Suffolk Construction Co Inc

Senior Design Manager

Suffolk Construction Co Inc$90K — $120K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Preferred licensed architect or professional engineer certification
  • Advanced degree in Architecture or Engineering preferred
  • Significant experience in professional design services and project management
  • Proven success managing multiple commercial building projects
  • Experience guiding teams through design processes to complete construction documentation
  • Hands-on experience in full construction administration cycle
  • Proficiency in Building Information Modeling platforms including Autodesk Suite
  • Extensive knowledge of building codes and industry standards

Responsibilities

  • Lead integrated design teams to achieve client project vision and goals
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure design decisions align with project timelines
  • Develop and manage optimized design processes for efficient project delivery
  • Conduct real-time constructability reviews to ensure coordinated drawings
  • Identify and address design gaps early to prevent construction disruptions
  • Facilitate design issue resolution in the construction phase
  • Track project milestones and financial health while refining workflow processes

Benefits

  • Emphasis on a collaborative work culture
  • Opportunity to leverage innovative design and construction technologies
  • Access to proprietary constructability knowledge database
  • Strong focus on career development and professional growth opportunities
  • Engagement with a wide array of project types and complexities
Full Job Description
Overview

The Role

The Senior Project Design Manager will proactively and collaboratively lead integrated teams, made up of both internal and external design and construction professionals, through llluminate's optimized, end-to-end design­ build management process from design inception to building completion. The ideal candidate will be committed to meaningfully enhancing the efficiency, accuracy, completeness, and speed of the design, documentation, and construction process, and will enthusiastically leverage innovative procedures, tools, and technologies to exceed our client's expectations.

 

Responsibilities

Core Design Management• Responsible for the successful realization of client's project vision, including performance, programming, cost, and schedule objectives.• Lead the interface between design teams, Suffolk Operations, industry professionals, trade partners, regulatory agencies, and other project stakeholders to achieve project goals, all the while embracing culture of authentic collaboration and technical competence.• Maintain and support client relationships during all project phases, ensuring a client-first mentality that encourages both active engagement in and ownership of all design decisions.• Lead project team meetings, workshops, and other collaborative communications throughout a project's life cycle.• Hold self, and teams, accountable for meeting deadlines; trouble-shoot challenges by leveraging the full capacity of interdisciplinary project teams.

 

Design Phase Responsibilities• Lead the development and management of optimized design processes for each project, supporting the efficient, linear delivery of fully coordinated and buildable drawings prior to the start of construction.• Build upon Suffolk's world-class construction planning and execution capabilities by strategically aligning design and documentation development with construction sequencing, supporting streamlined workflows.• In association with Illuminate VDC and Suffolk preconstruction experts, lead the execution of rigorous, 'real-time', project constructability reviews during the design process, ensuring that all documentation iscomplete, coordinated, and buildable prior to the start of construction.• De-risk project construction by identifying design gaps early in the design process and enable active remediation before construction workflows are disrupted.• At key project design milestones, liaise with preconstruction teams to evaluate and validate cost and schedule alignment with project objectives.

 

Construction Phase Responsibilities• With Suffolk field operations team, prioritize design issue resolution in alignment with optimal construction sequencing. Expedite responses to maintain pace of construction.• Collaborate with key project stakeholders to ensure design decisions are made in step with project schedule and lead-time requirements.• Establish effective working relationships with the project design team to collaboratively identify, resolve, and complete design issues. Serve as the liaison between the Architect of Record and the project team.• Bring Suffolk and llluminate's full technical expertise to bear on project design challenges to rapidly produce solutions for review with architect and project team.

 

Illuminate Operations Management• Track and report progress towards project milestone completion, staffing allocations, and project financial health.• In collaboration with Illuminate leadership and the project team, analyze, refine, and test design­ construction workflow assumptions in real-time to optimize llluminate's process moving forward.• Leverage and grow Suffolk's proprietary constructability knowledge database, which serves as a critical input to a proactive QA/QC process throughout design.• Support llluminate's design technology staff in the introduction of automated design and documentation processes and workflows.

Qualifications
  • Certification as licensed architect or professional engineer is preferred
  • Professional degree in Architecture or Engineering is Advanced degree preferred.
  • Significant experience in the professional design services industry, with relevant design project management Years of experience and specific industry knowledge will align with specific project characteristics regarding size, complexity, and type.
  • Proven success working on multiple projects and commercial building type, across all project
  • Experience managing teams through the duration of the project's design process, including completion of Construction Documentation (Drawing & Specification).
  • Substantial hands-on experience through the full Construction Administration cycle on multiple
  • Proficiency with Building Information Modeling platforms, including the Autodesk Suite and other industry standard 3D modeling and analysis software.
  • Substantial knowledge of jurisdictional building codes and Extensive knowledge of industry standards and resources.
  • Must possess Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring
Working Conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stands; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.

About Suffolk Construction Co Inc

Suffolk Construction is a privately held construction company founded in 1982 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The company provides preconstruction, construction management, design-build, and general contracting services to clients in the healthcare, education, science and technology, commercial, and government sectors. Suffolk Construction has completed projects in 35 states and has offices in Florida, New York, Texas, and California. The company is known for its innovative use of technology in construction, including virtual reality and 3D printing.
Learn more about Suffolk Construction Co Inc
Size
5,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1982

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