Integrated Design Manager in San Jose, California at McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

The Design Manager is responsible to help ensure successful delivery of McCarthy projects by managing the design process with regard to defining deliverables, scheduling design and defining potential obstacles, monitoring and developing work as required. McCarthy projects may include design-build projects and projects for which McCarthy performs preconstruction services (typically include design reviews, constructability reviews and value management of design documents).

Key Responsibilities

• Define, schedule and monitor quality of design deliverables on projects that include design build or other alternate forms of delivery
• Interface with project teams to develop expectations for content of design documents at various stages, coordinate design document packaging strategy, establish content quality and define key milestones/metrics to verify expectations will be met
• Inform all project participants of design status, design quality and liabilities related to design
• Review design progress to prevent cost and scope creep
• Manage all conflicts within the documents during design phase to successful resolution for all parties
• Manage the RFI process for communication between the owner and design team
• Manage the file system for document control
• Host/manage Value Analysis sessions as needed to look for cost effective details and material selections to maintain or improve the project budget or GMP
• Become knowledgeable of all building codes related to project and ensure they are incorporated into design
• Ensure project specifications meet requirements for compliance with local/federal regulations and the requirements of owner vendors/design standards/expected outcomes
• Coordinate proposal submissions with BUL and Division Marketing to the extent required
• Develop RFPs for design firm responses or design build/design assist subcontractor responses
• Prepare designer and subcontractor scopes of work, coordinating between firms to ensure no gaps in design services
• Coordinate contract terms and conditions with McCarthy team
• Coordinate responsibilities for VDC and develop workflows to support the use of VDC
• Coordinate co-location requirements
• Coordinate all preconstruction/construction budgets, ensuring any changes are communicated to team
• Develop plan to monitor design based on target budget(s) or systems budget(s) for construction
• Coordinate with owner all permits and utility services for project
• Become familiar with project development agreements as they apply, to ensure work performed by McCarthy is in conformance to these agreements
• Coordinate with team initial budgets, GMPs or lump sum values for subcontractors performing Design-Build or Design-Assist services and become familiar with all scopes/budgets to ensure a coordinated approach to estimating and design monitoring/scope monitoring
• Monitor design between estimate updates to report, review and determine corrective course(s) of action required to maintain or lower the overall budget
• Coordinate/integrate overall design deliverables and construction schedules with project staff
• Develop internal costs and metrics to inform team on design direction and cost comparisons for design
• Develop VDC/BIM execution plan for project with VDC Manager
• Update McCarthy procedures to incorporate best Design Management techniques and present Design Management training
• Oversee implementation of McCarthy quality program and procedures
• Review claimsand latent defects
• Build effective and strong relationships with Risk Management/Legal, Executive Management/Business Unit leaders and owners/architects/engineers
• Document lessons learned and best practices

Skills & Qualifications

• 10+years experience managing and coordinating design disciplines
• Bachelor's degreein Engineering or Architecture required
• Proven experience working in the design phase of a project and ability to direct design team to positive outcomes
• Specific technical expertise in building enclosures or MEP systems preferred
• Good computer skills including proficiency in Building Information Modeling (BIM) and software programs (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Access, Revit, Navisworks, QTO, etc.)
• Professional Engineer or Registered Architect preferred
• History of Affiliations with Professional Organizations preferred (AIA, CSI, ASHRAE, etc.)
• Good understanding of the technical aspects of all building systems
• Understands design, construction and operations and legal perspective of design
• Team-builder who enjoys training others
• Process-oriented
• Good verbal/written communication skills with facilitator capabilities

McCarthy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.ForCalifornia locations only, the salary range for this position is: $135,000-$165,000, depending experience. This does not include possible bonus and other benefits which can impact total compensation. Compensation offered may vary based on work location, experience, qualifications, specialty, training, and market and business considerations, among other factors.