Aptitude: Intelligent Integration · 21 hours ago
Aptitude Senior Design Manager
Tampa, FL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expAptitude, JE Dunn’s strategic partner for technology integration services, is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead the design participants, process, and technology for successful project delivery. The role involves managing design teams, ensuring compliance with project goals, and providing technical design guidance throughout the construction process.
Construction
Responsibilities
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 accountability 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 throughout the duration of the project
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, or related field
10+ years design and/or construction management experience
Successful completion of company training and role-specific professional development coursework
Successful completion and maintenance of First Aid Certification, CPR
Successful completion of OSHA 10 training, within required timeframe
Current valid driver's license
Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner
Communication skills, verbal and written – Intermediate
Ability to conduct effective presentations
Proficiency in MS Office – Advanced
Thorough knowledge of project processes and how each supports the successful completion of a project
Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally
Ability to apply Lean process and philosophy – Intermediate
Proficiency with AutoCAD, Revit and/or Google SketchUp
Experience with U.S. building design codes and material specific standards
Conversant with linked design disciplines, e.g. Geotechnical/Civil, Architecture, Building Façade, Structural, MEP, Data/Communications, Vertical Transportation, Acoustics, and Fire and Life Safety, etc
Ability to think in a highly structured manner along all design disciplines while also having creativity to develop specialized solutions by anticipating potential challenges
Ability to manage budgets, maximize profitability and generate future work through building relationships
Technical market expert with knowledge of industry trends, innovations, etc
Ability to build relationships with team members that transcend a project
Preferred
8+ years experience as a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager
Professional Registration
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design AP (Accredited Professional)
Benefits
Professional Non-Union
Company
Aptitude: Intelligent Integration
Aptitude: Intelligent Integration is the provider of digital and physical connectivity solutions that use a unique combination of tailor-made design processes and cutting-edge technology to deliver connected built environments for commercial real estate.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase