Project Manager - Veterans Health Administration

About the role

AECOM is seeking experienced Project Managers to support high-profile capital improvement, infrastructure modernization, and facility recapitalization projects for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

The positions offer a unique opportunity to play a key role in enhancing healthcare environments that serve our nation’s veterans while collaborating with federal stakeholders, healthcare leadership, design professionals, contractors, and commissioning teams on complex and mission-critical projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the contractor’s onsite lead representative, facilitating coordination among VHA leadership, healthcare system representatives, architect-engineers, construction contractors, facility operations personnel, and other project stakeholders.
• Oversee and monitor the execution of professional and technical services throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with established project objectives, schedules, budgets, quality standards, and operational requirements.
• Provide strategic guidance and recommendations to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), proactively identifying risks, resolving issues, supporting decision-making, and driving project performance to achieve successful outcomes.
• Manage and coordinate all activities associated with design and construction delivery processes.
• Support and manage services to the COR to ensure projects achieve best value within schedule and budget.
• Maintain project records including correspondence, construction administration documents, and as-built documentation.
• Track project performance and maintain reporting systems.
• Facilitate and document all project meetings.
• Review project submittals and design packages.
• Support development of estimates and evaluation of contractor proposals.
• Deliverables include: Project Management Plan, Communication Plan, Schedule Management Plan, Quality Assurance Plan, Risk Management Plan, Technical evaluation of contractor proposals, Review of project submittals and design packages, Cost estimates and project tracking reports, Project updates within the VHA Capital Assets Database.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture, or related field plus eight years of experience in managing design and construction projects.
• Experience with federal healthcare or hospital facility projects preferred.
• U.S. Citizenship Required.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a favorable National Agency Check (NACI) and VA Personal Identity Verification (PIV) badge.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of: Construction contracts, Project scheduling, Risk management, Construction administration.
• Experience supporting projects for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.

Benefits

This role offers a competitive salary range of $140,000 to $160,000 per year, comprehensive benefits, relocation is not available, and sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available.

Additional benefits include:

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits.
• Paid time off, leaves of absence.
• Voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options.
• Well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance.
• Service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and taking any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. Newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.