Design Manager

Balfour Beatty • Newport Beach, CA

40d • Onsite

About The Position

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Design Manager to join their team in Orange County. This role involves coordinating and integrating with the owner, builder, trades, and design team on design-build projects. The Design Manager will manage the design and permitting processes to ensure quality, on-time delivery, constructability, and cost control by working directly with designers, owners, and operations teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field. Equivalent combination of training and/or related experience may be acceptable.
• Minimum 8-years of experience working on design projects with design teams, including the use of project management and scheduling software.
• Experience working directly with owner’s and/or owner’s representatives.
• Experience working on project and design-build pursuits, including the development of pursuit submissions/responses and GMP’s.
• Experience in developing and analyzing cost estimates and contract documents.
• Experience in construction administration and/or construction project management.
• Experience working on large-scale design-build projects.
• Excellent verbal/written communication, interpersonal and supervisory skills, including public speaking ability.
• Capable of collaborating and communicating with various individuals – designers, owners, field staff, marketing, etc.

Nice To Haves

• Bidding experience is a plus.
• Fast-tracked project experience is a plus.
• DBIA Certification or desire to obtain DBIA Certification within 1-year of employment.
• Professional licensure as either an Architect or Engineer is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in, and potentially lead project pursuits, including management of the overall design RFQ and RFP response, development of the GMP, and management / coordination of team members, including design team, trade partners, internal operations teams, marketing, etc.
• Coordinate and monitor the level of completeness of the design against RFP requirements (or other project requirements) and contractual obligations during pursuits and design phases of a project.
• Develop deliverable schedules and manage to them.
• Oversee D-B Program verification/reconciliation during the proposal phase in association with project trade partners and the design team.
• Consistently monitor the design progression for changes and cost impacts, including the identification and preparation of owner-directed enhancements, and management of cost trends.
• Communicate / document noted changes and cost impacts with all relevant parties and actively work with the team to reconcile cost issues, as needed.
• Understand conceptual estimating and its relationship to conceptual design.
• Identify when design direction is moving away from the project budget and work directly with the estimating and design teams to mitigate any budget challenges.
• Review and coordinate trade partner estimates to ensure scope and budget alignment during the proposal and design phase.
• Participate in interviews for new project pursuits.
• Engage in contract negotiations with owners, designers, and trade contractors.
• Understand scope and other contractual obligations to adequately manage / communicate project expectations and requirements as the project progresses.
• Work with the design and construction teams to develop a design and permit schedule that integrates directly with the needs of the owner, agencies, and construction schedule.
• Manage design and design team progress to be able to regularly update the schedule and resolve impacts quickly.
• Actively review the design development and contract documents for quality and constructability.
• Facilitate coordination with operations and other field staff to solicit input on construction sequencing, methodology, and buildability.
• Work to identify solutions that satisfy the needs of the owner, design team, and build team.
• Review contract documents and identify potential design deficiencies associated with stipulated program/Owner criteria, establish a strategy with design team and build team to satisfy Owner needs.
• Organize and/or lead meetings with owners, regulators, and project team members.
• Document decisions, actions, and other meeting outcomes, as needed, and ensure any actions are progressing.
• Coordinate on-time completion of additional design deliverables resulting from meetings with Owner and AHJ.
• Role may not be limited to design management of design-build projects and requires adaptability.
• Depending upon project needs, the design manager may be asked to perform other management assignments, such as preconstruction management and/or project management on projects with different delivery methods.
• Have sound, independent judgment, maintain a level temperament, and understand, communicate, and implement detailed project goals.
• Report out on the project status and goals to corporate leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior