Healthcare Project Director
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Job overview
Jacobs seeks an experienced, collaborative Project Director to lead large healthcare or life science building programs from conception through completion. The role manages project delivery and development alongside the owner’s staff, overseeing technical performance, materials, schedule, cost, scope, and team safety. The director will work onsite during the week at the client’s project site in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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Full job description
We're looking for an experienced and collaborative Project Director who thrives when people are in sync and projects are running not just on time but within budget. Based at our client's project site in the Mid-Atlantic region you'll be responsible for managing a project team working alongside Owner’s staff, you’ll be responsible not only for the overall project delivery, but also for the management of the project development from conception through completion in accordance with program objectives. You’ll manage and provide project leadership, management and oversight of the large healthcare project(s) and resolve complex project related issues, disputes, and disagreements.
As the onsite Program Director, you’ll be responsible for ensuring not only the progress and technical performance of the project, but also the material management, schedule, cost, scope, and safety of the team.
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Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline, Construction Management, or Architecture or commensurate experience
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15+ years of project manager experience including Owner's Rep, design phase, construction management of large healthcare and/or Life Science building programs of $100 million or more
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Strong working knowledge of pre-design and pre-construction, building systems/components and technology, contract management, project delivery methods, team building and client relationship building
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Ability to work onsite during the week at client site.
Ideally, You’ll Also Have:
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Experience with eBuilder, ACC Build, SmartSheet and/or other project/construction management software platforms
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Certified Construction Manager (CCM), CM-Lean, DBIA Professional, Professional Engineer (PE) or Architect license/certification preferred
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Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.
How this job compares
Set against the 389 open Project Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$126–264K/yr175 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 12 open Project Director jobs in Pennsylvania and 389 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- J.E. Dunn Construction Company110 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Project Director postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 275 postings).
- Education
- 212 of the 389 open Project Director jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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