Senior Design Manager

Clark Construction Group•McLean, VA

About The Position

Senior Design Managers are integral members of Clark Construction’s design-build project teams. The role provides critical guidance to partner design firms on one or more projects, using internal resources, creativity, professional relationships, and established processes to manage complex workflows. The Senior Design Manager helps deliver high-quality design within budget and schedule, while ensuring that design satisfies contractual obligations and program requirements. The role leads stakeholder decision meetings, design progress meetings, and design conferences; organizes design reviews and resolves comments; and collaborates with technical teams, project managers, cost managers, and purchasing agents. The Senior Design Manager also manages design issues in real time, contributes strategic insights to bid submissions and RFP/RFQ responses, and recruits, hires, and retains talent. The position is primarily office-based, with occasional travel to locations including active construction sites. Work involves prolonged desk-based focus and computer work, office and site mobility, and compliance with company and applicable safety requirements. The position operates in a demanding, high-performance environment that may require extended hours during critical project phases or deadlines, as well as responsiveness to time-sensitive matters and emergencies outside regular working hours.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and/or master’s degree in civil, structural, or geotechnical engineering.
At least 8 years of relevant design experience supporting excavation and deep foundation projects, temporary facade and utility support, and temporary bridges.
Professional engineering license in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, DC, or ability to obtain reciprocity within 4 months.
Strong interest in geotechnical construction.
Strong understanding of numerical modeling, BIM modeling, AutoCAD, and Revit.
Strong leadership, communication, and relationship-management skills.
Ability to train, manage, and influence several direct reports.
Strong understanding of support-of-excavation and deep-foundation software.
Ability to lift and move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 25 pounds occasionally.
Ability to work extended hours when needed and respond to work communications for time-sensitive matters or emergencies.
Ability to follow Clark Construction safety policies and procedures and applicable laws at all work locations.
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug fitness-for-duty screening; the company also conducts random quarterly drug fitness-for-duty tests.

Responsibilities

Deliver high-quality design on budget and on schedule.
Ensure design meets contractual obligations and program requirements.
Lead stakeholder decision meetings, design progress meetings, and design conferences.
Organize the design review process and lead resolution of review comments.
Collaborate with internal technical teams, project managers, cost managers, and purchasing agents.
Manage design issue resolution in real time.
Participate in bid submissions and develop RFP and RFQ responses, including providing strategic insights to pursuit strategy.
Recruit, hire, and retain outstanding people for the Clark team.
Train, manage, and influence direct reports.