Design Manager

POSITION OVERVIEW

At Build Group, the Design Manager is responsible for leading the design process and schedule to ensure timely project starts across various construction projects. This role requires collaboration with architects, engineers, trade partners, and stakeholders to ensure that design specifications meet client expectations, regulatory requirements, and project timelines. The Design Manager also ensures seamless coordination with self-perform trades, reviewing and approving all design details with internal teams and external design partners.

• DESIGN MANAGER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and subcontractors to develop project designs that meet client requirements and align with functional, aesthetic, budgetary, and timeline goals.
• Facilitate communication between design and construction teams to integrate design concepts into construction processes seamlessly.

• Oversee the design phase from inception to completion, managing schedules, budgets, and resources to ensure timely delivery of design documents.
• Identify and mitigate risks, including scope gaps, feasibility challenges, and budget constraints, through proactive collaboration with stakeholders.

• Lead workshops with self-perform and trade partners to validate design feasibility, optimize cost-efficiency, and align production goals with the project vision.
• Incorporate value engineering principles and phased permitting strategies to enable fast-track project starts.

• Act as the primary point of contact for clients on design-related matters, presenting concepts and modifications to ensure alignment with their vision.
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with all stakeholders, including owners, consultants, and internal teams.

• Lead and mentor multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring accountability, collaboration, and alignment with project goals.
• Conduct regular team meetings to review progress, address challenges, and foster innovation.

• Ensure all designs adhere to local and state building codes, ADA standards, and other regulatory requirements.
• Review design documents for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with industry standards.

• Promote sustainable design practices, incorporating energy-efficient solutions and innovative building technologies aligned with certifications like LEED or WELL.
• Stay updated on industry trends, materials, and technologies to implement best practices that enhance project outcomes.

• Provide design expertise in response to RFPs, including assembling design teams, drafting project approaches, and ensuring compliance with proposal requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in architecture, engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of related experience in designing construction projects through various design phases.
• Outstanding communication, both written and verbal, across all levels.
• Growth-oriented to keep up with current and future design trends and innovations.
• Impeccable attention to detail.
• Reads, understands and interprets schematics, drawings, and project manual and specifications and encompasses the technical knowledge to determine appropriate construction means and methods.
• Solid computer skills with a working knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, Procore, Bluebeam, Construction Management Software, Microsoft Project Scheduling, as well as MS Office, (Outlook, Excel, and Word).
• Working knowledge of the California Building Code, ADA and applicable local and state building codes.

This position description is a summary and not a complete representation of the position; the essential functions of the position may change as duties are assigned.

Build Group is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other unlawful factor. Build Group complies with all applicable laws, including those regarding consideration of qualified applicants with criminal histories such as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Note to Recruiters and Placement Agencies: Build Group does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website or to any Build Group employee. Build Group will not pay fees to any third-party agency or firm and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered the property of Build Group.