Senior Project Manager, Capital Improvement Construction

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career! 

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

JOB SUMMARY
UT Southwestern is actively seeking a large-scale Senior Project Manager to join our Capital Improvement Construction team. We are looking for someone with seven (7) plus years project management experience in hospital or academic healthcare construction, specifically with large-scale capital improvement projects.

As Senior Project Manager, Capital Improvement, you will serve as the owner’s representative for large, complex capital construction projects, typically ranging from $10 million to $100+ million, within a healthcare institutional environment. Provide leadership across all phases of project delivery, from planning and design through construction and closeout, while balancing quality, budget, schedule, order changes, contractor GMP's, and operational sensitivity in an active hospital setting. This position coordinates multidisciplinary teams, manages outside construction managers, engineers, consultants, and contractors, ensures regulatory and institutional compliance, mitigates risk, and supports long-range facilities planning in alignment with UT Southwestern Medical Center’s mission. Works under limited supervision of the Director of Capital Improvement Program.

Highly Preferred Competencies / Skills

• Proven experience managing external engineers, architects, consultants, and construction teams.

• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale capital projects valued at $25 million to $100+ million.

• Design and construction experience in academic healthcare and/or research facilities, or comparable project/construction management experience with a healthcare, academic, or research focus.

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to “read the room,” including awareness of cues, body language, and stakeholder dynamics.

• Polished communication style with exceptional verbal and written skills; ability to tailor messaging, level of detail, and tone to the audience, including senior executive leadership.

• Highly effective negotiator with strong conflict resolution capabilities.

• Critical thinker with the ability to assess complex issues, manage risk, and make sound decisions in high-visibility environments.

• Professional judgment and discretion, with an expectation of precision, clarity, and excellence in all communications and deliverables.

Work Location: 100% Onsite/Remote work not available; Dallas Campus (office out of Trinity Towers at 2777 N Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX); travel to and from work site and other UTSW locations as needed.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Required

• Education
  • Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent experience 
     

• Experience
  • 7 years Project Management experience, and large scale project management experience 
  • Design and Construction experience with academic healthcare and/or research facilities and/or project management/construction management experience with a focus in healthcare, academic, and/or research facilities 
     

JOB DUTIES

• Responsible for overall project management to include budgets, change orders, schedule, contractor GMP's, contract management and quality control in compliance with industry and institutional standards.
• Must have strong organizational skills for managing and compiling project data.
• Must have strong written and verbal skills for project reporting including Executive leadership of the organization.
• Manage complex capital facility projects greater than $4M with a strong focus on large scale projects.
• Manages A/E teams, construction teams, internal and external project management teams, internal teams, third party consultants, etc. to ensure compliance with design specifications, schedules, and contractual commitments as it pertains to the project.
• Manages the project teams from Planning/Programming, Design, Construction, Owner Occupancy to First Patient.
• Develops project schedule and Owner schedule for defining all required steps from Planning/Programming to first patient.
• Manages contractual compliance and relationships for the assigned projects.
• Defines and implements contractual and financial strategies.
• Coordinates approval procedures with the BOR, and THECB and associated State Agencies.
• Works collaboratively with purchasing in the preparation of necessary documentation for contract award and all procurement needs.
• Support the ROCIP and HUB program on the selected projects.
• Implements installation of capital equipment as required.
• Develops and manages project documentation, record keeping, financial and activity status reports that are accurate, up-to-date, clear and complete in support of the decision making, issue solving and informing processes of a project.
• Manage and track projects in the CIP centralized project management information system.
• Close out projects to ensure documents are uploaded to eBuilder and properly issued to Facilities Management.
• Monitor the status of project permits and inspections to ensure that they are completed and properly documented.
• Address and manage critical issues impacting project quality and safety.
• Use of eBuilder for the project management system.
• Must demonstrate strong leadership in managing all consultants, contractors, and project teams internal and external.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT

Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

EEO
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.