Construction Manager

A Brief Overview

The Construction Manager is an individual contributor responsible for supporting the execution of healthcare construction projects in the field. This role coordinates daily on‑site construction management services as the owner’s representative and is accountable for administrating project controls, field coordination, quality assurance, safety oversight and regulatory compliance. The Construction Manager coordinates daily site activities, chairs and documents required project meetings, oversees contractor performances, and ensures construction activities comply with approved plans, specifications, schedules, and Authority Having Jurisdiction requirements while reporting to construction leadership.

This role requires presence at multiple Stanford Health Care facilities and regular presence on active construction sites across the Bay Area to lead field execution, coordination, and compliance activities.

Stanford Health Care

• Support General Contractor procurement for construction projects, including development of the Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals from the General Contractors. Support of bid evaluation, scope alignment, cost comparisons, and documentation required for award and contract execution.
• Coordinate and facilitate weekly construction progress meetings under the direction of Facilities Construction leadership, prepare agendas, capture decisions and action items, and promptly prepare and distribute meeting minutes that document schedule, cost and risk impacts.
• Track, coordination and help resolve project documentation and workflow items, including RFIs, submittals, substitutions, shop drawings, change orders, and punch lists; maintain accurate logs of construction logs of construction progress, safety incidents, inspections, compliance checks, and cost‑related actions and follow up with responsible parties to ensure timely responses.
• Support schedule management and cost control by collecting updates from contractors/consultants, maintaining look‑ahead schedules, and flagging variances, identifying cost and schedule risks and assisting with recover or mitigation plans as directed by Facilities Construction leadership.
• Conduct routine site walks and field inspections to monitor construction progress, quality, and work‑in‑place; document observations with photos and daily field reports; elevate safety, infection prevention, quality, or scope issues that may result in cost or schedule impacts to construction projects.
• Assist with cost management activities: collecting and reviewing contractor pay applications for completeness and accuracy, reconcile billing against verified work‑in‑place, track commitments, contingencies and pending cost exposures.
• In collaboration with Facilities Services Business Operations & Strategic Initiatives (BOSI), support cash flow forecasting and cost reporting by maintaining accurate logs of approved, pending and potential change orders and assisting leadership with quarterly cost projections.
• Interface with Project Managers, clients/users, consultants, contractors, vendors, and jurisdictional agencies to coordinate access, inspections, permits, and testing and sequencing while maintaining clear documentation of cost, scope and responsibility.
• Manage the Change Order Process in the construction project management system, including review of pricing, scope validation, cost backup evaluation, and coordination of negotiations, with recommendations routed for approval by the Director of Construction.
• Prepare and maintain accurate, auditable project files and records including meeting minutes, logs correspondence, drawings/specifications, permits, inspections, cost documentation, change logs and close‑out materials in accordance with department policies and procedures.
• Coordinate regulatory readiness and compliance activities (e.g., Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) and Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development (OSHPD) submissions, testing, inspection & observation (TIO) documentation, and coordination with the Inspector of Record (IOR)) to ensure documentation is organized and…