Design & Construction Project Manager (Facilities Management)

Details

Posted: 2026-06-05

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Meets with and maintains liaison with design consultants, contractors, users, and in-house personnel.
• Interacts with individuals/users on many organizational levels throughout JHSPH, including Faculty, Directors, and Administrators.
• Interacts with external contacts; including architects, engineers, construction contractors and other consultants on a frequent (daily) basis to discuss and resolve issues related to project design and construction matters.
• Reviews and prepares documentation related to design documents prepared by design consultants. Project design and construction responsibilities range from bio-safety level two laboratories to standard office renovations.
• Provides routine monthly project status update reports to the Assistant Director of Project Management addressing costs, schedules and occupancy issues.
• Solicits competitive bid construction proposals from contractors, receives and evaluates bids.
• Reviews construction proposal and makes recommendations to Assistant Director of Project Management.
• Administers and monitors consultant schedules.
• Manages construction documents preparation for bidding.
• Represents JHSPH’s interests while overseeing day to day construction activities for both minor and major capital building projects.
• Monitors quality standards of the contractor’s work and conformance with the construction contract documents.
• Review and process contractor submittals as part of construction procedure.
• Review contractor’s request for payment.
• Evaluate unforeseen conditions requiring additional work and expenditure of contingency fund; determine best plan of action with input from consultants; review contractor’s change order pricing.
• Attend all project construction meetings to represent interests of Owner.
• Exchanges pertinent, routine and non-routine information with individuals outside the assigned department or institution.
• Answers questions and guides, either face to face, through written correspondence or by telephone.
• Attends administrative meetings as a representative of the department and reports meeting discussions or decisions to appropriate staff members.
• Uses various software applications such as spreadsheet, work processing and relational data base to assemble, manipulate and prepare reports and present data.
• Deliver high quality projects, on time and under budget.
• Performs other related duties, as required, or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Architecture, or Engineering.
• Five years of construction/project management experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of architectural and engineering principles and practices, project and contract administration, laws and codes, budget accounting theory, cost accounting theory, and construction materials in buildings.
• Experience in research laboratory facilities design, construction, and operations.
• Working knowledge and experience with spreadsheets, word processing, CAD, and relational database programs.
• Sound knowledge of architectural and engineering principles and practices, project and contract administration, laws and codes, budget accounting theory, and cost accounting theory.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required. Ability to work with a wide variety of individuals to accomplish tasks required.