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Construction Project Manager
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda), MarylandWhat We Do
We empower our defense and law enforcement customers to focus on their primary mission by removing friction points and setting them up for long-term success. VWI provides facilities and infrastructure management; our specific services include housing management, custodial services, facilities management, operations & maintenance, and various professional services. By providing strategic, responsive, and mission-driven solutions, we forge long-term partnerships with our customers, vendors, and team members. We invite you to join our team, providing essential services for those who serve our country.
WHY THE JOB EXISTS
Position serves to support and assist Walter Reed National Military Medical Center facility management operations and construction projects. Proactively addresses issues associated with current practices and processes for facility and construction programs. The work will support the planning, coordination, and support in scheduling activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. The work involves participation in the conceptual development of construction projects and support in its organization, scheduling, and implementation.
Work Location: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. One position is available.
What You’ll Do
What You’ll Have
The contractor shall have at least three years of experience working in a capacity of similar scope and magnitude with demonstrated knowledge of mechanical systems such as Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning, Domestic Water, Hot Water, Chilled Water, Steam, and Electrical systems.
At VWI, our people are our greatest strength. Our respect for the skills and expertise of our employees drives every decision we make. We strive to uphold our values of respect, dignity, teamwork, and transparency in the benefits and compensation we offer to our employees.
VWI is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We empower our defense and law enforcement customers to focus on their primary mission by removing friction points and setting them up for long-term success. VWI provides facilities and infrastructure management; our specific services include housing management, custodial services, facilities management, operations & maintenance, and various professional services. By providing strategic, responsive, and mission-driven solutions, we forge long-term partnerships with our customers, vendors, and team members. We invite you to join our team, providing essential services for those who serve our country.
WHY THE JOB EXISTS
Position serves to support and assist Walter Reed National Military Medical Center facility management operations and construction projects. Proactively addresses issues associated with current practices and processes for facility and construction programs. The work will support the planning, coordination, and support in scheduling activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. The work involves participation in the conceptual development of construction projects and support in its organization, scheduling, and implementation.
Work Location: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. One position is available.
What You’ll Do
- Planning Support: The contractor provides on-site assistance for technical support in planning and preparing specifications. Assignments normally involve systems for medical and dental facilities, technical and research laboratories, industrial facilities, and office buildings. The work includes necessary field investigation to support in determining scopes of work.
- Drawings & Specifications: The contractor shall be able to produce and read drawings and specifications for new construction or modification of existing architectural systems. The contractor shall read and interpret building plans, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, specifications, sketches, and maintenance or repair manuals.
- Project Review: The contractor shall assist in technical reviews.
- Project Execution: The contractor shall assist in the planning and coordination of various phases of work to accommodate the needs of tenant customers and those occupying spaces surrounding the work. The contractor shall assist in obtaining the necessary clearances for work including approvals for utility outages, digging permits, fire prevention, safety, environmental clearances, sanitation, etc., from proper officials
- Quality Verification & Analysis: The contractor shall assist in performing quality verification & analysis duties to support construction, repair, and maintenance contracts.
- Troubleshooting: The contractor shall assist in investigating, analyzing and resolving problems pertaining to the construction, maintenance, and repair of WRNMMC facilities, architecture systems, equipment, and subsystems.
- Joint Commission Related Inspections: The contractor shall assist in monitor maintenance, inspections, testing, and reporting of hospital architectural systems such as fire walls, fire doors, fire protection testing and maintenance oversight.
- Survey & Inspection: The contractor shall assist in the inspection of WRNMMC facilities to determine the condition of facilities, and develops plans for improvement.
- Coordinates and executes mechanical, medical gas outages such as HVAC Systems with WRNMMC customers.
- Shall often be called upon to provide support during the outages.
- Support in the review engineering designs for flaws or possible improvements.
- Work with contractors in planning stages (connecting new mechanical and utility systems consistent with current systems).
- Provide support in processing technical support actions at an estimated rate of 64 actions daily. These actions shall include communications and coordination to all applicable hospital administrative support staff as required.
What You’ll Have
The contractor shall have at least three years of experience working in a capacity of similar scope and magnitude with demonstrated knowledge of mechanical systems such as Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning, Domestic Water, Hot Water, Chilled Water, Steam, and Electrical systems.
- The contractor shall have experience mechanical systems such as Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning, Domestic Water, Heating Hot Water, Chilled Water, Steam, and Electrical systems repairs.
- The contractor shall have experience in construction, operation, maintenance, application, properties, and limits of equipment and systems primarily found in large medical and dental facilities, multistory office buildings, and research facilities including Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, NFPA, ASHRE, Life Safety, and all medical facility codes.
- Bachelors’ degree with a focus on construction, engineering, business or related field preferred.
- A minimum of 7 years’ experience in a healthcare construction.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in project management.
- Experience in managing healthcare construction project preferred.
At VWI, our people are our greatest strength. Our respect for the skills and expertise of our employees drives every decision we make. We strive to uphold our values of respect, dignity, teamwork, and transparency in the benefits and compensation we offer to our employees.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, covered by employer-funded Health & Welfare contributions, as per SCA regulations.
- Paid Time Off and Vacation Days
- Opportunities for bonuses and compensation increase over and above guaranteed SCA wages.
- Opportunities for promotion to supervisor and management positions
- Leadership and development opportunities
VWI is an Equal Opportunity Employer