Design and Construction Project Manager, DGS pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 13893
- Class code
- 13893
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Design and Construction Project Manager, DGS is $88,020 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 13893.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/21/2013.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative and professional engineering and architectural work in the Department of General Services (DGS) in managing commonwealth agency and capital improvement construction projects and publicly funded institutional and educational building projects. An employee in this job serves as project manager over all aspects of construction projects from inception to completion. Work involves providing direction, technical guidance, and contract administration by managing, coordinating, and monitoring all aspects of assigned projects including the design, budget, scheduling, and construction administration. Work includes coordinating with using agencies to develop project scopes and budgets for agency funded and capital funded projects; and evaluating and resolving design or construction problems and construction disputes.
Examples of the work
• Reviews project documentation, such as plans, specifications, budget estimates, contracts, change orders, cost estimates, drawings, reports, catalog cuts, shop drawings, material samples, computations, expenditure sheets, and dispute resolution information for cost effectiveness and adherence to contract provisions. • Researches plans and specifications for construction projects. • Evaluates the scope, budget, schedule, and cost effectiveness of the project and brings discrepancies or other issues to a Design and Construction Portfolio Manager, DGS’ attention.
Minimum qualifications
• Six years of professional building design, construction administration, or construction management experience for renovations and new construction for commercial, institutional, or educational buildings, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, construction science, or a closely related field; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training.
Special requirements
• All positions require possession of a valid license as a Professional Engineer, Registered Architect, Professional Land Surveyor, or Professional Geologist by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a reciprocal jurisdiction; or possession of valid professional level certification issued by a national ...
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.