The Capital Programs Department is responsible for the design and construction of all capital projects for Tufts University, including those traditionally called "Deferred Maintenance" projects, and "capital or programmatic projects" funded by academic schools and departments. Working closely with the Facilities, Planning, and Finance Departments, the department executes the long-range capital renewal plan for the 5 million square feet of buildings and infrastructure on our two Boston (Health Sciences in Chinatown and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in the Fenway) campuses, and Grafton (Cummings Veterinary) and Medford/Somerville campuses. The department ensures that quality objectives are achieved and resources are effectively managed.

This position reports to the Director of Capital Programs, and for certain projects secondarily to the Medford Program Manager. This Senior Capital Project Manager position is responsible for managing a collection of capital projects in an entrepreneurial fashion, including schedule and budget management, procurement and contracting, consultant management, and maintaining communications with the many individuals/departments associated with a capital project. Projects may involve science and engineering laboratories and core facilities, health care environments, academic spaces, student residences, utilities and infrastructure repairs or upgrades, deferred interior or exterior building maintenance, interior fit-outs or rehabilitation, and new construction ranging from $100k to 30M. At the project's beginning this includes developing programmatic scope, schedule and preliminary budget estimates; maintaining high-quality communications with future occupants and stakeholders, utilizing a shared project management software platform (PMWeb) to track every financial action, and obtaining campus and outside regulatory approvals. The Senior Project Manager will work with consultants and stakeholders to develop designs and construction documents, work with procurement to award external contracts, administer construction activities including project cost control and quality assurance, and accurately report and document project information.

The Senior Capital Project Manager will apply best practices for comprehensive project risk management and reporting, including oversight of project schedules and budgets from planning through project closeout/turnover. The individual must possess a strong business sense, negotiating skills and familiarity with project management tools. Of utmost importance is maintaining high customer satisfaction levels, high quality communications with all stakeholders including senior campus leadership, and completing projects on time and within budget. Additionally, this position will work with others in the Operations Division and the University to satisfy sustainability and energy goals.

The Capital Programs office is a fast-paced, service-oriented, team environment adaptable to evolving circumstances and creativity in moment-to-moment problem solving. Tufts University places a high priority on the quality of its campus environments, and Capital Programs plays a key role in creating and maintaining those environments.