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Design/Construction Project Manager III - Atlanta GA

Kaiser Permanente

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At a glance

Compensation
$25–50/hr
Location
Atlanta, GA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

This individual-contributor role manages design and construction projects, generally with cumulative budgets of $25–50 million, from planning through close-out. The manager defines project parameters, coordinates project teams, and maintains scope, budget, and schedule commitments. The role also guides design for medical or regional facilities, evaluates development options, negotiates fees, oversees permits and invoices, and supervises on-site teams while communicating status to leadership.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Applied Data AnalysisFinancial AcumenConflict ResolutionProject Management ToolsRisk AssessmentQuality Assurance ProcessService FocusProduct Development Life Cycle

Qualifications

2+ Years Construction or Design Project ManagementBachelor's Degree or 6+ Years Project Management3+ Years Project Management or Related Experience2+ Years Integrated Healthcare Delivery2+ Years International Workforce Optimization

Full job description

Job Summary:

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this individual contributor position is also responsible for all phases of the design and/or construction process of basic-to-moderately complex construction and/or refurbishment projects, or series of projects, generally in the range of $25-50 million in cumulative budget responsibility; defining project parameters in terms of time, money, physical objectives and outside constraints; managing the work of project team(s) comprised of facility personnel, project staff, general contractors, and internal/external consultants; working with team(s) in establishing scope, budget and schedule, and maintains such commitments through design, construction, and close-out processes; and ensuring KP goals for client service are continuously met through the design and construction process.

This role is also responsible for providing guidance during all design stages of medical and/or regional facilities, including making economic comparisons of development schemes and recommending options in conformance to master plan; negotiating fees, and reviewing consultant and contractor invoices and change orders; managing the timely procurement of all permits required by regulatory authorities; and supervising on-site design and/or construction teams, and communicating goals and program status with KP leadership.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Pursues effective relationships with others by proactively providing resources, information, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members. Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides mentoring to team members. Pursues self-development; creates plans and takes action to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; influences others through technical explanations and examples. Adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback; demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; helps others adapt to new tasks and processes. Supports and responds to the needs of others to support a business outcome.

  • Completes work assignments autonomously by applying up-to-date expertise in subject area to generate creative solutions; ensures all procedures and policies are followed; leverages an understanding of data and resources to support projects or initiatives. Collaborates cross-functionally to solve business problems; escalates issues or risks as appropriate; communicates progress and information. Supports, identifies, and monitors priorities, deadlines, and expectations. Identifies, speaks up, and implements ways to address improvement opportunities for team.

  • Manages projects of small-to-medium size, or components of a larger project from initiation to close-out. Develops, analyzes, and executes project plans which include scope identification and management, schedule, inter-dependencies, and resource forecast. Manages project financials for medium size projects. Monitors project performance (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope, and with quality) against plan and provides input and justification for costs and budget impact. Manages project activities related to organizational change management (e.g., development and execution of user adoption, implementation, and training plans) as defined by the project. Allocates resources, establishes schedules, and makes task assignments.

  • Leads the work of project team members. Requests and coordinates internal and/ or external resources based on the alignment of team member skills and project demands. Promotes project vision and objectives with project team. Provides guidance and feedback to team members.

  • Monitors and identifies project risks, issues, and trigger events by executing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate.

  • Monitors adherence of project activities to policies and procedures by ensuring project plans and team members follow KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures.

  • Ensures the alignment, buy-in, and coordination of diverse project stakeholders by building rapport with stakeholder teams, third party vendors, and management; and clarifying accountability and authority across stakeholders. Identifies and works closely with key stakeholders. Ensures all appropriate stakeholders are represented and included. Provides insight to key stakeholders and project sponsors by developing project goals, setting the prioritization of deliverables, discussing involvement of business processes (e.g. project change management, communication) and facilitating decisions necessary for project delivery. Communicates tough issues to stakeholders while maintaining an independent opinion, providing recommendations, delivering presentations, and providing reports to stakeholders.

  • Assists with reviews of vendor performance levels and ensures service level agreements are met. Supports the contract negotiation process with vendors and reviews project invoices submitted by vendors for accuracy.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Minimum two (2) years experience in construction and/or design project management.

  • Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university and minimum three (3) years experience in project management or a directly related field OR Minimum six (6) years experience in project management or a directly related field.

Additional Requirements:

  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Applied Data Analysis; Financial Acumen; Conflict Resolution; Project Management Tools; Risk Assessment; Quality Assurance Process; Service Focus; Product Development Life Cycle

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Two (2) years of experience working in an integrated healthcare delivery system.

  • Two (2) years of experience working with international workforce optimization.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Design/Construction Project Manager III - Atlanta GA

LOCATION: Atlanta, Georgia

REQNUMBER: 1451752

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.

How this job compares

Set against the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$25–50/hr
  • US median$45–60/hr873 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $37.50/hr, is 29% below the US median midpoint ($53/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Project Manager hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 625 open Project Manager jobs in Georgia and 22,993 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Georgia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 19,950 postings).
Education
12,857 of the 22,993 open Project Manager jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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