Field Project Manager – Healthcare Facilities & Campus Infrastructure

About This Role

This Field Project Manager role involves providing on-site leadership for infrastructure projects within an active academic healthcare and research campus. The position requires managing contractors, ensuring site safety, quality, and maintaining continuity of patient care and research operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary on-site Parsons representative for daily field oversight of multidisciplinary trades contracts.
• Provide direct field management for projects involving HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, windows, doors, pavements, and minor structural repairs.
• Coordinate construction activities in 24/7 occupied facilities, maintaining uninterrupted patient care and research operations.
• Plan and manage phasing, logistics, access routes, temporary protections, and utility shutdowns.
• Lead and document regular on-site meetings with contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and client stakeholders.
• Identify field issues early, develop practical solutions, and coordinate with designers and stakeholders to resolve conflicts.
• Work cooperatively with the client’s procurement authority to develop scopes of work and technical requirements for multiple trades.
• Support and/or lead field aspects of the procurement process, including coordinating pre-bid site walks and responding to bidder inquiries.
• Monitor contractor performance on site for compliance with contract documents, drawings, specifications, and campus facility standards.
• Enforce Parsons and client safety requirements, including Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) and Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM).
• Track and report on the progress of each trade’s work, including schedule status, manpower, milestones, issues, and risks.
• Maintain comprehensive field documentation, including daily reports, meeting minutes, photographic records, and as-built markups.
• Communicate proactively with client stakeholders regarding field activities, anticipated impacts, mitigation measures, and planned shutdowns.

Requirements

• 7+ years field-based experience in facilities operations, construction, and/or project management
• Demonstrated significant experience in on-site management of multidisciplinary trades contracts for infrastructure or capital improvement projects on active healthcare and/or academic research campuses
• Proven field experience delivering projects involving HVAC/mechanical, plumbing, electrical, roofing/envelope, site work, pavements, and minor structural repairs
• Experience working directly with a procurement authority to prepare bid/procurement documents, handle bidding, contractor selection, and support contract administration
• Strong ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, phasing plans, and campus standards
• Proficiency with MS Office and Bluebeam
• Excellent on-site communication and coordination skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Facilities Management, Architecture, or a related field
• 7+ years of progressive, field-based experience in facilities operations, construction, and/or project management

Nice to Have

• Experience in academic medical centers, teaching hospitals, or integrated healthcare and research campuses
• Prior experience with Parsons or similar engineering/PMCM firms in a field leadership role
• Familiarity with healthcare and research environment requirements, accreditation and licensing bodies, and campus construction standards
• Experience managing multiple projects or task orders simultaneously in an active campus setting

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits