Job Description
Higher Education Project Manager
One of the top GCs in Columbus with a fast track to Senior Project Manager
Competitive compensation with generous 401K and bonus structure
About Our Client
Our client is a well-respected and established General Contractor in Columbus with over 50 years of success across multiple market sectors. Known for its training and development programs, this GC has several high-profile hospital projects coming up and is looking for an experienced leader to manage them.
Job Description
Higher Education Project Manager - Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the planning, budgeting, scheduling, and execution of higher education capital projects from inception through occupancy.
- Manage relationships with university leadership, faculty, staff, architects, engineers, contractors, and other project stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
- Monitor project scope, budgets, schedules, and risks, implementing proactive solutions to keep initiatives on track and aligned with institutional goals.
- Oversee design, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities while ensuring compliance with university standards, regulatory requirements, and applicable building codes.
- Coordinate campus project activities to minimize disruption to academic operations, research functions, student services, and campus life while maintaining quality and safety standards.
The Successful Applicant
Higher Education Project Manager - Successful Candidate Profile:
- 5+ years of capital project, facilities, construction, or project management experience within higher education, institutional, or complex commercial environments.
- Experience managing campus development, academic, research, student housing, or infrastructure projects preferred.
- Strong understanding of project delivery methods, construction practices, facility operations, and stakeholder coordination.
- Ability to review and interpret project plans, specifications, contracts, budgets, and schedules.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with university leadership, faculty, staff, consultants, contractors, and external stakeholders.
What's on Offer
The Higher Education Project Manager will be offered:
- Base salary: $110,000-$135,000
- Bonus: $12,500-$20,000 annually (project/profit-based).
- Benefits: 100% medical, dental, vision coverage for you and dependents.
- Generous 401(k) + company profit sharing.
- Car allowance starting at $800/month.
- 20 PTO days (potential unlimited PTO).
- Company phone & laptop provided.
- DE&I initiatives and company-wide events.
- Training and development programs
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Columbus, Ohio |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $110,000–$135,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
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