Senior Design Manager

The Haskell Company • Jacksonville, FL

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About The Position

The Senior Project Design Manager executes design project management for large projects with limited disciplines or small/medium projects with several disciplines, from proposal phase through project closeout. The role leads and inspires the design team to collaborate in achieving project goals. It includes guiding team members’ career development, monitoring workloads, and conducting performance management discussions; managing design schedules, consultants, scope changes, communications, quality reviews, and project financial performance; and building trusted client relationships to understand business needs and pursue future work. The position requires a commitment to safe work practices during design document development and in the field, use of standard project management tools and company policies, and travel as required.

Team members may visit alternate locations. The job involves sitting, standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, talking, hearing, and manipulating light to medium weights of 10–50 pounds. It also requires hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and finger dexterity, grasping, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment, and read application or form information. Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the ADA.

Requirements

• Generally 10 years of progressive experience in a design discipline, leading to independent lead-designer capability, and prior design project management experience.
• Knowledge of relevant architectural and engineering systems, such as facilities, process, and/or packaging systems as applicable.
• Knowledge of drawing production software and integration requirements for complete project modeling.
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to adjust to changing timelines, meet deadlines, and manage time effectively.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or architecture preferred.
• Professional registration or eligibility preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desired but not required.

Responsibilities

• Guide career development, monitor workloads, and conduct regular performance management discussions for assigned team members.
• Ensure compliance with all Prime Contract requirements.
• Develop, monitor, and update an efficiently sequenced project design schedule and advise the project team of changes.
• Ensure design consultants are prequalified.
• Prepare Professional Service Agreements for design consultants that minimize risk to the Company.
• Evaluate and distribute changes or additional services affecting project scope and schedule.
• Prepare clear and concise oral and written project communications.
• Build positive, trusting working relationships with current internal and external clients.
• Understand client business needs to seek future work.
• Demonstrate commitment to safe work practices during design document development and in the field.
• Facilitate and monitor design document reviews to ensure project quality objectives are achieved.
• Use standard project management tools and techniques that comply with company policies from proposal through closeout.
• Forecast and report project financial performance and review it with design business unit leaders and project leaders for integrated projects.
• Solicit input from practice areas for fee proposals or change order requests and additional services.
• Travel as required.

What This Job Offers

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