Construction Manager

Onsite

3571 Andrews Dr. Trailers - PLEASANTON

Full time

R2654552

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

Build environments that directly impact patient care and community health. As a Construction Manager supporting Stanford Health Care's Tri-Valley portfolio, you will help deliver complex healthcare projects that clinicians depend on every day.

This is a hands-on, onsite role based in Pleasanton, CA (not a people manager position). You will lead the day-to-day execution of multiple projects within active, highly regulated healthcare environments, ensuring work is delivered safely, on schedule, and on budget while maintaining operational continuity.

You'll serve as a key connector across internal teams, designers, contractors, and clinical stakeholders-translating plans into execution and proactively resolving issues in the field.

What you'll do:

• Lead day-to-day construction execution across multiple projects from planning through closeout.

• Work in collaboration with SHC Facilities Planning and Design, Facilities Engineering, Activations and Business Operations.

• Drive coordination of safety programs including ICRA, PCRA, and ILSM in partnership with Environmental Health & Safety

• Identify and resolve field issues quickly to maintain schedule and minimize operational disruption

• Track and communicate project performance using tools such as PMWeb, Bluebeam, and PlanGrid

• Provide clear, concise updates to leadership on scope, schedule, risks, and budget

• Own day-to-day project execution, risk management, and stakeholder communication

• Coordinate consultants, contractors, and internal partners to keep projects moving forward

• Balance competing priorities while maintaining safety, compliance, and quality standards

• Implement quality control measures, prepare organized and accurate project documentation for reporting

• Success is driven by healthcare or complex construction experience, strong communication, and disciplined project leadership

What you'll bring

• 5+ years of construction/project management experience, ideally in healthcare or other regulated environments

• Experience working in or around OSHPD/HCAI projects strongly preferred

• Working knowledge of PMWeb, Bluebeam, PlanGrid, MS Powerpoint and MS Office

• Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate across diverse stakeholder groups

• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with a strong focus on safety and execution

The Facilities Services division enhances health through leadership, collaboration, and innovation. Our team offers essential non-clinical support 24/7, ensuring safe operations and planning for future needs. We represent the intersection of planning, construction, general services, and facilities operations. Learn more about Facilities Services at: Facilities Services | Stanford Health Care ( .

Facilities Construction provides long-range construction and planning services for medium-to-large multi-year capital projects at Stanford Medicine. Facilities Construction oversees medical planning, capital improvement projects, and project delivery alignment with the Stanford Integrated Master Plan.

If you are interested in joining Stanford Health Care, please read the job description below and apply online.

A Brief Overview

The Construction Manager is an individual contributor responsible for supporting the execution of healthcare construction projects in the field. This role coordinates daily on-site construction management services as the owner's representative and is accountable for administrating project controls, field coordination, quality assurance, safety oversight and regulatory compliance. The Construction Manager coordinates daily site activities, chairs and documents required project meetings, oversees contractor performances, and ensures construction activities comply with approved plans, specifications, schedules, and Authority Having Jurisdictions requirements while reporting to construction leadership. This role requires presence at multiple Stanford Health Care facilities and regular presence on active construction sites across the Bay Area to lead field execution, coordination, and compliance activities.

Locations

Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Support General Contractor procurement for construction projects, including development of the Request for Qualifications and Request for Proposals from the General Contractors. Support of bid evaluation, scope alignment, cost comparisons, and documentation required for award and contract execution.

• Coordinate and facilitate weekly construction progress meetings under the direction of Facilities Construction leadership, prepare agendas, capture decisions and action items, and promptly prepare and distribute meeting minutes that document schedule, cost and risk impacts.

• Track, coordination and help resolve project documentation and workflow items, including RFIs, submittals, substitutions, shop drawings, change orders, and punch lists; maintain accurate logs of construction logs of construction progress, safety incidents, inspections, compliance checks, and cost-related actions and follow up with responsible parties to ensure timely responses.

• Support schedule management and cost control by collecting updates from contractors/consultants, maintaining look-ahead schedules, and flagging variances, identifying cost and schedule risks and assisting with recover or mitigation plans as directed by Facilities Construction leadership.

