Aptitude Senior Design Manager

Role Summary

The Senior Design Manager is responsible for successful delivery of projects by leading the design participants, process and technology. Participants include the design team(s) and trade partners when projects utilize design‑build, design‑assist or other alternate delivery methods. This position requires proactive leadership of the design process from initial business development phase through project completion. Plays an integral role with project team ensuring project goals are achieved.

All activities will be performed in support of the strategy, vision and values of JE Dunn.

• Autonomy & Decision Making:
  Makes decisions within defined limits of authority and consults supervisor on other decisions.
• Career Path:
  Various.

• Develops turnkey design pricing proposals in response to client RFP's.
• Collaborate with estimating preconstruction and Interprets formal design build RFPs and business development teams to develop competitive bid strategies.
• Ensure designs meet functional, aesthetic, and sustainability goals.
• Integrates structural, mechanical, and electrical considerations into technology plans.
• Manage the creation to completion design packages that include detailed floor plans, elevations, and one‑lines.
• Reviews and understands bridging documents for project compliance with RFP including comprehension of Codes and Criteria to meet the technical requirements and design deliverables.
• Supports early phase basic due diligence activities with clients and key stakeholders to ensure professional studies, jurisdictional & permitting requirements are incorporated into design documents.
• Manages design, assuring they meet the technical requirements as well as schedule requirements for design deliverables.
• Manages the design review process with design team and clients to ensure schedules are met and identifies project risks and opportunities throughout the design phase.
• Leverages design experiences and knowledge to work with project teams identifying solutions to project specific challenges while monitoring expectations for design schedules, quality control, and content for design document delivery.
• Generates cost savings and value‑added solutions during design phase.
• Monitors and controls our design partner’s and consultant’s cost through the design development, both cost of project and cost of the design services for added scope.
• Reviews design and provides quality control review comments to ensure the program specifications and life‑safety requirements are met.
• Coordinates the design document packaging strategies with the project team.
• Manages project documentation such as proposal, drawings, specifications, reports, calculations, and shop drawings using both 3D and 2D file management system.
• Capable of developing sketches and plans to assist preconstruction with pricing of conceptual ideas. Coordinates with project team to develop and implement project(s) as needed.
• Provides technical design guidance throughout entire construction process.
• Provides design engineering support for the entire life cycle of the project (proposal, site survey, engineering, equipment selection, permitting, training, and construction).
• Understands project budget and steers project accordingly ensuring the design stays in line with contractual details.

• Leads the process to understand potential client’s business needs and helps create conceptual plans, elevations, and 3D models.
• Plays a lead role with the Project Executive to set design budgets, schedules and fees, and influences ongoing decisions throughout the project lifecycle that impacts cost, schedule, and budget.
• Functions as key liaison between JE Dunn and design team to ensure accountabilty for delivering on project strategy.
• Provides thought leadership and direction to the design process from schematic design through completion.
• Responsible for managing the external design team ensuring they hit their deadlines and deliverables.
• Engages in business, industry and community activities to build and strengthen external relationships.
• Manages change management with internal team and external design partners…