Construction Project Manager [Project Manager 1]

The Ohio Department of Youth Services is transforming and saving lives at DYS. We are committed to a safer Ohio—one youth, one family, and one community at a time.

About Us

The Ohio Department of Youth Services supports youth and empowers families and communities. In addition to our three juvenile corrections facilities, we support more than 600 community programs reaching over 90,000 youth across the state. Our guiding principles include treating everyone with respect, cultivating a trauma-responsive environment, advancing inclusion, and committing to collaboration and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned construction, renovation, and major maintenance projects from planning through closeout, including sub-projects.
• Direct project delivery and ensure compliance with specifications, requirements, and timelines.
• Monitor project progress and modify plans as needed to meet end-user needs.
• Review general design documents, evaluate risks, define project requirements, and ensure deliverables meet quality benchmarks for each phase.
• Oversee project implementation schedules and develop planning documents, including resource allocation and assignment planning.
• Define specific work activities needed to achieve project deliverables.
• Assist in developing policy; direct, implement, and monitor compliance across project activities.
• Interpret federal and state laws and regulations relevant to construction and capital projects.
• Make recommendations and modifications to facilitate end-user compliance; establish procedures and guidelines for policy adherence.
• Serve as agency representative in public forums (e.g., focus groups, other state/county agencies, federal partners).
• Provide presentations to educate and train end users.
• Represent the agency in Controlling Board meetings for capital, construction, and renovation requests.
• Coordinate DYS Capital Governance Board meetings and serve as designee to the Chief Fiscal Officer when required.
• Oversee external contractors and construction vendors to ensure performance and compliance.
• Develop and monitor capital budgets; approve related expenditures.
• Oversee building system replacements, improvements, and new construction activities.
• Provide direction to facility maintenance superintendents on complex administrative and operational elements.
• Manage and process procurement documents, including developing scopes of work, materials, and product requirements, and establishing selection criteria.
• Conduct bidder conferences, lead the evaluation of bids and proposals, and recommend award selections.
• Execute valid contracts and manage all procurement activities, including requests for proposals, quotes, information, and invitations to bid.

Requirements

• Three years of experience in project management, including management and development of project/program requirements, design, development, testing/pilot, training, and full-scale implementation.
• Twelve months of experience in budgeting and calculating cost projections of programs/projects.
• OR successful completion of two years of post-secondary education majoring in business administration, public administration, computer science/information technology, social science, or health, with the major being commensurate with the project to be assigned, plus twelve months of experience in budgeting and calculating cost projections.

Skills

• Technical Skills: Construction Maintenance, Juvenile Corrections, Project Management
• Professional Skills: Collaboration, Decision Making, Goal Setting, Priority Setting, Continuous Improvement

Benefits

• Full-time schedule with flexible Monday–Friday work hours.

Pay

$92,310 - $131,893

Work Location

William Green Building, Columbus, OH (Franklin County)