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.
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.
