Design Manager

Okland is a commercial general contractor and construction management company with more than 1,300 team members, delivering complex projects across healthcare, semiconductor, higher education, sports, hospitality, and other specialized markets. Founded in 1918 in Salt Lake City, we have grown for more than a century and operate throughout Utah, Arizona, and Idaho.

About the role

If you have a strong understanding of the design process and enjoy bringing people, information, and decisions together, we want to talk to you. As a Design Manager, you'll take ownership of the design process for assigned projects, partnering with Owners, architects, engineers, trade partners, and internal teams to keep design moving toward a coordinated, constructible outcome. You'll thrive in this role if you're highly organized, comfortable facilitating multidisciplinary teams, and proactive about identifying and resolving issues before they impact the project. We're looking for someone who can build strong relationships while confidently driving accountability around design milestones, deliverables, and decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead design management activities from project planning through construction document completion, keeping design milestones and deliverables aligned with project goals.
• Develop and maintain design schedules, track progress, and communicate upcoming milestones and potential impacts to project stakeholders.
• Facilitate design coordination meetings with Owners, architects, engineers, consultants, trade partners, and internal project teams.
• Own the tracking and resolution of design-related issues, risks, changes, and decisions, ensuring the right people are engaged and actions are driven to completion.
• Lead or support QA/QC, constructability, and coordination reviews to identify gaps and improve the completeness and quality of design deliverables.
• Partner with Preconstruction, Operations, Scheduling, and VDC teams to support estimating, procurement, phasing, model coordination, and successful project execution.
• Help strengthen Okland's design management processes, standards, workflows, and technology to improve how projects are planned and delivered.
• Identify opportunities to improve communication, coordination, and accountability throughout the design process.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field; equivalent industry experience may be considered.
• 4–8 years of experience in architecture, engineering, design coordination, construction, or a related project delivery role.
• A strong understanding of design development and construction document processes.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and facilitating project meetings.
• Strong organizational, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Autodesk Revit, and Bluebeam Revu.
• Commercial construction, design-build, BIM/VDC, fast-track project delivery, scheduling, QA/QC, or constructability experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work in Utah, Arizona, and Idaho.
• Weekly pay, competitive salary and bonus incentives, ESOP employee ownership, and an industry-leading 401(k) with a 6% employer match.
• Free healthcare plan option plus medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage.
• Paid parental leave, financial wellness tools, Employee Assistance Program, and mental health support.
• Rewards including pro sports tickets, fitness memberships, travel vouchers, paid work anniversary sabbaticals, and award-winning projects recognized by AIA, ENR, and AGC.

Physical Environment

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.

• Regularly required to sit, talk, and/or hear.
• Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision and color vision.
• Frequently inspect the project and may be exposed to ongoing construction and various weather conditions.
• The noise level in the work environment may range from moderate to loud.