Director of Construction Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Director of Construction roles in the U.S. qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B visa, making employer sponsorship a realistic path for experienced construction leaders. Employers file a Labor Condition Application before petitioning USCIS, and green card sponsorship through PERM is common at this seniority level.
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FTE: 1.0
Shift: Day
Schedule: Mon-Fri
Position Summary
The Director of Construction Project Delivery is responsible for the successful execution of the health system's construction, renovation, infrastructure, and facility modernization projects. This position leads the project management function within OPDC and is accountable for the delivery of a diverse portfolio of capital projects from project initiation through occupancy and closeout.
The Director provides leadership to project managers and delivery teams while overseeing project governance, scheduling, budgeting, contracting, design coordination, construction administration, commissioning, activation, and stakeholder engagement. The role serves as the primary organizational leader responsible for ensuring projects are executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with organizational goals, operational requirements, and regulatory standards.
This position works closely with clinical leadership, facilities operations, finance, supply chain, contractors, architects, engineers, and regulatory agencies to deliver projects that support patient care, operational performance, and long-term asset reliability.
Responsibilities:
1. Project Delivery Leadership
- Direct the execution of construction, renovation, infrastructure, and facility improvement projects across the enterprise.
- Lead all phases of project delivery, including initiation, planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, activation, occupancy, and closeout.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and consistent with approved scope and quality expectations.
- Establish project management standards, governance processes, and delivery methodologies across OPDC.
- Monitor project performance and intervene when project risks, budget variances, or schedule delays arise.
- Provide executive oversight for high-risk, high-profile, and complex projects.
2. Construction Management
- Oversee construction activities across multiple campuses and facilities.
- Direct contractor, construction manager, architect, engineer, and consultant performance.
- Ensure compliance with contract requirements, healthcare regulations, life safety standards, and organizational policies.
- Lead resolution of construction issues, unforeseen conditions, scope changes, and project disputes.
- Ensure project teams maintain strong field presence throughout construction activities.
- Monitor project safety, quality assurance, and construction progress.
3. Program & Portfolio Oversight
- Manage a portfolio of concurrent projects with varying complexity and stakeholder requirements.
- Establish project prioritization, resource allocation, and workload balancing processes.
- Maintain enterprise project reporting and performance dashboards.
- Develop portfolio-level risk management and mitigation strategies.
- Lead project review meetings, executive updates, and governance forums.
- Ensure consistency in project delivery processes across all project managers and teams.
4. Design & Stakeholder Coordination
- Direct collaboration between clinical, operational, facilities, technology, and administrative stakeholders.
- Facilitate project scope development and decision-making processes.
- Ensure design solutions align with operational workflows, patient experience goals, and maintainability requirements.
- Lead executive and stakeholder communication throughout project lifecycles.
- Resolve competing priorities while maintaining project objectives and organizational alignment.
5. Budget & Financial Management
- Oversee project budgets, contingencies, forecasts, and financial performance.
- Ensure appropriate financial controls throughout project execution.
- Review change orders, budget adjustments, and funding requests.
- Monitor project expenditures and cash flow forecasts.
- Identify opportunities to improve project value and cost efficiency without compromising quality or operational requirements.
- Partner with Finance to provide accurate project reporting and forecasting.
6. Contract Administration & Procurement
- Lead procurement and contracting activities for construction services, design consultants, and specialty vendors.
- Support selection and negotiation of project delivery methods, including:
- Design-Bid-Build
- Design-Build
- CMAR
- Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
- Ensure contract compliance and proper administration throughout project delivery.
- Manage contractor performance evaluations and dispute resolution.
- Develop and maintain preferred contractor and consultant relationships.
7. Commissioning, Activation & Transition
- Oversee commissioning activities to ensure systems perform as intended.
- Direct facility activation and occupancy planning efforts.
- Coordinate project turnover with Facilities Operations, Clinical Operations, and support departments.
- Ensure complete documentation, training, warranty management, and closeout requirements are achieved.
- Support a smooth transition from construction into ongoing operations.
8. Team Leadership & Development
- Lead and develop OPDC project managers, construction managers, and project support staff.
- Establish performance expectations, accountability standards, and professional development plans.
- Foster a culture of safety, collaboration, responsiveness, and customer service.
- Build organizational project management capability through standardization and continuous improvement.
- Mentor staff on healthcare construction best practices and project delivery methodologies.
9. Risk, Quality & Compliance
- Establish and maintain project controls to proactively manage risk.
- Ensure compliance with:
- Joint Commission standards
- Life Safety Code requirements
- CMS requirements
- Local building and permitting regulations
- Infection prevention and interim life safety requirements
- Lead project risk assessments and mitigation planning.
- Oversee quality assurance and quality control programs throughout project delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, Architecture, Facilities Management, or related field.
- Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience leading construction and capital project delivery programs.
- Five (5) years of leadership experience managing project managers and delivery teams.
- Experience overseeing large-scale healthcare construction and renovation projects.
- Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent projects within active healthcare environments.
Why MultiCare?
Rooted in the local community
Partnering with patients, families and neighbors across the Pacific Northwest for more than 140 years.
Growth and education
Competitive tuition assistance, award-winning residencies, fellowships and career development to invest in you.
Well-being and support
Generous PTO, Code Lavender and Employee Assistance Programs to help you maintain balance and feel cared in your work and life.
Living our values
Respect, integrity, kindness and collaboration guide how we care for patients, communities and each other.
Belonging for all
Resource Groups and outreach programs help ensure every team member feels safe, seen, heard and valued.
Pacific Northwest lifestyle
Work and live where natural beauty, adventure and strong community connections are part of everyday life.
Pay and Benefit Expectations
We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $152,443.20 - $219,356.80 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.
Associated benefit information can be viewed here.
Join a team that shares your calling
At MultiCare, you’re more than just a job title — you’re part of a team built on trust that cares for each other, our patients and our communities. Belonging here means living our mission and values every day. If your purpose and passions align with ours, you’ll find a place to grow, do meaningful work and build a career you love in a community that feels like home.
FTE: 1.0
Shift: Day
Schedule: Mon-Fri
Position Summary
The Director of Construction Project Delivery is responsible for the successful execution of the health system's construction, renovation, infrastructure, and facility modernization projects. This position leads the project management function within OPDC and is accountable for the delivery of a diverse portfolio of capital projects from project initiation through occupancy and closeout.
The Director provides leadership to project managers and delivery teams while overseeing project governance, scheduling, budgeting, contracting, design coordination, construction administration, commissioning, activation, and stakeholder engagement. The role serves as the primary organizational leader responsible for ensuring projects are executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with organizational goals, operational requirements, and regulatory standards.
This position works closely with clinical leadership, facilities operations, finance, supply chain, contractors, architects, engineers, and regulatory agencies to deliver projects that support patient care, operational performance, and long-term asset reliability.
Responsibilities:
1. Project Delivery Leadership
- Direct the execution of construction, renovation, infrastructure, and facility improvement projects across the enterprise.
- Lead all phases of project delivery, including initiation, planning, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, activation, occupancy, and closeout.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and consistent with approved scope and quality expectations.
- Establish project management standards, governance processes, and delivery methodologies across OPDC.
- Monitor project performance and intervene when project risks, budget variances, or schedule delays arise.
- Provide executive oversight for high-risk, high-profile, and complex projects.
2. Construction Management
- Oversee construction activities across multiple campuses and facilities.
- Direct contractor, construction manager, architect, engineer, and consultant performance.
- Ensure compliance with contract requirements, healthcare regulations, life safety standards, and organizational policies.
- Lead resolution of construction issues, unforeseen conditions, scope changes, and project disputes.
- Ensure project teams maintain strong field presence throughout construction activities.
- Monitor project safety, quality assurance, and construction progress.
3. Program & Portfolio Oversight
- Manage a portfolio of concurrent projects with varying complexity and stakeholder requirements.
- Establish project prioritization, resource allocation, and workload balancing processes.
- Maintain enterprise project reporting and performance dashboards.
- Develop portfolio-level risk management and mitigation strategies.
- Lead project review meetings, executive updates, and governance forums.
- Ensure consistency in project delivery processes across all project managers and teams.
4. Design & Stakeholder Coordination
- Direct collaboration between clinical, operational, facilities, technology, and administrative stakeholders.
- Facilitate project scope development and decision-making processes.
- Ensure design solutions align with operational workflows, patient experience goals, and maintainability requirements.
- Lead executive and stakeholder communication throughout project lifecycles.
- Resolve competing priorities while maintaining project objectives and organizational alignment.
5. Budget & Financial Management
- Oversee project budgets, contingencies, forecasts, and financial performance.
- Ensure appropriate financial controls throughout project execution.
- Review change orders, budget adjustments, and funding requests.
- Monitor project expenditures and cash flow forecasts.
- Identify opportunities to improve project value and cost efficiency without compromising quality or operational requirements.
- Partner with Finance to provide accurate project reporting and forecasting.
6. Contract Administration & Procurement
- Lead procurement and contracting activities for construction services, design consultants, and specialty vendors.
- Support selection and negotiation of project delivery methods, including:
- Design-Bid-Build
- Design-Build
- CMAR
- Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
- Ensure contract compliance and proper administration throughout project delivery.
- Manage contractor performance evaluations and dispute resolution.
- Develop and maintain preferred contractor and consultant relationships.
7. Commissioning, Activation & Transition
- Oversee commissioning activities to ensure systems perform as intended.
- Direct facility activation and occupancy planning efforts.
- Coordinate project turnover with Facilities Operations, Clinical Operations, and support departments.
- Ensure complete documentation, training, warranty management, and closeout requirements are achieved.
- Support a smooth transition from construction into ongoing operations.
8. Team Leadership & Development
- Lead and develop OPDC project managers, construction managers, and project support staff.
- Establish performance expectations, accountability standards, and professional development plans.
- Foster a culture of safety, collaboration, responsiveness, and customer service.
- Build organizational project management capability through standardization and continuous improvement.
- Mentor staff on healthcare construction best practices and project delivery methodologies.
9. Risk, Quality & Compliance
- Establish and maintain project controls to proactively manage risk.
- Ensure compliance with:
- Joint Commission standards
- Life Safety Code requirements
- CMS requirements
- Local building and permitting regulations
- Infection prevention and interim life safety requirements
- Lead project risk assessments and mitigation planning.
- Oversee quality assurance and quality control programs throughout project delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, Architecture, Facilities Management, or related field.
- Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience leading construction and capital project delivery programs.
- Five (5) years of leadership experience managing project managers and delivery teams.
- Experience overseeing large-scale healthcare construction and renovation projects.
- Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent projects within active healthcare environments.
Why MultiCare?
Rooted in the local community
Partnering with patients, families and neighbors across the Pacific Northwest for more than 140 years.
Growth and education
Competitive tuition assistance, award-winning residencies, fellowships and career development to invest in you.
Well-being and support
Generous PTO, Code Lavender and Employee Assistance Programs to help you maintain balance and feel cared in your work and life.
Living our values
Respect, integrity, kindness and collaboration guide how we care for patients, communities and each other.
Belonging for all
Resource Groups and outreach programs help ensure every team member feels safe, seen, heard and valued.
Pacific Northwest lifestyle
Work and live where natural beauty, adventure and strong community connections are part of everyday life.
Pay and Benefit Expectations
We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salary, medical, dental and retirement benefits and paid time off. As required by various pay transparency laws, we share a competitive range of compensation for candidates hired into each position. The pay scale is $152,443.20 - $219,356.80 USD. However, pay is influenced by factors specific to applicants, including but not limited to: skill set, level of experience, and certification(s) and/or education. If this position is associated with a union contract, pay will be reflective of the appropriate step on the pay scale to which the applicant’s years of experience align.
Associated benefit information can be viewed here.
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Frame your credentials around specialty occupation
Director of Construction roles must meet USCIS's specialty occupation standard. Document how your degree in civil engineering, construction management, or architecture directly corresponds to your executive duties. A general management background without a field-specific degree weakens the petition.
Pull prevailing wage data before negotiating
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for construction management roles in your target metro before you discuss compensation. Your offered salary must meet or exceed the certified wage level, and anything lower disqualifies the LCA before it's filed.
Target owners and developers, not just GCs
Real estate developers and owner-operators hire Directors of Construction at the corporate level and sponsor more consistently than regional general contractors. These employers file LCAs tied to a fixed worksite, which simplifies the DOL certification step compared to multi-site project-based roles.
Search Migrate Mate for verified sponsoring employers
Filter Director of Construction roles on Migrate Mate to see employers with verified LCA filing history in construction management. This cuts out companies that list titles but have never filed, saving you weeks of outreach to employers who won't sponsor.
Expect PERM at this seniority level
Many employers willing to sponsor a Director of Construction start the PERM labor certification process within the first year of H-1B status. Ask HR during the offer stage whether green card sponsorship is part of their standard employment package for director-level hires.
Clarify your worksite before the LCA is filed
Construction directors often oversee multiple active sites, but DOL requires a certified LCA tied to a primary worksite. Confirm with your employer which address they'll list and ensure it reflects where you'll spend the majority of your work time to avoid a compliance issue post-certification.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Director of Construction role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the employer can demonstrate the role requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field such as civil engineering, construction management, or architecture. Roles framed as general management without a field-specific degree requirement are more likely to receive a Request for Evidence from USCIS, so the job description needs to be precise.
Which visa types realistically apply to Director of Construction candidates?
H-1B is the primary work visa for this role and requires employer sponsorship, an approved LCA, and passing the annual cap and selection process. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify under TN visa if the role maps to an eligible USMCA profession. EB-2 and EB-3 green cards through PERM are common at this seniority level for long-term sponsorship.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor Director of Construction roles?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified LCA filing history in construction management, so you can focus your applications on companies that have already committed to sponsoring this role type. This is more reliable than applying broadly and discovering late in the process that a company doesn't sponsor.
Does the multi-site nature of construction work create complications for H-1B sponsorship?
It can. DOL requires the LCA to list a primary worksite, and if you regularly work across multiple project sites, your employer may need to post LCA notices at each location and in some cases file amended petitions with USCIS when you move to a new worksite for an extended period. Clarifying worksite arrangements before the LCA is filed avoids compliance issues later.
Is a construction management degree required, or can a related engineering degree work?
USCIS accepts degrees in civil engineering, structural engineering, architecture, and construction management as qualifying fields for Director of Construction roles, as long as the employer ties the degree requirement directly to the job duties in the LCA and I-129 petition. A degree in an unrelated field, even combined with years of experience, is harder to defend if USCIS issues an RFE.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Director of Construction jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.