Job Description:
RUC is seeking a senior architect, engineer, or design professional with 10+ years of
experience to serve as our in-house design and technical lead. This person will manage our thirdparty architects, engineers, and consultants and act as RUC's owner-side technical
representative and first layer of defense throughout the design process.
Key Responsibilities
• Manage and hold architects, engineers, and consultants accountable to design
milestones, deliverables, quality, and schedule.
• Review drawings and specifications at major design milestones for completeness,
coordination, constructability, code compliance, and RUC standards.
• Identify design errors, omissions, conflicts, and scope gaps before they impact estimating
or construction.
• Ensure designs are practical, cost-conscious, and not over-designed; challenge
unnecessary complexity and specifications.
• Lead/support value engineering and design optimization with Development and
Preconstruction.
• Coordinate architectural, structural, MEP, civil, life-safety, landscape, and specialty
consultants.
• Support Development with conceptual design, planning, entitlement, and technical
design decisions.
• Support Preconstruction/Estimating with constructability reviews, budgeting, VE, bid
documents, and design-related scope issues.
• Support Operations/Construction with design-related RFIs, consultant coordination,
and technical issues.
• Own and manage RUC's design standards, including development, implementation,
maintenance, and continuous improvement of architectural, engineering, material,
product, and construction standards.
• Establish and maintain RUC standard details, specifications, assemblies, materials,
finishes, building systems, and design guidelines across projects.
• Ensure third-party design teams consistently follow RUC design standards and
approved project requirements.
• Evaluate new products, systems, and design approaches and recommend changes to RUC
standards where appropriate.
• Maintain consistency across the RUC portfolio while allowing for project-specific
requirements.
• Assist with selection, evaluation, and performance management of design consultants.
• Provide senior leadership with clear recommendations regarding design, cost, schedule,
code, standards, and consultant performance.
Title: Pre-construction Manager
Qualifications
• 10+ years of architecture, engineering, design management, construction, or related
experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or
related field.
• Strong understanding of architectural/engineering drawings, construction documents,
building codes, accessibility, life safety, and permitting.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and outside consultants.
• Multifamily, residential, high-rise, mixed-use, or affordable housing experience
preferred.
• Strong understanding of constructability and construction costs.
• RA, PE, AIA, NCARB, LEED, PMP, CCM, or similar credential preferred.
Ideal Candidate
• Confident, outgoing, and highly communicative.
• Diplomatic but firm when dealing with architects and consultants.
• Comfortable challenging experienced design professionals and asking "Why are we
doing it this way?"
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and deadline-driven.
• Commercially and cost conscious.
• Comfortable managing pressure and multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong technical credibility with the ability to identify problems and drive solutions.
• Able to bridge the needs of Development, Preconstruction, and Operations.
Benefits as a Related Employee:
- Base Salary and Performance bonus
- Medical, dental, vision, legal services, flexible spending account.
- Employer Match Commuter Benefits.
- The benefits package includes 100 percent employer-paid life and disability insurance.
- Employer Matching 401k.
- Upward Mobility
- Employee Engagement and Wellness programs.
- Company-paid Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Holiday Time.
- Opportunities for Professional Development and Tuition Reimbursement.
