Project Manager - Design Build Life Sciences Construction

About the Role:

The Project Manager position plays a key role in our organization as the company's management representative leading key project(s) from conceptual phases and pre-construction through construction and commissioning/close-out.

This includes oversight and direction of subcontractors, design firms, project managers and project engineers and developing a complementary functional working relationship with the Project Superintendent to provide our clients with a project that is safely completed within budget, on schedule, in accordance with quality standards and meeting the customer's satisfaction.

Typically, this role is executing assignments that are larger, more technically complex, multiple projects, or of critical importance to the organization.

The project manager conceptualizes a plan to execute the project and ensure logistics and work flow activities and objectives are clear to all team members. In addition, the project manager will seek to extend relationships to build work with new and existing clients and will work to build new project opportunities for the organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10-15 years progressive growth in Design Build Project Management Construction
• Demonstrated knowledge and capability to successfully execute projects in excess of $5MM or multiple concurrent projects in excess of $1MM
• Knowledge of risk management and risk mitigation
• Negotiation skills
• Relationship development skills
• Communication and organizational skills
• Capability to identify and resolve complex issues
• Effective participation skills in a team environment
• Ability to independently manage workload and commitments
• Ability to plan, prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects.
• Can be detail oriented and focused but developing ability to step away to evaluate the overall viewpoint
• Increasing knowledge and understanding industry specifics for the life sciences and advanced technology
• Construction knowledge with cost and schedule impact/control understanding and working knowledge
• Project database and procedural knowledge
• Proficiency with Blue Beam, Planswift, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project or Primavera, PROCORE and other project related software

This position focuses on:

• longer term planning
• revenue building
• project opportunities
• cost control
• strategic procurement
• schedule planning and control
• identification of and resolutions for potential pitfalls

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary plus generous bonus
• Paid Time off plus paid holidays
• 401(k) safe harbor employer contribution plus discretionary profit-sharing contribution to help you save for the future
• Comprehensive benefits package with employer contributions towards medical, HRA, life insurance and short-term and long-term disability
• Educational Assistance program
• Reimbursement for professional licensing and registration
• Professional development opportunities
• Publication stipend
• Employee Referral Program

Additional Information

PROTECS is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or veteran status.

This position is not eligible for H1-B or any other visa sponsorship

PROTECS is a leading full-service design-build construction management and project management company with five US offices focused on serving the hi-tech regulated market sectors. For over 20 years, PROTECS has provided its clients with a broad range of leveraged services in a collaborative design/build and construction management approach by partnering with best-in-class architecture/engineering firms from project inception to occupancy.


Through PROTECS' patented Target Costing® delivery methodology, the company acts as a single point of contact and accountability for master planning, site selection, design, construction, commissioning, and validation. At the core of its delivery approach, PROTECS takes on the risk to guarantee performance, conformance, compliance, time to market and, above all, cost to ensure all its clients' strategic objectives and goals are met.


For more information, please visit

The pay range for this role is:

120,000 - 165,000 USD per year (New Jersey)