Life Science Project Manager, Owner's Representative

When you care deeply about the work you do, it’s rewarding to see it through from concept to completion. We partner with clients to provide both program management and construction management to strategize, plan, and implement projects that drive organizations forward. From hospitals and airports to university campuses, mass transit systems, water treatment facilities, mines, and wind farms, we've successfully managed thousands of projects.  

Joining our team, turning visionary ideas into reality, will shape your future—and the future of your community. 

Your Opportunity 

Stantec seeks an Owner’s Representative, at the Project Manager level, to manage projects on behalf of owners in the biopharmaceutical/life sciences sector. In this role, you will be working on projects in various stages of development and complexity from conceptual planning through design, and construction. This role will require regular travel to client sites to work with the project teams and provide onsite supervision. 

This full-time position is based at the client's office in Deven's MA and requires on-site presence for a minimum four (4) days per week. 

Your Key Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of projects valued over $10M ideally (minimum $2M) including renovations, maintenance, and new builds.
• Collect project specific site information to effectively organize available resources.
• Develop strategic conceptual program consistent with proposed scheduled and budget in concert with client.
• Competitively assemble the project team by preparing and administering Requests for Proposals (RFP’s), make recommendations for award, and negotiate contracts as may be required by the client.
• Manage the project team on behalf of the client during the design, construction, occupancy, and closeout process.
• Provide day-to-day project oversight and communication with the client and project team collaboratively in concert with clients’ goals, constraints, and priorities.
• Review the design for adherence to client’s schedule, budget, logistics and applicable regulatory agency requirements.
• Develop, track, update, forecast, maintain the project schedule and budget throughout all phases of the project.
• Administer all contracts and invoices on behalf of client.
• Anticipate key issues for the betterment of the project and make decisions on major project events, taking into consideration the impact the final direction has on the project goals.
• Coordinate financial close out efforts
• Develop and maintain the respect and confidence of the project team.