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Job Profile Title
Manager C

Job Description Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for project management and project initiation / tracking of PSOM infrastructure upgrade and enhancement projects, including facilitating all aspects of complex multi-site projects. In all Project Manager roles and responsibilities, effective communication is critical with intra- and inter-departmental functional partners including Facilities and Real Estate Services (“FRES”), Environmental Health and Radiation Safety (“EHRS”), Fire and Emergency Services (“FES”), Department of Public Safety (“DPS”), and PSOM Safety and Security. This position coordinates with the SPO O&E and Facilities Planning and Space Management (“FPSM”) Teams to determine necessary system improvements, determine scope of work and understand impacts to surrounding occupied areas including any necessary system shutdowns ensuring project goals are met while allowing business operations to continue. The Project Manger works with FRES to implement projects. The Project Manager creates, organizes, and maintains project documentation for project implementation and archival resources. The position functions as a lynchpin across departments as a facilitator; solicits, advises, forwards critical information regarding infrastructure upgrades, projects, and system improvements to / from appropriate parties to achieve project goals. Project Manager must be able to give status of project portfolio at any given time to various audiences. Must be able to work odd hours, sometimes with little notice. This position is considered “essential.”

Job Description

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Construction Management and 3 to 5 years’ relevant experience, or equivalent combination of the education and experience. Preferred experience in medical school or academic environment.

Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong computer skills, knowledgeable about building systems and operations, able to supervise and instruct others, ability to interact with a diverse community, accurate and precise, organized, patient, good managerial and people skills, creative, energetic, motivational, team player, honest, willing to follow procedures/regimen, familiar with database software packages, and with basic building infrastructure systems and space planning. Highly organized in work assignment and performance essential.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

The Perelman School of Medicine is a twelve-building research and teaching complex with emphasis on biomedical research. As such, and to ensure successful fulfillment of its mission (research and education), the School Community requires a much higher level of support service delivery than usually experienced in a typical academic environment. Problems that would be mere annoyances in some facilities have the potential of destroying thousands of dollars and months or years of often-irreplaceable work. The Department of Space Planning & Operations is responsible for coordinating and assuring uninterrupted delivery of the necessary utility and other support services.

The above statement is included in this position description in an attempt to provide the reader with an understanding of:

1. The responsibilities of this Office;
2. The importance to both the School and the University of the work performed; and
3. The stress and pressure placed upon employees by the emergency situations to which they must repeatedly respond.
4. All employees of the Space Planning & Operations department are considered to be “essential.”

Job Location - City, State
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Department / School
Perelman School of Medicine

Pay Range
$50,684.00 - $91,232.00

Affirmative Action Statement

Penn adheres to a policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

Special Requirements

Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job.