Description

• Oversee building design to ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, and guidelines, and to ensure projects meet educational, operational, and sustainability requirements.
• Develop and manage an efficient design review process that delivers high-quality, cost-effective, and durable design solutions.
• Support professional development initiatives such as seminars and workshops related to design and construction best practices.
• Provide clear and consistent direction to architects and consultants regarding scope, standards, site conditions, schedule, and budget.
• Manage and coordinate the full design process to ensure compliance with functional, budgetary, environmental, and legal requirements.
• Ensure timely decision-making to support project schedules.
• Maintain complete and legally compliant project documentation throughout the design lifecycle.
• Lead multiple projects by coordinating with architects, consultants, and internal stakeholders from project inception through final design approval and transition to construction.
• Recommend architectural firm assignments from pre-qualified consultant pools.
• Plan, organize, and direct all design activities for modernization and critical repair projects.
• Serve as the lead design professional, providing quality assurance, policy implementation, and procedural oversight within the Design Department.
• Review and approve design changes to ensure alignment with approved budgets and project objectives.
• Establish and implement a structured process for selecting architectural firms based on qualifications, performance, and project needs.
• Participate in community outreach and stakeholder engagement to support project understanding and acceptance.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary internal teams, including environmental health and safety, technical services, maintenance, and operations.

Requirements

Avsar Construction is seeking a highly experienced Senior Design Manager to lead and oversee design activities for large-scale capital improvement, modernization, and critical repair projects. This role serves as the senior design authority, ensuring design quality, regulatory compliance, and alignment with project goals, budgets, and schedules across multiple concurrent projects.

• At least 5 years of experience in the design, planning, and construction of K–12 educational facilities.
• Active Architect License issued by a State Architectural Board, or
• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 15 years of full-time professional experience managing facilities design or capital project planning and coordination, including design oversight, contract administration, cost estimating, and scheduling.
• Master’s degree in Architecture or Engineering is preferred.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license issued by the appropriate state licensing authority.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance