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Design Manager - Advanced Technologies

Turner Construction Company
United States, Illinois, Chicago
55 East Monroe Street (Show on map)
Nov 09, 2024
Division: Critical Facilities-Data Centers
Project Location(s): Detroit, MI 48226 USA
Minimum Years Experience:
Travel Involved:
Job Type: Regular
Job Classification: Experienced
Education:
Job Family: Construction
Compensation: Salaried Exempt

The Design Manager leads the process to deliver efficient and economical design to illustrate value through
bid and construction phase to satisfy client scope and technical requirements. This remote role will support our ATG group which includes Data Centers, EV, Industrial. Semi-Conductor and Pharma.

Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:

  • Determine
    fundamental direction of design, continuously lead entire design team and
    design process from first step in design phase (schematic design) throughout
    execution until completion.
  • Integral part of construction
    team, work closely with Project Executive/Manager and perform decisive
    leadership role.
  • Establish appropriate scopes
    and contractual agreements between Designers necessary to deliver project.
  • Communicate effectively
    between Designers, Construction team and client representatives.
  • Through
    review and approval of all construction and shop drawings generated by design
    partners and subcontractors secure the design in all phases meets contractual obligations.
  • Manage timely delivery of all
    design documents.
  • Generate and coordinate
    relevant subcontractor contractual language relating to design.
  • Initiate design reviews and
    leverage opportunities to optimize design, improve constructability and to
    detect risks.
  • Understand
    and utilize lean aspects to minimize costs for and speeds delivery of design
    preparation; strive to create designs to be delivered more efficiently
    (prefabrication and other lean techniques), delivered more safely (safety in
    design), and balance first costs and life cycle costs.
  • Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned

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Position Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's
    Degree from accredited and credentialed degree program in Engineering and 10 years of experience in Engineering or Design Project
    Management, including Construction Administration portion of Engineering and
    Design Management or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience
  • Previous industry experience
    as Designer, desired
  • Extensive Designing and Estimating experience
  • Think in
    highly structured manner along all design disciplines with creativity to develop
    specialized solutions and
    anticipating potential challenges and opportunities, required
  • Cross-functional knowledge of
    key engineering disciplines (Architectural, Structural, MEP/ HVAC, etc.) and
    relevant trades
  • Must be integrative by
    involving Design Specialists and experts, consultancy and support
  • Enjoy working in professional
    interdisciplinary team environment while keeping independent and professional
    design view
  • Leadership skills to lead
    large teams and achieve goals

Physical Demands:
The
physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by
an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will
require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use
of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work
areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job
include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to
adjust
focus.
Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects,
tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel,
crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.

Work Environment:
The
work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an
employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the
employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the
employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes
or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock.
The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Minorities/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor

Turner is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor

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