Design Manager 2 - OK or TX

Overview

Oversee design delivery, coordinate teams/consultants, manage schedule, cost, and compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• design review
• document management
• cost control
• technical guidance
• vdc coordination
• value engineering

Tasks

-Collaborates with project team throughout business development phase to secure new projects and proposals. -Provides ongoing construction feedback to client, while holding architect and design partners accountable for delivering on project strategy. -Interprets formal design build RFPs and develops work plans, collaborating with preconstruction, operations, and other key stakeholders. -Proactively monitors and interprets ongoing financial performance and responds appropriately. -Understands project budget and steers project accordingly ensuring the design stays in line with contractual details. -Manages outside design consultants, assuring they meet the technical requirements as well as schedule requirements for design deliverables. -Manages project documentation such as proposal, drawings, specifications, reports, calculations, and shop drawings using both 3D and 2D file management system. -Manages the design review process with design team and clients to ensure schedules are met and identifies project risks and opportunities throughout the design phase. -Works with clients to ensure that project requirements are fulfilled, and expectations are met from a design perspective. -Initiates conversations about potential issues to create a collaborative environment for solving problems. -Capable of developing sketches and plans to assist preconstruction with pricing of conceptual ideas. Coordinates with VDC team to develop and implement project(s) as needed. -Generates cost savings and value-added solutions during design phase. -Collaborates with construction operations team on technical design reviews to assess constructability, quantity takeoffs, and provides recommendations to team on construction phasing. -Functions as integral part of project team working with both internal and external clients (architects and owners) to influence decisions throughout the project lifecycle that impacts cost, schedule, and budget. -Leverages design experiences and knowledge to work with project teams identifying solutions to project specific challenges while monitoring expectations for design schedules, quality control, and content for design document delivery. -Negotiates pricing, scopes of work, and creates contract terms for designers/design consultants. -Provides technical design guidance throughout entire construction process. -Supports the pre-qualification process and supports the selection of design professionals to enable Design Build projects. -Reviews design and provides quality control review comments to ensure the program specifications and life-safety requirements are met. -May be responsible for understanding Engineering Procurement Construction environments, vendors and material designers and installers for execution of specific vertical project requirements. -Monitors and controls our design partner’s and consultant’s cost through the design development, both cost of project and cost of the design services for added scope. -Reviews and understands bridging documents for project compliance with RFP including comprehension of Codes and Criteria to meet the technical requirements and design deliverables. -Provides design engineering support for the entire life cycle of the project (proposal, site survey, engineering, equipment selection, permitting, training, and construction). -Coordinates the design document packaging strategies with the project team. -Supports early phase basic due diligence activities with clients and key stakeholders to ensure professional studies, jurisdictional & permitting requirements are incorporated into design documents.

Requirements

• autocad
• revit
• sketchup
• ms office
• bachelor’s degree
• 8+ years

What You Bring

-Ability to apply Lean process and philosophy – Intermediate -Ability to manage budget and schedule, maximize profitability and generate future work through building relationships -Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner -Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally -Conversant with linked design disciplines, e.g. Geotechnical/Civil, Architecture, Building Façade, Structural, MEP, Data/Communications, Vertical Transportation, Acoustics, and Fire and Life Safety, etc. -May require extensive periods of travel -Occasional activity: Standing, Walking, Bending, Climbing, Reaching above Shoulder, Pushing, Pulling -Experience with U.S. building design codes and material specific standards -Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds -Ability to conduct effective presentations -Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit, and/or Google SketchUp -Thorough knowledge of project processes and how each supports the successful completion of a project -Technical market expert with knowledge of industry trends, innovations, etc. -Must be willing to work non-traditional hours to meet project needs -Proficiency in MS Office – Intermediate -Autonomy & Decision Making: Makes decisions within defined limits of authority and consults supervisor on other decisions. -Understands potential client’s business needs and helps create conceptual plans, elevations, 3D models, for support of presentations and win strategies. -Communication skills, verbal and written – Intermediate -Frequent activity: Sitting, Viewing Computer Screen -Valid and unrestricted drivers license required -Ability to think in a highly structured manner along all design disciplines while also having creativity to develop specialized solutions by anticipating potential challenges -8+ years design and/or construction management experience (Preferred) -Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, or related field (Required) -Cross-functional knowledge of the key engineering disciplines (Architectural, Structural, MEP, etc.) and relevant trades -Experience taking conceptual design through construction, working with internal and external partners -Ability to build relationships with team members that transcend a project

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About JE Dunn

-Specializes in various construction services, including design, feasibility studies, preconstruction, prefabrication and manufacturing, bidding services, integrated project delivery, quality assurance, and safety services throughout the construction phases. -Serves a wide range of sectors, including advanced industries, aviation, corporate environments, justice, life sciences and research, federal and military, healthcare, cultural and entertainment, historic preservation, hospitality, industrial, sports and recreation, education, local and state government, mission critical, mixed-use and retail, and multi-family housing.

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Security Clearance

-background screening and drug‑free workplace required.