Details
Posted: 05-Oct-25
Location: San Francisco, California
Type: Full-time
**This position requires onsite work a minimum of four days per week and more as needed**
Under the general direction of the Associate Director of Project Delivery, Health Design and Construction Sr. Project Manager (PM) is accountable for project management services to ensure design and construction projects are on schedule, within budget, high-quality, cost-effective, and appropriate to client program needs. Simultaneously manages multiple projects of various sizes in the challenging healthcare construction environment. Services include all elements of project management from concept through project closeout including initial scoping, budgeting, funding, procurement, construction management and closeout of large and small projects.
The PM organizes, plans, and controls the design and construction efforts on projects ranging from $50,000 - $70,000,000. This involves selecting professional design staff (architects and engineers), general contractors and subcontractors, coordinating the activities of clients, construction inspectors, and others associated with the projects; managing project progress to achieve overall project objectives consistent with department standards and in alignment with customer expectations including, budget, cost and quality; resolving problems that arise in the projects; working with state agency officials to ensure compliance and safety. The project manager has a first line responsibility to communicate effectively with project stakeholders regarding program, budget, schedule, and construction impact. The PM utilizes internal project management tools and systems to monitor progress, control schedules and budgets, generate timely reports, and maintain comprehensive records throughout the project lifecycle. Ensure accurate data entry and updates to support transparent communication, audit readiness, and informed decision-making. PM provides support to the annual Capital Budget development process. Project managers may be responsible for coordinating the activities of HD&C Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers as directed.
Represents UCSF Health on design and construction projects, including new development, facility expansion, renovations and retrofitting. Responsible for coordinating, monitoring and reporting on all design and construction activities. Administrate consultant and construction agreements, facilitate quality control, maintenance of design and construction schedules, construction management and owner representative responsibilities. Manage medium-to-large teams of external vendors and internal affiliate and service line staff on medium-to-large projects. Demonstrate a mastery of project management, works with a high degree of autonomy, and is responsible for delivering medium to large scale projects with moderate to difficult complexity. Responsible for delivering projects on time and on budget. Exercises independent judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
PM leads developmental stage of capital projects to assure that project scope, schedule, and phasing are adequately defined. Use Health D&C project benchmarks and/or work with the design professionals to create the preliminary project budget and schedule.
PM defines working criteria for a proposed project, determining the hazardous materials, infection control, phasing of work, and fire and life safety requirements that are necessary. Estimate the design review efforts for a project to assure that the quality of the construction documents is sufficient to minimize the risk of cost overruns during construction.
PM coordinates the efforts of the Inspector of Record, state agencies (e.g., OSHPD), the contractor and University representatives to ensure code compliance and quality of work, and a constructive relationship with the regulators. Prepare and verify that all required documentation is completed prior to occupancy or authorized approval of a project.
PM coordinates all project relocations, furniture, equipment and IT scopes of work, which may be supported by other internal HD&C resources. PM is responsible to assure that all aspects of the project are addressed in a timely manner.
Skills
- Develop and maintain project schedules, resources and budgets.
- Maintain project schedule and budget projections for monthly cash flow reports.
- Develop, execute and monitor vendor contracts.
- Manage project risks associated with schedule, scope and budget.
- Review and approve invoices, including pay applications for accuracy and completeness.
- Develop, monitoring and completion of project closeout strategy.
- Maintain a strong team culture of accountability and integrity on the projects they manage.
- Identify gaps and work with supervisors to correct.
- Implement LEAN processes to ensure reliability in projects.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with affiliate representatives, management and other departments within UCSF.
- Ensure their teams maintain a culture of high collaboration, accountability, trust and integrity.
- Collaborate effectively with other HD&C staff including but not limited to Assistant PMs, Project Manager Assistants, architects, signage and wayfinding manager, FFE coordinator, etc.
Position will work at all UCSF Health locations in San Francisco. All Real Estate staff are required to be on-site, in-person, no less than 4 full days per week, although project activities may require beyond that requirement. The PM is required to be responsive to the project needs and demands based on the phases of the project and construction activities.The approved salary range for this position is $163,000/year. - $195,000/year.
The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.
Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.
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