurement planning, and transition from proposal to project execution.
• Lead coordination with the Designer of Record, subcontractors, vendors, commissioning personnel, Government technical reviewers, facility personnel, and other project stakeholders.
• Direct subcontractors, vendors, and project staff to ensure work is performed safely, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with contract requirements.
• Manage subcontractor procurement, scope development, buyout, performance, change management, coordination, and closeout.
• Manage project budgets, cost tracking, commitments, forecasting, pay applications, change management, and other financial controls necessary to maintain project financial performance.
• Oversee project documentation and federal contract administration, including RMS/QCS, submittals, RFIs, design reviews, change orders, reporting, pay applications, quality control documentation, and Government deliverables.
• Serve as a primary management-level point of contact with Contracting Officers, CORs, USACE personnel, DHA representatives, facility managers, designers, medical stakeholders, and other Government representatives.
• Lead construction activities within occupied healthcare and mission-critical environments, including phased construction, outage planning, infection-control coordination, Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM), temporary conditions, and maintenance of ongoing facility operations.
• Coordinate mechanical, electrical, BAS/controls, life-safety, medical support systems, and other technically complex scopes associated with healthcare construction.
• Ensure project execution complies with applicable contract requirements, UFC criteria, NFPA requirements, healthcare standards, DHA requirements, and facility-specific procedures.
• Lead project meetings and maintain consistent communication and accountability among Government representatives, clients, designers, subcontractors, vendors, facility personnel, and internal stakeholders.
• Identify contractual, financial, schedule, technical, safety, and operational risks and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Supervise, mentor, and provide leadership to assigned project personnel.
• Support estimating, proposal development, and opportunity pursuit activities as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Must Haves:

• 10+ years’ experience as a project manager in healthcare design and construction.
• Must have supervisory experience in Government work and demonstrate healthcare alteration/construction experience from commencement…