Description:
Design Manager supports client and leads Vanir team providing pre-construction phase services. Design Manager is senior onsite point of contact responsible for delivery of our services including design review, constructability, value engineering, independent estimating, project controls, master schedule, client meetings, oversight of architect, and issue resolution.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Plans, organizes, and directs the design activities for the Program and
critical repair projects. Functions as the lead design professional in the Design Department
providing quality review, implementation of policy and procedures and interface and
coordinates with the Division of State Architects (DSA)
- Manages, develops, and coordinates the District’s design process for the Facilities Planning
and Development Division to ensure that plans are within functional program, budgetary,
environmental and legal requirements
- Manages multiple projects through interaction with Architects, consultants, and District
personnel from project conception, through draft to final review, approval, and handoff to
Project Execution
- Oversees the building design process to ensure compliance with organizational standards and
guidelines for the District by working with design professionals and various District
administrators to ensure that new and modernized structures meet both educational and
building standards requirements
- Establishes and follows a process to identify and select the architectural firm best suited for
each project based on the firms’ qualifications and ability to meet performance standards
- Provides Architects with clear and consistent direction with regard to goals and objectives,
standards, site, schedule, and budget for each project
- Establishes and follows an effective and efficient design review process to ensure that the
design meets the overall goals and objectives for the project, provides maximum value for
dollars budgeted, and are appropriate and enduring to meet the functional needs of the
District, the local community, and the environment
- Ensures that decisions are made in a timely manner
- Ensures that all steps within the project are documented and that the documentation meets
legal requirements
- Reviews design changes submitted to ensure project remains within budget
- Recommends architectural firm assignment from an established list of pre-qualified
architectural firms
- Participates in community relations and outreach programs to create understanding and
acceptance of District building projects design within the community
- Coordinates with a host of professional staff who support the design function for the District
- Develops continuing education opportunities, i.e., seminars and workshops, to learn and
share-up-to-date information on working with architects and contractors
- Coordinates project activities with other District organizational branches and departments
- Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture or
Engineering
- Minimum 10 years full time paid professional experience managing the facilities design, or the
planning and coordination of capital projects that includes the overall design, contract
administration, cost estimating, and scheduling activities
- 5 years of this experience must be with the design, planning and construction of educational
facilities or similar public agencies
- A valid Certificate of Registration as an Architect by the California State Architectural Board
or Professional Engineer by the State Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Preferred