• Conduct routine site walks and field inspections to monitor construction progress, quality, and work-in-place; document observations with photos and daily field reports; escalate safety, infection prevention, quality, or scope issues that may result in cost or schedule impacts to construction projects.

• Assist with cost management activities: collecting and reviewing contractor pay applications for completeness and accuracy, reconcile billing against verified work-in-place, tracking commitments, contingencies and pending cost exposures.

• In collaboration with Facilities Services Business Operations & Strategic Initiatives (BOSI), support cash flow forecasting and cost reporting by maintaining accurate logs of approved, pending and potential change orders and assisting leadership with quarterly cost projections.

• Interface with Project Managers, clients/users, consultants, contractors, vendors, and jurisdictional agencies to coordinate access, inspections, permits, and testing and sequencing while maintaining clear documentation of cost, scope and responsibility.

• Manage the Change Order Process in the construction project management system, including review of pricing, scope validation, cost backup evaluation, and coordination of negotiations, with recommendations routed for approval by the Director of Construction.

• Prepare and maintain accurate, auditable project files and records including meeting minutes, logs correspondence, drawings/specifications, permits, inspections, cost documentation, change logs and closeout materials in accordance with department policies and procedures.

• Coordinate regulatory readiness and compliance activities (e.g., Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) and Office of Statewide Hospital Planning and Development (OSHPD) submissions, testing, inspection & observation (TIO) documentation, and coordination with the Inspector of Record (IOR)) to ensure documentation is organized and accessible for audits and surveys.

• Support quality assurance and quality control processes, including mock-ups, first-of-kind reviews, inspections, commissioning and activation; assist with packaging operations & maintenance (O&M) manuals, as-built drawings, warranties, training documentation, and other close out deliverables required for construction project turnover.

• Manage assigned project logistics, including badging parking, deliveries, laydown spaces, safety orientations, job hazard analyses (JHA), and ICRA compliance to minimize disruption to patient care and unplanned costs.

• Help plan and communicate operational impacts (shutdowns, access changes, infection control barriers) with Facilities Management, Facility Field Services, Environmental Health & Safety, Infection Prevention, and Clinical partners, ensuring impacts are documented and coordinated to avoid cost or schedule disruption.

• Assist with post-construction activities, including punch list completion, commissioning support, regulatory sign-offs, and final cost reconciliations through project closeout.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including development of standard templates, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and workflows; identify process inefficiencies, cost drivers, or bottlenecks; support lessons learned and after-action reviews.

• Participate in training related to construction practices, cost controls, safety protocols, regulatory requirements, sustainability initiatives, and innovative construction delivery methods as directed by construction leadership.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required (construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field preferred).

Experience Qualifications

• Three (3) to five (5) years of progressively responsible and directly related experience supporting construction projects, preferably in healthcare or other complex, occupied environments required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of construction means and methods, site logistics, and infection control requirements for healthcare projects, including familiarity with the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)/ Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) and its regulatory processes.

• Basic understanding of safety audits, regulatory compliance, and technical troubleshooting in a healthcare construction setting.

• Proficiency with digital field tools and mobile reporting applications; willingness to learn and adopt new technologies (artificial intelligence).

• Ability to follow established procedures, escalate complex issues appropriately, and adapt to changing project needs in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong communication and documentation skills; able to prepare clear field reports and maintain accurate project logs.

• Collaborative and service-oriented; works effectively with diverse field teams, trade contractors, and regulatory agencies.

• Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement in field operations.

• Demonstrates Stanford Health Care's C-I-CARE values (Connect, Introduce, Communicate, Ask, Respond, Exit), including respect, teamwork, and a focus on patient and staff safety.

• Technologically adept and open to learning; comfortable with technology-enabled workflows and process improvements.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines under supervision.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Design Standards

• Applicable building codes

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford's patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family's perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care

• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health

• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $62.75 - $83.16 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.

At Stanford Health Care, we seek to provide patients with the very best in diagnosis and treatment, with outstanding quality, compassion and coordination. With an unmatched track record of scientific discovery, technological innovation and translational medicine, Stanford Medicine physicians are pioneering leading edge therapies today that will change the way health care is delivered tomorrow.

As part of our spirit of discovery, we also leverage our deep relationships with luminary Silicon Valley companies to develop new ways to deliver preeminent patient care.

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