Procon is seeking an experienced Design Manager to support a federal facilities management team in the planning, coordination, review, and management of design activities across multiple facility and construction projects.
The Design Manager will serve as a key liaison between project stakeholders, architects and engineers (A/E), and project management teams to ensure design requirements are clearly defined, coordinated across disciplines, and successfully carried through each phase of design.
RequirementsQualifications & Skills- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in design management, engineering, architecture, construction, or a related project environment, including demonstrated responsibility for managing the design process.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams, including architectural, structural, mechanical/HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, and other applicable disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating with A/E firms and managing design submissions, stakeholder reviews, comment resolution, and interdisciplinary coordination.
- Strong understanding of design development, construction documents, constructability, and the overall design and construction process.
- Experience developing and maintaining design management tools such as schedules, milestone trackers, comment logs, requirements matrices, action-item logs, design deliverable trackers, and risk registers.
- Strong written and verbal communication, organization, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple concurrent projects, design reviews, priorities, and deliverables.
- Preferred: Active Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) license, or current PMP or CCM certification.
- Preferred: Experience supporting projects within occupied federal facilities or similarly secure/controlled environments.
- Familiarity with applicable building and life-safety requirements, including IBC, NFPA standards, ABA Accessibility Standards, and applicable permitting requirements is preferred.
Responsibilities & Duties- Manage and coordinate design activities across multiple facility and construction projects of varying size, scope, and complexity.
- Work with project stakeholders to identify, develop, confirm, and document project design requirements.
- Develop and/or support the development of Statements of Work (SOWs) for architectural, engineering, and facility projects.
- Serve as a primary coordination point with A/E firms throughout the design process.
- Manage design submission cycles, including distributing design packages, coordinating stakeholder reviews, consolidating comments, and tracking comment resolution.
- Coordinate design meetings and document key decisions, requirements, action items, and outstanding issues.
- Perform multidisciplinary reviews of drawings, specifications, studies, and other technical design documents for coordination, constructability, completeness, and potential impacts to project scope, cost, schedule, and facility operations.
- Identify and coordinate interdisciplinary issues involving architectural, structural, mechanical/HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, civil/site, and other disciplines.
- Develop and maintain design schedules, milestone trackers, requirements matrices, comment/resolution logs, design deliverable trackers, action-item logs, and risk registers.
- Monitor design progress and proactively identify risks, conflicts, and issues requiring management attention.
- Prepare monthly design status reports summarizing progress, outstanding decisions, design risks, and upcoming milestones.
- Support design acceptance, procurement planning, and the transition of projects from design into construction.
- Provide quality-assurance reviews of A/E deliverables while maintaining the A/E firm's responsibility as Designer of Record for technical accuracy, code compliance, and professional design requirements.
BenefitsSalary commensurate with experience.
Interested and qualified candidates please submit a cover letter and a resume.
Procon offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including full medical/dental insurance and 401(K) plan.
