Title: Project Manager

Position Type: Professional Tech Full time

College: Pikes Peak State College

Location: Colorado Springs

Salary Range: $75,000 - $80,000 annual gross

Who We Are:

Pikes Peak State College is the largest and most diverse college in the Pikes Peak region, serving students with a wide range of goals, experiences, and responsibilities. Our students include recent high school graduates, working adults, military-affiliated students, parents, first-generation students, career changers, transfer students, and lifelong learners.

Our mission is to provide high-quality educational opportunities to all, with a focus on student success and community needs. We fulfill that mission by creating affordable, flexible, and accessible pathways that help students transfer to four-year institutions, enter the workforce, advance their careers, and build better futures close to home.

As the needs of our students, employers, and communities continue to evolve, so do we. PPSC embraces innovation that is human-centered, ethical, and focused on student learning. Through strong workforce partnerships and the thoughtful integration of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, we prepare students not only for today's opportunities, but for what's next.

We're looking for people who are passionate about access, collaboration, innovation, and student success. Whether you work in the classroom or behind the scenes, your contributions help create opportunities that change lives. At PPSC, our vision is simple: Students Succeed at PPSC.

Job Summary:

This is a NON-CLASSIFIED employment opportunity and is exempt from the State Classified Personnel System. Visit the State of Colorado for Classified employment opportunities.   

The Project Manager position is responsible for simultaneously managing multiple capital construction, controlled maintenance, and remodel/renovation projects for the College. The position assists the Director of Capital Projects and appropriate College stakeholders to ensure that projects are completed on time, within budget, and in compliance with contractually defined scopes and College quality standards while working around academic schedules. The position also assists with furthering the College's sustainability goals, objectives, and initiatives.

REPORTS TO: Director of Capital Projects

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Receives direction on project priorities from the Director of Capital Projects. Responsible for managing project resources to ensure that projects are completed on time, within budget, and in compliance with contractually defined scope and College quality standards while working around academic schedules.
• Establish and manage project budgets through cost estimating relationships with contracted engineers, historical costs, estimating manuals, and contractor bids and proposals.
• Coordinate construction activities with the Director of Capital Projects or designee for the use of inhouse labor and material services needed for the completion of campus remodel and renovation projects as appropriate.
• Read and interpret blueprints and determine practical solutions to project challenges/obstacles
• Serve as a quality assurance evaluator to ensure appropriate construction standards are met and that projects are completed in accordance with applicable building codes and State of Colorado Office of the State Architect rules, regulations, guidelines, etc.
• Develop project scopes, determine appropriate method for accomplishment, and prepare project request packages for approval.
• Coordinate construction activities with affected departments and/or divisions.
• Serve as an internal cost estimator for College projects as needed
• Provide preliminary cost estimate and completion time estimates.
• Provide project assistance to include furniture layout, ADA compliance, drafting services, quantity survey, & project signage as directed.
• Maintain up-to-date facilities blueprints, electronic files (AutoCAD drawings), drawings, campus maps, and square footage information as requested.
• Assist with the preparation of documents for Capital Construction Requests, Controlled Maintenance Requests, and Facilities Audits for submittal to State Agencies, State Buildings and Colorado Community College System for the maintenance and improvement of College facilities as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Competencies/KSAs:

• Ability to prepare and maintain industry standard Project Management (PM) reports and records
• Ability to employ analytical processes related to facility functions
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues in a professional manner
• Ability to use communication techniques that foster collegiality when problem solving
• Ability to work to resolve conflicts in an atmosphere of mutual respect
• Ability to interpret and evaluate obscure/vague information in the development of new solution for complex technical and/or managerial problems
• Ability to analyze and use inductive reason are required in adapting policies, procedures and methods to fit unusual or complex situations
• Ability to navigate differences effectively and respectfully in the workplace.
• Adhere to college policies and procedures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, construction management, engineering, business, or a related field.
• One year of project related experience
• At the College’s discretion, significant professional work experience and/or demonstrated proficiency on position competencies that provides the same kind, amount and level of knowledge acquired in the required education, may substitute for the required degree.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Professional level experience is defined by the Colorado Division of Human Resources: A position that involves the exercise of discretion, analytical skill, judgment, personal accountability, and responsibility for creating, developing, integrating, applying, or sharing an organized body of knowledge. Colorado revised statute (C.R.S. 24-50-135(1) allows colleges to exempt positions from the State Personnel Classified System that are determined to be professional level work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, construction technology or related field.
• Two years of construction management work experience
• Working knowledge of Colorado Office of the State Architect policies & procedures
• Working knowledge of estimating principles
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Project or similar
• Working knowledge of Procore or similar
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD
• Ability to read, write, and speak fluent Spanish 

Selection Process:

For full consideration, all application materials must be received by 4:00 p.m. MST on November 5, 2026.

Must be a State of Colorado resident or able to relocate to Colorado prior to first date of employment.

Visa support is not available for this position.

Application Instructions: 

Pikes Peak State College will conduct reference checks and a criminal background check on the selected candidate. Employment offers and continued employment are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check. Positions with access to Federal Tax Information require a fingerprint-based criminal history record check as part of the pre-employment process.

Application must be submitted online.  Incomplete applications may not receive full consideration.  A complete application will include:

Cover letter - Address the minimum and preferred qualifications in the order listed on the job announcement.
Resume - Reflect experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities.  
Unofficial Transcripts - Unofficial transcripts for all degrees conferred.  Official transcripts are required if hired for the position.  
Professional References - Provide names and contact information for three recent professional references who can address your expertise and background for this position.

Additional Information/Benefits:

Work Life Balance

Pikes Peak State College offers a generous amount of annual leave and sick leave. Depending on your employment category and full or part-time status, Pikes Peak State College offers 15 hours a month of annual leave and 10 hours a month of sick leave accrual. There are paid holidays and alternate paid holidays which allow the college to be closed Christmas Day through New Year's Day. Eligibility is defined by your employment FTE status.

Tuition Reimbursement

Education and your success are a priority at Pikes Peak State College. We encourage you to develop job skills and abilities which will benefit you as well as our college. Eligible employees, their eligible dependents, and spouse/domestic partners may enroll in credit courses at any of the Colorado Community College System. Eligibility is defined by your employment FTE status.

Health, Dental & Vision

Pikes Peak State College offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide you and eligible dependents, spouse/domestic partner, with a broad range of employer paid and employee paid benefit options. In addition to medical coverage, the college offers dental and vision insurance plans to choose from. Eligibility is defined by your employment FTE status.

Retirement

Pikes Peak State College participates in Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association (PERA) contribution rates. State employees are required to a mandatory contribution of a percentage of their salary to the plan, and the college contributes a percentage as well. While you are enrolled in PERA, you do not pay Social Security. In addition, there are supplemental retirement plans available through three other vendors.

Flexible Spending Accounts

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) offer you an easy way to pay for eligible medical and childcare expenses with money that's set aside with a pre-tax benefit. Eligibility is defined by your employment FTE status.

Disability Coverage

Pikes Peak State College offers disability insurance to help you meet needs should you become unable to work due to an illness or injury.

Life Insurance

Pikes Peak State College offers life insurance paid for by the college to eligible employees. Supplemental life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance policies are available for those interested in additional coverage. Eligibility is defined by your employment FTE status.

Additional Leave Programs

Pikes Peak State College offers additional leave programs such as bereavement leave, jury leave, community and parental academic leave, Family and Medical Leave (FML), and Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI).