Design Integration Manager (Mechanical)

Key Responsibilities

• Organize and manage the activities of the project team (owner, designers, estimating, and operations/construction) to conceptualize and develop the design of significant building and infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate with the project team to define the scope and sequence of design delivery including composition and timing of early release packages.
• Establish a culture of accountability within the design team. Communicate project expectations with designers, including level of document development and construction budget.
• Establish project-specific information management systems and communication protocols throughout the design phase.
• Drive design schedules by leading or participating in regularly scheduled design team and OAC (owner/architect/contractor) team meetings.
• Manage change management logs throughout the design phase including cost and schedule impact.
• Cookordination review cycles amongst the project team.
• Manage Alberici’s risk in terms of scope creep, scope gaps, and constructability issues and drive value engineering activities.
• Maintain a detailed RFP compliance matrix to validate that the design meets the owner’s requirements.
• Provide program validation to ensure building systems and owner-provided process equipment have proper structural and MEP support.
• Collaborate with the estimating team to establish and periodically review cost trend logs throughout design.
• Lead the designers to adjust designs so that projects remain within the construction budget.
• Assist the estimating and operations teams with screening of relevant trade partners and suppliers and reviewing construction bids.
• Collaborate with the VDC team to establish and execute a project-specific BIM implementation plan.
• Support the operations/construction team during construction and close-out by managing the design team through design changes and issue resolution.
• Assist the Director, Design Integration in the development of design integration tools, templates, and best practices.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for mechanical scopes including performance of peer reviews and completion of constructability review.
• Support project development teams during the pre-proposal and project pursuit phases including collaboration on capture strategy and participation in client presentations.
• On design-build (DB) and engineer-procure-construct (EPC) projects, solicit and evaluate proposals from primary and specialty design consultants and participate in negotiation of design contracts.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in HVAC, plumbing, piping and process engineering design.
• Previous experience on design-build projects.
• Licensure as a professional engineer (P.E.) preferred.
• Certification as a LEED AP or DBIA certified professional a plus.