Senior Director, Facilities Project Management
About The Position
This is a newly created position to establish and oversee small project processes at Sutter Health. Small projects are nominally below $10M each and include but are not limited to renovations, refreshes, acquisitions, infrastructure upgrades, medical equipment replacements, and tenant improvements (administrative, non-acute and acute). Small projects account for a substantial proportion of Sutter's total capital spend each year and as such this position is of vital importance to the overall performance of the Sutter Health system. This position is accountable for providing the necessary support, oversight and technical tools to the Facility Management, Planning and Project Delivery teams so performance goals for small project delivery can be met. The successful candidate will have a deep knowledge of project delivery processes for small healthcare projects, including applicable regulations, contracting, vendor management, schedule estimation and cost estimation in the state of California. The successful candidate is expected to be familiar with what is necessary to deliver a high volume of small projects cost effectively at speed. In the arena of small projects this position: • Develops, enforces and trains on the processes to be followed. • Develops KPI's and dashboards to show performance and improvements. • Coaches and develops the Facility Management, Planning and Project Delivery teams in best practices. • Over time will likely have direct reports that assist in providing the necessary support and oversight to this program.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field (equivalent experience will be accepted).
- 15 years recent relevant experience.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Solid interpersonal and conflict resolution abilities.
- Work group facilitation skills.
- Human resource management skills including the ability to attract, retain, motivate, develop and manage performance of staff.
- Demonstrated negotiation skills balancing attention to details with an ability to operate strategically.
- Ability to work with and influence senior leaders across more than one entity, market or service line.
- Ability to support the development of business cases and work on solutions to complex business challenges.
- Demonstration of leadership ability.
- Consultative skills to gather needs and translate requests into potential solutions.
- Client relationship management skills.
- Critical thinking and analytical skills to support complex problem solving within capital project delivery.
- Broad health care design and construction knowledge.
- Understanding of major contract forms in capital project delivery, including integrated project delivery such as design-build contracts and Sutter’s own integrated form of agreement.
- Familiarity with health care construction building codes and regulations, space programming, cost estimating, project approval processes, and design and construction processes.
- Demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills in the delivery of health care facilities including medical office buildings, acute care general hospitals, outpatient surgery centers and psychiatric hospitals from programming through facility activation.
- Knowledge includes the understanding of the facility design on staff performance and efficiencies that support the business goals of the institution, as well as current trends in healthcare facility development and facility designs impacting patient care and operating efficiency.
- Familiarity with the State of California building approval processes including Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), the State Fire Marshall and municipal discretionary approvals, as well as The Joint Commission regulation.
- Familiarity with computer software programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, & Outlook.
- Deep knowledge of project delivery processes for small healthcare projects, including applicable regulations, contracting, vendor management, schedule estimation and cost estimation in the state of California.
- Familiarity with what is necessary to deliver a high volume of small projects cost effectively at speed.
Responsibilities
- Develops, enforces and trains on the processes to be followed for small projects.
- Develops KPI's and dashboards to show performance and improvements for small projects.
- Coaches and develops the Facility Management, Planning and Project Delivery teams in best practices for small projects.
- Provides necessary support, oversight and technical tools to Facility Management, Planning and Project Delivery teams for small project delivery.
- Manages and delegates appropriate tasks to technical and non-technical support staff.
- Gathers needs and translates requests into potential solutions.
- Maintains positive relations between FPS and entity, market and system level senior leadership.
- Supports the development of business cases and works on solutions to complex business challenges.
- Oversees small project processes at Sutter Health.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
