Construction Project Manager

Workplace Design and Construction Project Manager

The Workplace Design and Construction Project Manager serves as an owner's representative within a Workplace Solutions organization, leading capital projects across corporate, manufacturing, and distribution environments. The role manages projects from early concept and capital planning through design, procurement, construction, turnover, and closeout, with a strong focus on safety, quality, financial discipline, stakeholder alignment, and operational continuity. This position leads cross-functional internal and external teams to deliver disciplined, predictable project execution with minimal disruption to active operations and requires deep experience in workplace, facility, and infrastructure projects within occupied environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the owner's representative and primary point of coordination among business stakeholders, site leadership, Workplace Solutions, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Risk Management, Safety/EHS, design partners, contractors, and vendors.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders and design and construction partners to evaluate project feasibility, site constraints, operational impacts, safety requirements, and potential execution risks.
• Develop project strategies, scope definitions, programming requirements, preliminary schedules, high-level estimates, and business cases that support capital planning and approval decisions.
• Prepare detailed project budgets and partner with Finance to develop capital approval packages, funding requests, forecasts, and executive-level project recommendations.
• Partner with Procurement teams to create RFPs, solicit bids, evaluate proposals, compare scope alignment, identify exclusions and gaps, and present award recommendations to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Lead regular project update meetings, document key decisions and action items, maintain stakeholder alignment, and escalate risks or constraints that may affect scope, budget, schedule, safety, or operations.
• Monitor trends in workplace design, construction delivery, materials, cost savings, sustainability, standardization, and process improvement, and present recommendations to enhance design and project delivery standards.
• Partner with in-house teams, design consultants, furniture providers, branding partners, site stakeholders, and other vendors to develop final plans, define workplace requirements, and confirm special areas required for the business.
• Prepare detailed bid analyses, savings logs, value-engineering recommendations, scope clarifications, and commercial comparisons to support informed contractor and vendor award decisions.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering, Construction Management, Construction Administration, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience defined as 8 years of relevant professional-level experience in a similar field.
• At least 8 years of project management experience in design, construction, facilities, corporate office development, manufacturing, distribution, or capital project delivery.
• Experience managing interior renovations, site work, facility upgrades, infrastructure improvements, or workplace projects in active factories, distribution centers, corporate offices, or occupied operational environments.
• CM or Engineering degree or equivalent background aligned with construction management or engineering disciplines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and related Microsoft 365 collaboration tools.
• Experience developing or reviewing scopes of work, budgets, schedules, test fits, site layouts, bid packages, contracts, change orders, and project closeout documentation.
• Working knowledge of estimating, budgeting, forecasting, value engineering, change management, and cost control.
• Experience with project scheduling tools and the ability to review, maintain, and communicate project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical constraints.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, Microsoft Project, Planner, or other design, scheduling, reporting, automation, or project management tools.
• PMP certification, professional engineering (PE) license, professional architecture license, construction management credential, or related professional certification.
• Experience with food manufacturing or other regulated environments and an understanding of associated site and safety…