Director - Planning Design & Construction

Trinity-Health

$120K — $145K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management, or Business, or relevant work experience.
  • 12+ years of experience in architectural design and construction project management.
  • 3+ years managing large, complex healthcare projects.
  • Demonstrated financial and operational management skills.
  • Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications.
  • Familiarity with building codes and basic CAD drafting.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise daily operations of the department and guide strategies for performance goals.
  • Enable collaboration across service areas to ensure operational consistency.
  • Lead the standardization and optimization of policies and processes.
  • Manage vendor and contract labor, centralizing strategy and optimizing spend.
  • Measure and report KPIs and value delivery to stakeholders.
  • Oversee construction projects to ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
  • Coordinate with design teams and support procurement of furniture and equipment.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Generous paid time off and education assistance programs.
  • Retirement savings with employer matching.
  • Work within a compassionate and transforming healthcare environment.
  • Benefits start on the first day of employment.
Full Job Description
Employment Type:
Full timeShift:

Description:
PURPOSE: Frontline, department-based; Supervises daily functions of assigned department; Provides clear direction & manages / advances people, processes, structures &/or programs that support direct / indirect care. The leader demonstrates behaviors in alignment with culture & creates / supports comprehensive strategies & measures progress to achieve desired outcomes.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Leadership
Providing advice, guidance, and leadership to RHM and Region leaders in developing strategies and in the achievement of performance goals.
• Enable Collaboration across and within service area, RHM, and Regions to ensure consistency and integration of strategy and operations

Direction and Growth
• Providing advice, guidance, and leadership to service area, functional area, and RHM.
• Leading standardization/systems and optimization of policy, process, methodology, establishing a national community of practice.
• Oversee Vendor/Contract Labor Management including centralizing strategy and optimizing spend.

Strategic Support & Accountability
• Collaborates in system-wide strategy development and deployment of functional area priorities and initiatives.
• Responsible for supporting regional efforts to comply with functional area priorities.
• Accountable for the selection, evaluation, and overall success of the functional leadership teams.
• Organization-wide focal point for establishing functional strategies and governance over financials and staffing.
• Accountable for communication between service area functional area, RHM leader.

Operational Delivery
• Responsible for measuring and reporting KPIs/metrics and value delivery
• Providing advice, guidance, and leadership for the colleague life cycle

Maintains a Working Knowledge of applicable federal, state & local laws / regulations, Trinity Health Integrity & Compliance Program & Code of Conduct, as well as other policies, procedures & guidelines in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical & professional behavior & safe work practices.

Functional Role (not inclusive of titles or advancement career progression)

Leadership responsibility, that includes:
  • Working with executive leaders on the development of the annual capital plan and budgets.
  • Coordination and oversight of an assigned group of project managers, ensuring all PDC processes are followed, and projects are appropriately managed.
  • This position is responsible for managing construction projects.
  • This position is responsible for leading major construction projects, to include:
  • Plans and coordinates master planning initiatives in the markets.
  • Coordinates closely with the Trinity Health approved architects and selects support design partners.
  • Coordinate across the leadership teams to ensure the coordination of their programs into the management plans of the projects.
  • Responsibility for construction safety programs and infection control for patients and the Environment of Care during construction operations.
  • Ensures project reports are delivered in a timely manner to stakeholders.
  • Responsible for the recommendation of construction management platforms.
  • Performs oversite of multiple small sites/locations or single medium/large sites within a region's health ministry.
  • Works to support compliance with Joint Commission, CMMS, OSHA, state Department of Health and other governing bodies.
  • Provides coordination and administration of construction/renovation projects, both on and off campus.
  • Provides budget cost estimates for in-house projects.
  • Prepares facilities planning reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends.
  • Facilitates between the design team, end users, leadership and the authorities having jurisdiction to complete design and construction/state permitting and licensure.
  • Maintains documentation and prepares reports on construction and renovation projects.
  • Manages construction projects to schedule and within budget.
  • Responsible for the activation, transition and go-live of assigned projects.
  • Coordinates and oversees project components including furniture and equipment procurement, IT, Clinical Engineering, Marketing, and licensure.
  • Responsible for implementation of the interim life safety and infection control plans.
  • Identifies current and future facilities planning requirements.
  • Evaluates facility suitability by inspecting buildings and office areas.
  • Assists internal customers, and architects with building and campus design.
  • Provides functional supervision to in-house facility engineers.
  • Maintains medical center way-finding standards.


Minimum Qualifications

Education / Accreditation / Licensure
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management, or Business or relevant work experience required. Years of experience will be considered.
  • American Society of Healthcare Engineers (ASHE) - Certified Healthcare Constructor (CHC) within 12 months of hire.

Experience
  • Minimum 12 years of experience in architectural design and construction project management.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience managing large, complex healthcare projects.
  • Must demonstrate financial and operational management skills and demonstrate the ability to analyze technical estimating and budgeting tools for construction.
  • Must have experience reading and interpreting construction drawings and specifications.
  • Must be familiar with building codes.
  • Basic drafting experience / CAD (Computer aided drafting)


Additional Qualifications (nice to have)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.
  • Prefer someone with experience in capital project management software.


Position Highlights and Benefits
  • Comprehensive benefit packages available, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 403B, and education assistance
  • We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities
  • We live and breathe our guiding behaviors: we support each other in serving, we communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly, we are fully present, we are all accountable, we trust and assume goodness in intentions


Ministry/Facility Information:
  • Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is a full-service, non-profit Catholic hospital, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and a member of Trinity Health.
  • We are committed to providing compassionate and holistic person-centered care.
  • We are the only Catholic hospital in Broward and Palm Beach counties and are not for profit. We are part of Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. Together, we serve people and communities in 21 states from coast to coast, providing nearly 2.8 million visits annually.
  • Comprehensive benefits that start on your first day of work
  • Retirement savings program with employer matching


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