Sr. Design Manager, MEP Infrastructure

What You'll Do

• Deconstruct complex infrastructure challenges to identify the true constraints; physical, regulatory, operational; before committing to solutions
• Challenge design assumptions inherited from previous projects; validate that each requirement reflects actual need, not historical convention
• Drive infrastructure projects from early concept through IFC, making decisive trade-offs across competing priorities (cost, schedule, constructability, operational performance)
• Take full accountability for design quality—not just milestone completion—ensuring solutions are robust, buildable, and aligned with long-term operational requirements
• Define fit-for-purpose strategies for design deliverables and permit packages based on project-specific risk profiles and schedule drivers
• Determine the right level of design resolution at each phase (30%, 60%, 90%, IFP, IFC) by understanding what decisions each milestone must enable
• Structure and facilitate design reviews that surface real issues—not just confirm compliance with templates
• Probe designs for failure modes, constructability gaps, and coordination conflicts before they become field problems
• Extract true requirements from stakeholder inputs; distinguish between hard constraints, preferences, and assumptions. Convert complex, multi-stakeholder needs into clear, actionable engineering scope that the team can execute against
• Identify critical-path design dependencies and sequence work to de-risk procurement and construction timelines. Recognize when design decisions are blocking downstream activities and drive resolution with appropriate urgency

What You'll Bring

• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in infrastructure or facility design and have demonstrated fluency across engineering disciplines, you can challenge specialists with informed questions, not just defer to them
• Proven ability to decompose complex systems and identify the governing variables that drive design decisions
• Track record of questioning inherited constraints and finding better solutions when warranted
• Experience evaluating trade-offs quantitatively, not just qualitatively
• Comfort with ambiguity and incomplete information—you know when to seek more data and when to decide with what you have
• Understanding of delivery methods (design-bid-build, IPD, fast-track) and when each is appropriate, with high ownership mentaility. You solve problems, not point them out
• Strong documentation and communication skills, you can distill complex technical problems into clear, actionable plans for diverse stakeholders
• Intellectually curious with a bias toward understanding why things work, not just that they work and are energized by hard problems that don't have obvious answers

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Medical plans
• Fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) Contribution
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee discounts and perks program

Expected Compensation

$108,000 - $210,000/annual salary + cash and stock awards + benefits