Description

The manager provides overall project leadership during the design phase, overseeing customer experience, financial performance, schedule, estimating, design, and planning to enable a smooth transition to construction. Responsibilities include establishing and managing budgets and scopes, creating and supervising schedules, obtaining regulatory approvals, preparing bid packages, resolving technical design issues, and acting as the primary point of contact with owners, architects, engineers, and trade partners.

• Lead design‑phase teams to align scope, budget, and schedule.
• Develop and manage project budgets, scope expectations, and trend logs.
• Create, supervise, and hold team accountable for project schedules and key milestones.
• Secure required regulatory approvals and permits.
• Prepare bid packages and contract manuals.
• Identify and resolve technical design and specification issues.
• Serve as primary liaison with owners, architects, engineers, and trade partners.
• Monitor project success factors for customers, design partners, and Mortenson.
• Mentor and guide design‑phase team members for career growth.
• Foster integrated team collaboration through effective communication.

Requirements

Mortenson is seeking an experienced Design Phase Manager II to lead design efforts while interacting with staff at all levels in a dynamic environment. The role demands flexibility, resourcefulness, proactive problem‑solving, professionalism, and confidentiality, ensuring the owner's vision is translated into design solutions and construction parameters.

Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in Construction, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Estimating, or a related field, and have a minimum of eight years of relevant experience. Required skills include strong teamwork, initiative, communication, problem‑solving, leadership, detail orientation, basic knowledge of construction law, intermediate Microsoft Office and project‑management tool proficiency, and the ability to travel up to 100%.

• Require 8+ years of experience and a relevant bachelor's degree.
• Demand strong teamwork, leadership, problem‑solving, and detail‑orientation skills.
• Require basic construction‑law knowledge and intermediate Microsoft Office proficiency.

Benefits

The compensation range is $132,100 – $198,200, with higher ranges for certain locations, plus eligibility for Mortenson’s incentive plan. Benefits for a 25+ hour/week non‑craft role include medical, prescription drug, vision, and dental coverage, a 401(k) with generous match, paid time off and holidays, employer‑paid life, AD&D, and disability insurance, a no‑cost mental‑health tool, tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, and a gym‑membership discount program.

• Offer medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, PTO, life and disability insurance.
• Provide mental‑health resources, tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, and gym discounts.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance