Project Manager, Healthcare Construction

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 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
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The ideal candidate has experience delivering projects in active healthcare facilities 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
• 4+ 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

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