Gensler

Design Manager - Mission Critical / Industrial

Gensler • $100K — $130K *
Phoenix, AZ 85032In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
11 - 15 years of experience
3 weeks ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture or a related field
  • 15+ years of relevant experience in architecture and project management
  • Background in managing critical facilities and industrial project types
  • Professional license or certification preferred
  • LEED accreditation preferred
  • Experience in negotiating project scope and managing financial performance
  • Proficiency in Revit preferred

Responsibilities

  • Lead project teams by communicating objectives, scope, and schedules
  • Provide design support throughout the project lifecycle
  • Manage scheduling, budgets, and project set-up
  • Prepare proposals and negotiate contracts with various stakeholders
  • Track financial performance to ensure project success
  • Oversee end-to-end project lifecycle from kick-off to close-out
  • Mentor junior designers and foster collaboration within the team

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on high-performance critical facilities projects
  • Supportive culture emphasizing design quality and excellence
  • Collaborative environment with interdisciplinary approaches
  • Professional development and mentoring opportunities
  • Strong potential for career advancement within a growing firm
Full Job Description
Your Role

Gensler is seeking a Design Manager to join our Phoenix office. As part of our growing studio, you'll bring your architectural expertise, attention to detail, and strong interpersonal skills to lead the delivery of high-performance critical facilities projects-on time and within budget. In this role, you'll oversee project workflows, allocate resources effectively, and serve as the primary liaison between the client and the project team.

What You Will Do

  • Provide project leadership to client and team by communicating project objectives, contract scope, terms, and schedule
  • Provide strategically minded design support for organization, production and execution of projects.
  • Manage scheduling, budgets, staffing, and project set-up with clients, sub-contractors, vendors and contractors
  • Prepare project proposals and negotiate contracts and fees; bid projects to multiple general contractors
  • Track and manage financial performance of project for success (e.g., work plan, schedule, fees, change orders, billings and collections)
  • Manage project lifecycle; estimating, bidding, project kick-off, weekly coordination, punch list, turnover, opening, and project close-out
  • Guide and mentor junior designers, assisting in leading multiple projects at a high level, working in a collaborative manner with other design and technical staff
  • Work closely with your team and across the office and firm, to promote and model an inter-disciplinary design approach that enhances Gensler's culture of design quality and excellence.


Your Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field
  • 15+ years of relevant experience: a mix of architecture and project management preferred with a strong background designing and managing multiple building typologies of varying scale, including critical facilities (data centers, mission critical environments such as SCIFs, command centers, supercomputing) and/or industrial project types (semiconductor, aerospace, manufacturing plants, warehouses, distribution centers, or heavy industrial facilities).
  • Professional license or certification preferred
  • LEED accreditation preferred
  • Experience negotiating project scope, fees, managing project financial performance, and ensuring fiscal responsibility for projects
  • Experience with the full project lifecycle, through post-occupancy
  • Knowledge of building codes, standards and building structures
  • Critical facilities experience a plus
  • Experience with industrial or highly technical project types is a plus
  • Experience with project management software, such as MS Project, a plus
  • Revit proficiency preferred


About Gensler

Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 50 locations and more than 6,000 professionals networked across Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and the Americas. Founded in 1965, the firm serves more than 3,500 active clients in virtually every industry. Gensler designers strive to make the places people live, work, and play more inspiring, more resilient, and more impactful.
Learn more about Gensler
Size
6,000 employees
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Founded
1965
* Ladders Estimates

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