Design Manager
Design Manager
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Job Description
Job Description
Role
As a member of the project leadership team the Design Manager (DM) is responsible for the timely development of the project design and its alignment with the project plan. As the project plan includes client expectations scope of work packaging delivery methods cost budget sequence of work quality expectations and planned schedule the Design Manager establishes and manages processes on their projects to build and maintain alignment between the design and these project objectives. As design documents are not the design itself but rather a snapshot in time of particular project design aspects the Design Managers key points of interface start with the designers themselves at the outset of the project.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities may vary depending upon project type location delivery method phase of project engagement and DPR team experience skills and capacity.
- Work with the pursuit leader to lead and manage successful competitive DesignBuild and heavy DesignAssist pursuits (jobs in which we are hired before 50 DD and are expected to participate by informing the design).
- Facilitate and advise design team selections and teaming agreement negotiations.
- Review and validate A/E scopes and support fair fee negotiations that benefit DPR and A/E team. 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.
- Facilitate integration of SelfPerform 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.
- Understanding ways the design creates opportunity for prefabrication selfperformed work and modularization to deliver more project value while enabling their successful integration into the design and fabrication process.
- Facilitate a culture that builds and sustains open and honest trusting relationships with the design team.
- Support or organize and facilitate High Performing Team (HPT) project workshops to create an aligned Vision Mission Charter and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure successful outcomes.
- 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 Plan that streamlines design and preconstruction processes.
- Utilize a comprehensive understanding of design scope contract risk to develop a mitigation plan for effectively managing design related project risk.
- 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.
- Understand and use the Owners 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.
- Recognize and encourage value enhancing design iteration while driving timely design resolution that supports the project budget project plan and client expectations.
- Proactively identify gaps between the agreed basis of design and developing scope creep with the capability to mitigate those scope gaps.
- Manage the Program and Concept Design Validation to budget prior to schematic design production enabling and steering designtobudget.
- Work with Authorities Having Jurisdiction to establish the appropriate design package permit submittal review process ahead of the start of permitting.
- Lead and facilitate Milestone Alignment Planning (MAP) workshops to align design production with the needs of construction by identifying design packages (including nontraditional fasttrack 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 supplychain aligned with planned construction.
- 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.
- 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.
- Develop and manage an accountable design change decisionmaking and change management process that enables timely design production and proactively informs the client of cost and schedule consequences for late decisions.
- Implement DPRs Design Acceptance Criteria (DAC) process Collaboratively and proactively managing quality into the design with the architect and into DPRs Quality Control (QC) plan; creating design acceptance criteria with design teams for Basis of Design (BOD) nontraditional design packages traditional SD DD CD packages RFIs and supplemental postIssue For Construction (IFC) Bulletins.
Experience / Skills
- Proven successful experience in Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Design/Build and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) in the design and construction phases.
- Leadership and management skills required to create one cohesive team with varying abilities and priorities.
- Multidisciplinary fluency in architectural design engineering preconstruction and construction processes.
- Ability to influence contractual differences and risks managed by the project team. Fluent in prime contract delivery systems and language with the ability to negotiate optimal deal terms and mitigation strategies leading to successful outcomes.
- Adept at the creative problemsolving of design issues by identifying optimized solutions through simultaneous consideration of cost quality constructability supply chain support for construction and overall customer value.
DPR Construction is a forwardthinking selfperforming general contractor specializing in technically complex and sustainable projects for the advanced technology life sciences healthcare higher education and commercial markets. Founded in 1990 DPR is a great story of entrepreneurial success as a private employeeowned company that has grown into a multibilliondollar family of companies with offices around the world.
Working at DPR youll have the chance to try new things explore unique paths and shape your future. Here we build opportunity togetherby harnessing our talents enabling curiosity and pursuing our collective ambition to make the best ideas happen. We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work by our talented teammates and leading news organizations like U.S. News and World Report Forbes Fast Company and Newsweek.
Explore our open opportunities atwww.dpr/careers.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
