Associate Project Manager, Engineering & Project Management

Cornell University Facilities Management is seeking an Associate Project Manager to join our Engineering & Project Management team. In this role, you will help deliver capital construction projects that support Cornell's world-class teaching, research, and campus operations. You'll work on a wide variety of renovation, infrastructure, utility, and facilities projects while partnering with faculty, staff, contractors, architects, and engineers to create functional and innovative spaces across campus. 

As an Associate Project Manager, you'll manage multiple projects simultaneously, guiding them through planning, design, procurement, construction, and closeout. Project values typically range from $100,000 to $2 million. 

This is an outstanding opportunity for a construction management, architecture, engineering, facilities management, or owner's representative professional looking to grow their project management career within a highly collaborative environment. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Partner with customers and campus stakeholders to define project scope, budgets, and schedules. 

• Develop solutions that support the unique needs of faculty, researchers, administrators, and facilities teams. 

• Represent Cornell throughout the design process and help facilitate decision-making among project stakeholders. 

• Coordinate consultant selection, design reviews, and compliance with university standards and building codes. 

• Monitor construction activities, site progress, schedules, quality, and safety considerations. 

• Manage RFIs, submittals, change orders, punch lists, and project turnover activities. 

• Ensure projects meet contractual obligations, budget targets, and schedule expectations. 

• Prepare project approval documentation and support projects through Cornell and regulatory approval processes. 

• Maintain accurate project records, meeting minutes, and project documentation. 

• Utilize project management technology and reporting systems throughout the project  

About the Department: 

The Cornell University campus is widely admired as one of the world’s most beautiful academic settings. The Division of Facilities and Campus Services is committed to providing the highest quality service to students, staff, alumni, and visitors. 

What We Need 

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 

• Minimum of three years of project management experience within commercial, institutional, facilities, engineering, or construction environments. 

• Demonstrated experience managing projects through planning, design, procurement, construction, and closeout. 

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. 

• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to effectively prioritize multiple projects and deadlines. 

• Experience with project management software and systems. 

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite. 

• Working knowledge of building construction practices, codes, regulations, and standards. 

• Valid driver's license and ability to travel to project sites as needed. 

If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it’s ok if you don’t. 

• Registered Architect or Licensed Engineer in the State of New York or ability through reciprocity to obtain a license within one year of hire date.   

• PM capital project experience on a University campus is preferred.   

• Experience managing public capital projects such as SUNY/SUCF.   

• Proficiency with electronic project scheduling software.  

• CMAA Construction Manager Certification or Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.  

Rewards and Benefits  

Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, and sustainability.  

• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: Understand Your Benefits | Working at Cornell. 

• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays. Learn more about our generous leave provisions: Holiday and Accrued Time Off | Working at Cornell 

• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program. Learn more about our extensive educational benefits: Education Benefits | Working at Cornell 

• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: Total Rewards | Working at Cornell. 

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.