Hospital Construction Manager

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PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Hires, trains, orients, counsels, evaluates, and administers disciplinary action up to and including termination.
2. Responsible for all construction activities across the system.
3. Assists Director in determining budget, operational and capital expenses involving construction projects.
4. Develops strategies, maintains documentation, and conducts training for construction processes, capital budget process and infection control processes.
5. Develops plans for construction projects with architects, engineers, 3^rd party consultants and hospital departments.
6. Develops JCAHO/OSHA compliance strategies.
7. Performs system wide inspections to determine status of building, equipment, and construction projects are in compliance with Northside policies and state and local codes.
8. Responsible for monitoring project manager's budget and cost management practices to aid in controlling job costs for budgetary purposes, and maintains pertinent records.
9. Responsible for ensuring construction schedules are being achieved across the system to meet the needs of the organization.
10. Responsible for managing the construction closeout process and enforcing a timely "Tenant Improvement" reimbursement from property owners.
11. Assigns Sr. Project Coordinators and Sr. Project Manager to specific projects, and spot checks work to ensure that construction processes meets safety standards and regulations.
12. Ensures that construction projects are completed per code and that all certifications are obtained during the closeout process.
13. Acts as the hospital's safety representative for Construction.
14. Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any construction related incidents, unsafe conditions, or employee/patient/visitor injuryaccident to Director.
15. Responsible for submitting project budgets and scopes of work to the state for approval
16. Responsible for reviewing and approving project contracts with architects, engineers, general contractors, etc. prior to submission to the director.
17. Responsible for maintaining and updating the construction department processes to prepare, and assist in hosting, our annual contractor orientations.
18. Maintains, and updates, the overall project tracking log for the system.
19. Responds immediately to issues and emergencies that involve construction projects and/or disasters.
20. Provides assistance with outpatient lease renewals and negotiations between landlords and real estate.
21. Develops and maintains relationships with local and state authorities have jurisdiction.
22. Provide project updates to leadership teams
23. Responsible for reviewing and approving invoices and pay applications through NSH billing software
24. Responsible for reviewing and approving project change orders for proper documentation.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Other duties as assigned by supervision.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

1. Bachelor Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, a related field and/or a Master's in Business Administration
2. Seven (7) years' experience in Healthcare Construction, of which four (4) years must be in a supervisory capacity.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED

1. Computer experience to include some experience with CAD, Bluebeam, scheduling software
2. CHFM preferred
3. Solid grasp on understanding operational functions of a hospital
4. Demonstrated ability to read blueprints and understand construction estimating, scheduling, permitting, and closeout procedures.
5. Knowledge of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code and NFPA 99 Healthcare Code.
6. Familiar with JCAHO Statement of Conditions and Environment of Care Standards
7. Knowledge of Infection Control processes and how to implement