Integrated Design Manager
Aligned Data Centers · Frederick County, MD · 1 mo ago
Art & CreativeFull-time
About the role
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Responsibilities
- Lead design management activities from land enablement handoff through turnover to Construction and Operations.
- Serve as the primary integrator of architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, BMS, and other specialty systems.
- Manage onboarding and oversight of third-party design teams, including development and maintenance of design schedules and deliverable tracking.
- Drive stakeholder review cycles by collecting, consolidating, and facilitating timely resolution of design comments.
- Enforce design gating, internal ADC project requirements including CDE, CCL, DEC alignment, and approval processes.
- Early identification, tracking, and resolving design variances and required technical approvals.
- Maintain project risk registers and coordinate mitigation actions with project teams.
- Prepare and maintain design metrics, submission tracking, permit tracking, and reporting dashboards.
- Partner closely with Construction Managers to support coordination, escalation management, and performance certainty.
- Participate in customer technical discussions and ensure contract requirements are integrated into the design.
- Promote continuous improvement, clear communication, and accountability across all design participants.
Requirements
- Working experience and knowledge of design engineering
- Building design process and design deliverables management
- Management of design teams
- Exposure to IPD, Design-Build, and/or construction management
- Data center design/construction experience, specifically with MEP systems
- Project Management Software (MS Projects, Prolog, Procore, BIM 360, or similar)
- Knowledge and experience working with CAD is a plus
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or equivalent
- 5 or more years of experience managing commercial project design programs
- Data center or other technical industry design or construction experience strongly preferred
- Strong organizational, analytical, and coordination skills
- Proficiency in Bluebeam, Excel, Smartsheets, and design management tools
- Ability to interpret construction drawings and technical documentation
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to travel out of home market up to 25 percent, on-site time may vary by project needs
Skills
- Adaptability
- Analytical
- Business Acumen
- Change Management
- Cost Consciousness
- Customer Service
- Diversity
- Ethics
- Innovation
- Interpersonal Skills
- Judgement
- Motivation
- Oral Communication
- Organizational Support
- Problem Solving
- Professionalism
- Quality
- Safety and Security
- Strategic Thinking
- Teamwork
- Written Communication
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