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Design Manager

Gpla Structural Engineers And Builders

Cross‑functional structural engineering and full‑service detailing, designing through construction for elegant, integrated building solutions.

Leads design coordination, integration, and delivery for complex construction projects.

13d ago

$106,734 - $182,972

Expert & Leadership (13+ years)

Full Time

San Diego, CA

Office Full-Time

Company Size

54 Employees

Service Specialisms

Structural Engineering

Structural Detailing

Structural Design

Design-Build

Folia Structures

HiDef BIM

Sector Specialisms

Buildings

Structural Steel

Fabrication

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

Modular Construction

Historic Renovation

Role

What you would be doing

budget validation

design review

quantity takeoff

constructability

design acceptance

permit review

Manage the Program and Concept Design Validation to budget prior to schematic design production, enabling and steering design-to-budget.
Set up and manage the internal DPR bulletin review process to provide feedback to design teams before we accept and distribute drawings/changes to subcontractors. This is for everything up to IFC but also after – bulletin acceptance criteria and setting up and coordinating the Bulleting review (QC) meetings internally with DPR team.
Facilitate and advise design team selections and teaming agreement negotiations.
Understand and use the Owner’s business case and steer the design to meet client expectations. DPR Construction All Rights Reserved
Actively engage and coordinate with the DPR team to ensure alignment on key responsibilities in support of the design process.
Providing estimating and quantity take offs to various designs
Organize and support cluster group, or similar, formation strategy during the design phase and project workshops. Align and sustain the (OAEC) team in delivering a Design Execution Plan that streamlines design and preconstruction processes.
Facilitate a culture that builds and sustains open and honest, trusting relationships with the design team.
Proactively identify gaps between the agreed basis of design and developing scope creep with the capability to mitigate those scope gaps.
Work with the pursuit leader to lead and manage successful competitive Design-Build, and heavy Design-Assist pursuits (jobs in which we are hired before 50% DD and are expected to participate by informing the design).
Providing constructability and cost feedback to the Design team on various design options
Implement DPR’s Design Acceptance Criteria (DAC) process – Collaboratively and proactively managing quality into the design with the architect, and into DPR’s Quality Control (QC) plan; creating design acceptance criteria with design teams for Basis of Design (BOD), non-traditional design packages, traditional SD, DD, CD packages, RFI’s and supplemental post-Issue For Construction (IFC) Bulletins.
Lead and facilitate Milestone Alignment Planning (MAP) workshops to align design production with the needs of construction, by identifying design packages (including non-traditional fast-track not supported by traditional SD/DD/CD design package definitions), prescribing design package acceptance criteria (DPAC), and driving timely complete design package delivery that enables a seamless supply-chain aligned with planned construction.
Promote the use of GPLA as SEOR, where they can give us a strategic advantage. Otherwise tap into GPLA for delegated, means and methods engineering, and modeling/detailing to support SPW and Prefab by implementing preferred details, promoting standard work practices and more predictable outcomes.
Schedule and Lead Design Quality & Constructability Reviews aligning the design team with how we present the information and getting items closed through proven integration into the design and continued tracking of unclosed items for incorporation into the project risk mitigation plan.
Support or organize and facilitate High Performing Team (HPT) project workshops to create an aligned Vision, Mission, Charter and Key Performance Indicator’s (KPI’s) to measure successful outcomes.
Review and validate A/E scopes and support fair fee negotiations that benefit DPR and A/E team.
Facilitate integration of Self-Perform Work (SPW), Digital Building Components (DBC), Prefabrication, DPR Technical Design Services, EIG, SurePods and Vueops into the design and fabrication model where value is added to the project.
Recognize and encourage value enhancing design iteration while driving timely design resolution that supports the project budget, project plan and client expectations.
Work with Authorities Having Jurisdiction to establish the appropriate design package permit submittal review process ahead of the start of permitting.
Develop and manage an accountable design change decision-making and change management process that enables timely design production and proactively informs the client of cost and schedule consequences for late decisions.
Evaluate the project for needed design scope and develop a comprehensive strategy for integrating ALL stakeholder design responsibilities, including design assist, delegated design, and deferred design, into a seamless and complete design scope.
Utilize a comprehensive understanding of design scope contract risk to develop a mitigation plan for effectively managing design related project risk.

What you bring

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revit

navisworks

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