Senior Design Manager

Responsibilities

• Fundamentally understand stakeholders’ requirements and translate them into clear project objectives. Distill, document, and manage scope effectively to support highly dynamic environment.
• Manage and lead Infrastructure and Tool Install projects through conceptualization, feasibility, funding, design (30%/60%/90%/IFC), change management, and engineering services during construction.
• Manage permitting and construction documents including transmittals and RFI’s.
• Co-manage infeed of customer requests from all site teams.
• Own project funding request process for major infrastructure improvements.
• Coordinate key project schedule requirements with our Procurement and Construction partners for the overall schedule success of the project.
• Identify resource requirements and highlight gaps and constraints across various stages for all projects. Influence various teams outside of direct reporting structure.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the various cross-functional teams to ensure overall program alignment.
• Define strategies for project delivery methods including design bid build, integrated project development, and fast track projects.
• Understand lean construction principles and fully integrated design using Building Information Modeling (BIM).
• Implement innovative engineering and design methodologies to support very aggressive programs and construction schedules.
• Support, lead feasibility studies, value engineering efforts, and options analysis.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Architectural, Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical Engineering, M.S. preferred but not required.
• PE or RA License preferred.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary scopes within A/E or Design Engineering firms. At least 5 years’ experience desired.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills with ability to understand complex problems and distill the message into a clear plan to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience designing manufacturing facilities and site infrastructure including tool install (e.g., building, utilities, installation of manufacturing equipment).
• Full understanding of all engineering disciplines and ability to demonstrate skills to manage engineering resources.
• Experience working with codes and jurisdictions and ability to build strong relationships with external partners.
• Advanced project management skills, demonstrated application of project, and program management fundamentals to complex engineering problems.
• Ability to effectively execute projects and tasks in parallel.
• Positive, enthusiastic, fast learner, can-do mindset and passion for manufacturing infrastructure.
• Thrives under pressure and in ambiguous environments.