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PROJECT EXECUTIVE, FPDC
Job Title: PROJECT EXECUTIVE, FPDC
Job Code: 2933
FLSA: E
Job Level: 17
Revised Date: 09/01/2025
Job Family: JF 28
Occupational Summary
Provide effective leadership and management over assigned major healthcare construction projects. Responsible for guiding planning, design, and construction teams to deliver complex capital projects that support Duke's mission to provide top-tier healthcare services.
Work Performed
Direct, plan, and coordinate the development and execution of major capital construction projects within the healthcare system and research enterprise. Serve as the project lead and report to the Executive Director of Facilities Planning, Design & Construction (FPDC), collaborating closely with senior hospital leadership. Set and monitor overall project goals and objectives. Proactively identify and address potential issues before they impact project outcomes.
Act as liaison between internal stakeholders and external architects, engineers, and consultants throughout the design and construction phases. Ensure adherence to construction documentation standards and organizational expectations.
Negotiate and manage all project-related contracts, including oversight of change orders and vendor performance. Review and approve significant project invoices and financial documentation. Lead value engineering efforts to optimize project scope, cost, and quality. Collaborate with internal teams to establish and manage detailed master budgets and schedules. Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
Develop and present project updates and strategic content for executive leadership and governance boards.
Serve as principal liaison between hospital administration, clinical departments, procurement, finance, and other support units to ensure alignment and coordination.
Ensure compliance with Duke's standards of quality, building codes, and regulatory requirements through regular review and oversight of construction activities. Coordinate construction efforts with local utility providers, municipalities, and other external entities.
Maintain relationships with relevant governmental agencies, professional organizations, and peer institutions.
Maintain a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. Be a role model for the team, living our values of teamwork, integrity, safety, respect, diversity, and excellence in both your words and actions. Maintain a positive work environment for all team members and project teams built on trust, clear communication, sincere appreciation, and mutual respect. Provide continuous feedback to those you directly support. Proactively address human resource issues that could negatively impact the team, morale, or performance.
Grow and develop internal talent through training, education, and mentorship. Oversee personnel functions for assigned staff, including hiring, performance evaluations, promotions, and scheduling.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described therein. The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education/Training
Work generalLY requires organizational, analytical and communication skills normally acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program.
Experience
A minimum of fifteen years of work in the Healthcare environment, including operational, administrative and project management of major capital projects.
OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Skills
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
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Essential Physical Job Functions
Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
