Design Manager - Data Center

Overview

Lead design-construction integration for data center projects, managing scope, budget, and risk.

Key Responsibilities

• permitting coordination
• schedule management
• issue tracking
• change management
• risk management
• design qa/qc

Tasks

-Facilitate design charrettes, team chartering, and owner approval processes. -Coordinate permitting process and maintain related schedules. -Controls, and incorporate logistics planning into design. -Develop and maintain design deliverable schedules aligned with procurement and build phases. -Maintain tools for tracking design issues and changes. -Monitor and document design changes, minimizing scope creep. -Ensure design team responsiveness to field issues and facilitate risk-mitigating solutions. -Collaborate with estimating to break down RFPs and support subcontractor/vendor pricing. -Define technical scope, manage RFIs, and ensure comprehensive bridging documents. -Oversee and validate design team invoices. -Lead design risk management, including cost-benefit analyses for RFIs and changes. -Improve documentation of design basis and assumptions. -Ensure effective coordination between the VDC (Virtual Design & Construction) team and the -Resolve scope conflicts and develop recovery plans as needed. -Validate A/E scope and fee structure; support Teaming Agreements. -Assist in trade contractor/supplier scope definition and procurement. -Provide feedback for future bids and risk assessments. -Support development of construction budgets from design estimates. -Promote a design-build mindset and collaboration between disciplines. -Oversee design QA/QC for regulatory and standards compliance. -Emphasize the importance of delivering the proposed design and managing scope changes. -Assemble and maintain the Endorsed Project Baseline (proposal, estimate, contract, schedule). -Ensure Health & Safety integration: complete Safety Risk Assessments, introduce Hierarchy of -Communicate design scope and intent to construction teams. -Identify and communicate requirements to clarify RFPs for design and construction. -Oversee design progression to ensure alignment with budget, schedule, and constructability; -Serve as primary liaison between design and construction teams during proposals. -Lead strategy for design services breakdown and integration of specialty consultants or

Requirements

• design software
• 10+ years
• change management
• design-build
• leadership
• bachelor's degree

What You Bring

-Proficiency in design and construction management software/tools. -10+ years’ experience in design/project management for large-scale construction. -Experience establishing and executing departmental processes and procedures. -Experience with Assumptions Management, Change Management, requirement tracking, and -Proven experience with advanced delivery models (Design-Build, IPD, P3, EPC). -Excellent communication, leadership, and team-building skills. -Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and drive consensus. -Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field; -Strong understanding of design-to-budget, constructability, and risk management.

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About Gilbane Building

-Provides construction management and real estate development solutions across various sectors. -Excels in delivering complex projects in commercial, residential, healthcare, education, and government sectors. -Known for precision in managing both large and small-scale projects. -Earns recognition for quality, safety, and sustainability in the construction industry. -Shapes skylines and communities through impactful projects. -Collaborates with all stakeholders to ensure successful project completion.

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Security Clearance

-qualified applicants must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.