Architectural Project Manager - Healthcare

EwingCole • Philadelphia, PA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

EwingCole is seeking an Architectural Project Manager to join its Philadelphia office. The Project Manager supervises staff, establishes workflows, and serves as a consistent point of contact for clients. The role independently establishes project schedules and budgets and coordinates internal and external team members. It calls for strong client and employee interaction, resolving complex issues, balancing project considerations, and facilitating difficult conversations. The Project Manager aligns team members’ capabilities with project goals and manages resources to deliver client satisfaction through quality design, cost consciousness, and efficiency.

The role leads project delivery from schematic design through construction documentation while maintaining design intent and technical quality. It promotes and improves quality standards, analyzes construction estimates against design intent and approved budgets, and develops cost-control alternatives. The Project Manager manages fees, resources, and schedules; guides project modeling and drawings; oversees construction administration; and incorporates sustainability goals. The work also involves building technology, codes and accessibility, programming, planning, design generation and visualization, material research, presentations, specifications, and site planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Interior Design, or Engineering.
• Professional licensure as a Registered Architect or Professional Engineer (P.E.), or NCIDQ certification, preferred.
• Master’s degree preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Professional licensure as a Registered Architect or Professional Engineer (P.E.), or NCIDQ certification.

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff, establish workflows, and act as a consistent point of client contact.
• Establish project schedules and budgets and coordinate internal and external team members.
• Resolve complex issues with clients and employees, balancing project considerations and facilitating difficult conversations.
• Align team members’ capabilities and manage project resources to meet project goals and provide client satisfaction through quality design, cost consciousness, and efficiency.
• Lead project work from schematic design through construction documentation while maintaining design intent and technical quality.
• Promote project quality through adherence to and ongoing improvement of company standards.
• Analyze construction cost estimates for alignment with design intent and approved budgets, and develop cost-control alternatives.
• Manage project fees, resources, and delivery schedules to support project financial health.
• Guide modeling and drawings used to deliver projects accurately.
• Manage construction administration through responsive coordination with the builder, maintaining design intent and contractual requirements.
• Conceive projects to address human and environmental health impacts and meet sustainability goals.
• Apply construction-method knowledge to building design and ensure designs and construction documents comply with applicable codes and accessibility standards.
• Develop programming requirements and spatial configuration options through analysis of adjacencies, phasing, and expansion.
• Guide visualization of design concepts and initiate design approaches for distinctive project solutions.
• Select quality materials and appropriate applications with consideration of product lifecycles.
• Present design vision through engaging, informative presentations to stakeholders.
• Write specifications defining design intent, material qualities, and performance standards.
• Address project, sustainability, and regulatory requirements in site planning.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Flexible/hybrid work options.
• Paid parental leave.
• Insurance offerings including medical, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and identity protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager