Senior Manager - Construction

Stanford Health Care•Pleasanton, CA

8d•$84 - $111•Onsite

About The Position

Build the Future of Healthcare Construction at Stanford Join a team shaping world-class facilities that support cutting-edge research and patient care. With significant capital investments planned through 2030, your contributions will shape the future for years to come. As Senior Construction Manager, you’ll lead complex healthcare construction projects in Pleasanton, CA, and it is onsite five days a week. This is a high-visibility role managing scope, schedule, and budget for initiatives ranging from major ground-up builds to intricate renovations. Success means driving collaboration across contractors, architects, and regulatory agencies while ensuring safety and compliance. The Senior Construction Manager is primarily responsible for advocating Stanford Health Care's interests by over-seeing construction, executed by a general contractor, during all phases of construction. Extensive knowledge of both new construction and renovation practices is required. The Senior Construction Manager oversees multiple projects at once and communicates directly with the management team. The Senior Construction Manager is responsible for ensuring completion of construction projects within budget, on schedule, meeting all program objectives and applicable regulations while providing leadership, coordination and support to Project and Construction Managers, and construction trades specific to a construction project.

Requirements

10+ years of construction experience preferred (healthcare in CA strongly preferred)
Expertise in large-scale projects ($100M+)
Strong negotiation, coordination, and leadership skills
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
Employees must abide by all Joint Commission requirements including, but not limited to, sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patients’ rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.
Bachelor’s degree in a work-related field or discipline from an accredited college or university.
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying
Minimum of seven (7) years of directly related work experience and level of responsibility in a comparable role.
Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with widely diverse groups, including: individuals at senior levels both within and outside the organization and gain their cooperation.
Ability to handle potentially sensitive situations by applying consultative skills in working with internal and external constituent groups.
Ability to plan, organize, motivate, mentor, direct and evaluate the work of others.
Ability to prioritize work by making informed judgments and to develop solutions for complex problems.
Ability to work within a regulated environment such as a hospital to ensure adherence to the policies and procedures of the facility including but not limited to: infection control procedures, utility shutdown procedures, etc.
Demonstrate commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety, communicates safety concerns, uses and promotes safe behaviors based in training and lessons learned.
Ability to review plans and specifications for constructability, quality, code compliance, and budget.
Ability to review contracts for services to be performed prior to execution, negotiate terms and conditions, and enforce contract provisions.
Ability to determine entitlement and negotiate any change order or potential change order for a project.
Ability to resolve disputes and or claims that may occur.
Ability to budget, make financial projections and write reports.
Ability to work with and create CPM schedules.
Knowledge of managing projects in CPMS environments.
Knowledge of technical, professional and business practices in the fields of healthcare delivery, architecture, construction, and building design process.
Knowledge of legal, technical and regulatory documents.

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience of ten plus (10+) years.

Responsibilities

Oversee all onsite construction activities
Review design submittals, RFIs, contracts, and change orders
Manage budgets, schedules, and stakeholder communication
Ensure compliance with California healthcare regulations
Ensures the completion of construction within budget, on schedule, and meets all program objectives and appropriate government regulations.
Implements quality control measures to ensure construction project compliance with department, hospital, and university policies, government codes and regulations; also ensures conformance to the requirements of all project participants.
Manages communications on a regular and timely basis, ensuring that all project participants are informed of project status, problems, and required actions.
Manages the selection process and contract negotiations for contractors, and construction related vendors. Manages, assesses, and documents construction scope, describing the objectives, physical requirements, parameters, and constraints of the project, including not only the user's functional needs but also hospital and external jurisdictional criteria for health and safety, operation, maintenance, energy efficiency, quality standards, contextual issues, and aesthetics.
Prepares and maintains accurate, coherent, timely, and auditable project records/files, and cost estimates with department procedures.
Provides leadership, coordination, and support to the Project Managers and all the construction trades specific to a construction project.