Principal Manager, Design, Special Projects
Job Details
- Experience
- 12+ years of experience in the design and construction industry
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in the design and construction industry in design management, technical program management, architecture, engineering, or construction.
- Experience leading design from problem definition or concept through construction documents and Construction Administration.
- Experience delivering at least one lab, test, or research facility; first-of-a-kind pilot or prototype building system; significant value engineering program; or rapid-response design fix on a live site.
- Direct experience scoping, procuring, negotiating, and administering AE, specialist consultant, and vendor contracts, including non-standard scopes.
- Technical grounding across architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, and civil disciplines.
- Construction Administration experience covering RFIs, submittals, field issue resolution, and close-out on a fast-paced construction program.
- Strong design technology literacy and comfort working in BIM environments, coordination tools, and document management platforms.
- Experience defining problems from vague starting points, building plans, assembling teams, and delivering projects.
- Ability to run meetings, document decisions, track actions, and align multiple parties to tight schedules.
- Cross-functional collaboration with Design Innovation, Construction, Operations, vendors, and research partners.
- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Civil, Structural, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
Responsibilities
- Own design accountability for a changing portfolio of innovation and pilot projects, lab and test facilities, value engineering initiatives, and critical site issue resolutions.
- Define project objectives, success criteria, scope, budget, schedule, risks, and required teams.
- Build and manage design schedules for concurrent projects, sequencing deliverables around procurement, construction, and testing milestones.
- Partner with Design Innovation to turn concepts and research questions into projects with test plans and measurable outcomes.
- Lead design of lab, test, and validation facilities and first-of-a-kind modular, prefabricated, cooling, power, and building-system pilots.
- Scope and lead value engineering studies, assess alternatives with project partners, and integrate adopted outcomes into standards and live projects.
- Mobilize consultants and vendors to resolve critical live-site design issues with coordinated, buildable solutions.
- Procure and manage AE firms, specialist consultants, research partners, and vendors, including defining scopes, issuing RFPs, negotiating fees, and administering contracts.
- Coordinate internal stakeholders and external partners; run requirements, design reviews, and model-based coordination; and deliver coordinated construction documents.
- Lead Construction Administration, resolve RFIs and field issues, support site visits and commissioning, and deliver close-out documentation and lessons learned.