Healthcare & Data Center PM / Senior PM
About the role
Berglund Co., a family‑owned construction organization with over a century of experience, is expanding its project management team in the Chicago market. The firm specializes in complex construction projects across healthcare, data centers, life sciences, commercial, industrial, hospitality, government, education, and other institutional markets. This position focuses on healthcare and/or data center construction projects. Location: Chicago, IL. Employment Type: Full‑Time. Industry: Healthcare / Mission Critical / Commercial Construction.
Responsibilities
- Lead projects from preconstruction through closeout
- Develop and maintain project schedules
- Manage budgets, contracts, buyout, and change orders
- Coordinate owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and vendors
- Lead project meetings
- Monitor project quality and safety
- Identify and resolve project risks
- Maintain strong owner/client relationships
- Provide leadership to project engineers, APMs, and project teams
- Coordinate complicated construction activities in active/occupied environments when applicable
Requirements
- 7+ years of commercial construction experience
- Project management experience with a general contractor
- Healthcare construction experience and/or data center/mission‑critical experience
- Experience managing complex projects
- Strong understanding of contracts, scheduling, budgeting, and project controls
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Ability to work directly with owners and senior stakeholders
Pay
Project Manager: $125,000‑$155,000 base; Senior Project Manager: $150,000‑$190,000+ base. Bonus and benefits may be available depending on level and experience. Current Chicago construction PM salary data places the broader market around $115K‑$123K, while specialized and more experienced PMs can command materially higher compensation. Healthcare construction is also among the higher‑paying construction PM sectors in current compensation data.