Senior Project Manager - Healthcare

Company Description

The Vertex Companies, LLC (VERTEX) is a global $150M professional services firm that offers integrated forensic consulting, expert witness services, construction project advisory, and compliance and regulatory consulting to a myriad of markets and industries. Our brand purpose is to better outcomes for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Join us if you are looking for a career that offers you a chance to love what you do, continuously learn, and take pride in your work.

Job Description

Vertex is seeking a Senior Project Manager who will be responsible for working on multiple projects in a fast-paced, collaborative, and service-oriented work environment, providing leadership to the client and entire project team throughout the project lifecycle. We are targeting candidates with previous experience with healthcare related construction projects. 

Job Duties:

• Manage day-to-day activities on projects in all phases from feasibility thru occupancy
• Serve as client’s day-to-day contact and trusted advisor
• Manage all project activities including project scope, schedule, cost, cash flow, quality, communications, coordination, procurement, and risk elements required to optimize client service, quality, and fiscal responsibility
• Primary responsibility for implementation of all processes, procedures and deliverables
• Primary lead for overall project schedule and budget
• Manage and drive performance of the “project team”
• Administrator of VERTEX Contract and related project billings
• Leads multiple projects and related teams
• Business development / Sales Support responsibility
• Identify and/or create opportunities to sell VERTEX services from other practice areas
• Take a leading role in opportunity response / interview
• Target new projects to build and maintain backlog
• People Management responsibilities including multiple direct reports both project and non-project based

Management Duties:

• Work with Project Director and Managing Director in establishing growth strategy for practice area
• Represent VERTEX to inside and outside constituents exhibiting the highest ethical and professional behavior being a great teammate
• Effective management of assignments within the region; meeting budget and delivery timeframes; ensuring client satisfaction
• Ensuring that assignments are executed with technical proficiency, accuracy, professionalism, and with VERTEX’s brand of excellence
• Recruit and manage future employees to achieve strategic goals and personify VERTEX core values – Learning, Urgency, Value, & Collaboration; inspire all employees to deliver first in class project management service
• Make employee safety a priority both in-house and on-site, in accordance with corporate policy

Specific Related Project Experience Requirements:

• Experience with new, addition/renovation, and phased, and construction projects
• Experience working in sensitive occupied environments like outpatient healthcare facilities, hospitals, labs, research buildings, GMP manufacturing facilities, implementing a construction project
• New England travel and/or field work may be required

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management preferred

Experience:

• 7 -10 years of construction or related experience.
• Owner’s Project Management work with public and private clients on higher education, healthcare, or life science construction projects preferred
• Work in a consultant setting tracking your time and monitoring activities against a budget

Certification and Licensees:

• LEED Accreditation or similar preferred but not required

Knowledge & Skills:

• Able to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with co-workers, clients, and contractors
• Strong aptitude in collaboration tools and remote meeting management · Able to work with minimal oversight but take direction effectively from managers · Able to meet deadlines, both internally and externally driven
• Must be able to perform complex tasks and handle multiple priorities, and have the ability to perform exceptionally under high stress conditions
• Strong communicator with effective verbal and written communication skills
• Enjoys collaboration and being on a team
• Efficient, well-organized and positive attitude when approached with challenges and realities of construction management and consulting
• Requires excellent technology, computer, and document management proficiencies
• Proficiency with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Pr