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The Assistant Project Manager will support the delivery of healthcare capital improvement, renovation, expansion, and new construction projects while serving as part of the owner’s representative team. Working alongside project managers and other project professionals, this individual will help coordinate design and construction activities, monitor project controls, and support collaboration among clients, consultants, contractors, vendors, and healthcare stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has experience supporting healthcare, hospital, pharmaceutical, laboratory, life sciences, or similarly complex construction projects and understands the unique requirements of working within active and occupied facilities.

Responsibilities

• Support the project manager in the planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout of healthcare capital projects.
• Assist with coordination among architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, vendors, facilities teams, and client stakeholders.
• Monitor design and construction activities for compliance with contract requirements, project objectives, quality standards, and applicable requirements.
• Assist with project budgets, forecasts, schedules, cost reporting, change orders, purchase orders, invoices, and contractor pay applications.
• Track project milestones, risks, action items, and deliand escalate any potential concerns related to cost, schedule, quality, or operationsl concerns.
• Support project meetings and maintain accurate project documentation, including meeting minutes, progress reports, logs, and project correspondence.
• Review project documentation such as drawings, specifications, RFIs, submittals, change requests, and contractor documentation.
• Assist with procurement, bid evaluations, contractor coordination, and contract administration.
• Support construction activities within active healthcare environments while minimizing impacts to patients, staff, facility operations, and continuity of care.
• Coordinate with project teams on commissioning, equipment installation or relocation, utility shutdowns, phased occupancy, and project turnover.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and project stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, building sciences, or a related field.
• 4+ years of relevant project management, construction management, or project engineering experience, preferably supporting healthcare, hospital, pharmaceutical, laboratory, life sciences, or other complex facility projects.
• Experience supporting projects through multiple phases of the project lifecycle, including design and construction.
• Working knowledge of project budgets, timelines, change management, contracts, and project controls.
• Strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to effectively coordinate multiple stakeholders and priorities in a fast-paced project environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify potential project issues and assist in developing solutions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project/construction management software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working as part of an owner’s representative or PM/CM team.
• Experience with renovations or construction within active or occupied healthcare facilities.
• Familiarity with healthcare-specific construction considerations, including Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA), Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM), infection prevention, commissioning, phased occupancy, and facility turnover. These requirements also appear in STV's existing healthcare PM materials.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Procore, Bluebeam, or comparable project management platforms.
• Relevant professional certifications such as PMP, CCM, LEED AP, or EIT are a plus.

This position is not eligible for employment sponsorship.

Compensation Range:

STV offers the following benefits • Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable) • Disability insurance • Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment • 401(k) Plan • Retirement Counseling • Employee Assistance Program • Paid Time Off • Paid Holidays • Back-Up Dependent Care • Parental Leave • Continuing Education Program • Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.

Not sure this role is the perfect match? We encourage you to apply if STV’s work and values resonate with you. We know great candidates don’t always meet every qualification, and research shows women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they do. At STV, we believe strong talent comes from a wide range of backgrounds, and your skills and experience may align with this or another opportunity as we continue to grow.