Project Design Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of design professionals, providing guidance, feedback, and support on design projects from initial sketch through start of construction
• Develop and manage team project timelines, budgets, standards, varying complexity of projects, and resource allocation
• Support Project Designers in quality review of design deliverables
• Ensure that all new processes and design standards are communicated to Project Designers and implemented within documentation
• Review and confirm all preliminary space plans and design concepts are safe, functional, aesthetically appropriate, and meet all public health, safety, and applicable code requirements
• Provide on-going training to team, related to space planning & design, program management and FF&E services
• Develop client workplace standards; recommend new standards and look for continued improvements to the client workplace design
• Contribute experience to the interior environment with knowledge and skills about space planning, interior building materials and finishes; casework, furniture, furnishings, and equipment; lighting; acoustics; wayfinding; ergonomics and anthropometrics; and human environmental behavior
• Work independently or with minor oversight to perform assignments including conceptual design, schematic design, design development, space planning and construction documentation
• Oversee and help to direct all third-party relationships with architects, engineers, etc.
• Provide extensive and rapid-fire knowledge of FF&E vendors and resources to the team

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a CIDA or NAAB accredited institution in Architecture or Interior Design
• 4+ years of professional design experience
• 4+ years of Revit experience in a professional setting
• Demonstrates proficiency in architectural drawings, concepts & design
• Excellent time management, communication, collaboration, and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines, in addition to the ability to work independently
• Able to lead a team effort, and delegate work to all team members to enable them to work independently
• Able to build strong relationships with internal and external partners to deliver effective services

Project Goals

• Understand, document, and confirm the client’s and stakeholders’ goals and objectives, including design outcomes, space needs, project budget, and needs for specific or measurable outcomes
• Data Collection: Collect data from client and stakeholders by engaging in programming, surveys, focus groups, charrette exercises, and benchmarking to maximize design outcomes and occupant satisfaction

Benefits

• An opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs
• Competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements

Pay

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications. The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role. The compensation for the position is: $ 73,950.00 - $87,000.00

Schedule

Not specified

Skills

• Knowledge and skills about space planning, interior building materials and finishes; casework, furniture, furnishings, and equipment; lighting; acoustics; wayfinding; ergonomics and anthropometrics; and human environmental behavior