Senior Capital Project Manager

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Project Management 🗓️ February 26th, 2026

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a Senior Capital Project Manager. This role involves managing capital improvement projects from planning through construction, ensuring projects are on schedule, within budget, compliant with UNC and State standards, and responsive to stakeholder needs.

Highlights

Manage formal capital projects ranging from $500,000 to over $100 million, including new buildings, renovations, infrastructure, and open space improvements.
Prepare budgets and schedules, select designers, negotiate contracts, review documents, and monitor project progress.
Collaborate with designers, campus partners, authorities, contractors, and committees to ensure compliance with master plans and policies.
Provide project management services to campus partners, addressing space needs and land use planning.
Require extensive knowledge of design and construction industry practices and strong written and verbal communication skills.
Must hold or be able to obtain a North Carolina architecture license and a valid North Carolina Driver's License before start date.
Preferred experience includes architectural project design and management, especially higher education or institutional projects with complex building systems.
Eligible candidates may receive a sign-on bonus of $7,500, paid in two installments within 12 months of hire, subject to state policy and budget approval.
Position requires a Bachelor's degree in a related discipline with at least one year of related experience or equivalent training; degree must be from an accredited institution.
Works within the Facilities Planning and Design department responsible for campus-wide capital improvement projects and master planning.