Design Manager

Job Description

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 execution plan. As the project execution 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:

• Work with the pursuit leader to lead and manage successful competitive Design-Build and heavyDesign-Assist pursuits (jobs in which we are hired before 50% DD and are expected to participateby 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 tapinto GPLA for delegated means and methods engineering and modeling/detailing to support SPWand Prefab by implementing preferred details promoting standard work practices and morepredictable outcomes.
• Facilitate integration of Self-Perform Work (SPW) Digital Building Components (DBC)Prefabrication DPR Technical Design Services EIG SurePods and Vueops into the design andfabrication model where value is added to the project.
• Understanding ways the design creates opportunity for prefabrication self-performed work andmodularization to deliver more project value while enabling their successful integration into thedesign and fabrication process.
• Facilitate a culture that builds and sustains open and honest trusting relationships with the designteam.
• Support or organize and facilitate High Performing Team (HPT) project workshops to create analigned Vision Mission Charter and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure successfuloutcomes.
• Organize and support cluster group or similar formation strategy during the design phase andproject workshops. Align and sustain the (OAEC) team in delivering a Design Execution Plan thatstreamlines design and preconstruction processes.
• Utilize a comprehensive understanding of design scope contract risk to develop a mitigation plan foreffectively managing design related project risk.
• Evaluate the project for needed design scope and develop a comprehensive strategy for integratingALL stakeholder design responsibilities including design assist delegated design and deferreddesign into a seamless and complete design scope.
• Understand and use the Owners business case and steer the design to meet client Construction All Rights Reserved
• Actively engage and coordinate with the DPR team to ensure alignment on key responsibilities insupport of the design process.

Key Responsibilities (continued):

• Recognize and encourage value enhancing design iteration while driving timely design resolutionthat supports the project budget project plan and client expectations.
• Proactively identify gaps between the agreed basis of design and developing scope creep with thecapability to mitigate those scope gaps.
• Manage the Program and Concept Design Validation to budget prior to schematic designproduction enabling and steering design-to-budget.
• Work with Authorities Having Jurisdiction to establish the appropriate design package permitsubmittal review process ahead of the start of permitting.
• Lead and facilitate Milestone Alignment Planning (MAP) workshops to align design production withthe needs of construction by identifying design packages (including non-traditional fast-track notsupported by traditional SD/DD/CD design package definitions) prescribing design packageacceptance criteria (DPAC) and driving timely complete design package delivery that enables aseamless supply-chain aligned with planned construction.
• Schedule and Lead Design Quality & Constructability Reviews aligning the design team with how wepresent the information and getting items closed through proven integration into the design andcontinued 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 teamsbefore we accept and distribute drawings/changes to subcontractors. This is for everything up to IFCbut 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 decision-making and change managementprocess that enables timely design production and proactively informs the client of cost andschedule consequences for late decisions.
• Implement DPRs Design Acceptance Criteria (DAC) process Collaboratively and proactivelymanaging 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) non-traditionaldesign packages traditional SD DD CD packages RFIs and supplemental post-Issue ForConstruction (IFC) Bulletins.

Qualifications:

• Proven successful experience in Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) Design/Build and IntegratedProject Delivery (IPD) in the design and construction phases.
• Architectural / Design or technical background in managing the design coordination process
• In-depth knowledge of all aspects of a construction project including the design coordination permitting and model coordination shop drawing process
• In-depth knowledge of Building Information Modeling software including AutoCad and Autodesk Building Design Suite Autodesk Revit Autodesk Navisworks Trimble Tekla Structures and other similar platforms.
• Good communication and people skills and management skills
• Ability to influence contractual differences and risks managed by the project team. Fluent in primecontract delivery systems and language with the ability to negotiate optimal deal terms andmitigation strategies leading to successful outcomes.
• Adept at the creative problem-solving of design issues by identifying optimized solutions throughsimultaneous consideration of cost quality constructability supply chain support for constructionand overall customer value.
• Ability to travel to the jobsites or to design team offices when required.
• Providing constructability and cost feedback to the Design team on various design options
• Providing estimating and quantity take offs to various designs
• A Bachelors degree in Architecture / Civil Engineering or Construction Management or equivalent engineering discipline

• At least 4-6 years of experience in a Construction Management General contracting or Architectural firm in Project engineering or Project management roles
• Minimum 4 years of experience working on construction projects either in the field or field office.
• Proficiency with BIM software including AutoCad and Autodesk Building Design Suite Autodesk Revit Autodesk Navisworks Trimble Tekla Structures and other similar platforms.
• Proficiency with Lean Construction scheduling techniques such as Last Planner system Pull planning and Critical Path method scheduling

Anticipated starting pay range:

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