Role description:The Senior Design Manager leads integrated design delivery for large, complex, multidisciplinary projects. The role is responsible for aligning design teams, client requirements, technical quality, scope, schedule, cost, risk, constructability, and commercial objectives throughout the project lifecycle.
Role accountabilities:- Lead the design management and multidisciplinary coordination of major projects and programs.
- Establish design strategy, governance, responsibilities, deliverables, milestones, and coordination processes.
- Direct internal and external architectural, engineering, consultant, contractor, and digital delivery teams.
- Manage design schedules, deliverables, interfaces, technical risks, decisions, assumptions, and changes.
- Integrate design activities with project controls, cost, procurement, permitting, construction, commissioning, and operational requirements.
- Lead client workshops, multidisciplinary design reviews, constructability reviews, value engineering, and stage-gate reviews.
- Ensure designs meet applicable codes, client standards, sustainability requirements, and quality procedures.
- Oversee BIM and digital design coordination, including Common Data Environment workflows and clash management.
- Manage design risks, RFIs, technical queries, changes, field conditions, and other issues impacting design delivery.
- Support pursuits, staffing, budgets, resource planning, scope management, commercial performance, and team development.
Qualifications & Experience:- Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- 15+ years of relevant experience, including significant leadership of design delivery on large, complex, multidisciplinary projects.
- Proven experience leading integrated design teams from concept and detailed design through construction, commissioning, and handover.
- Strong knowledge of design management, project controls, scheduling, risk, quality, change control, and commercial management.
- Experience coordinating complex architectural and engineering disciplines and resolving technical and project interfaces.
- Strong client-facing, leadership, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Experience with BIM/digital design coordination and Common Data Environment platforms, such as Autodesk Construction Cloud.
- Experience with design-build, EPC/EPCM, mission-critical, advanced technology, industrial, infrastructure, or other complex projects preferred.
- Professional Architect/Engineer licensure or PMP/comparable certification preferred.
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $92,900-138,240. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
