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Project Manager, Higher Education

DLR Group
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/15/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/11/2025

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you're in the right place.

We have an opening for a Project Manager . We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

Considering this model, this role could be based in the following cities :

  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Riverside, CA
  • San Diego, CA

About Higher Education at DLR Group

DLR Group's Higher Education practice fully embraces our responsibility to society by designing spaces that emphasize academic learning and social development. We are transforming the educational landscape, working with our clients to set new horizons for learning and living that enrich communities, the spaces they strive to provide, and what they can achieve. Our team draws from evidence- based design to work with shareholders to affect student and teacher engagement, ensuring that learning is enhance through design. We also understand the rapid pace of technological, social, and cultural change; our teams work with schools to navigate these challenges.

Position Summary

As a Project Manager at DLR Group, you will oversee all aspects of one or more projects, including managing project teams, coordinating with external consultants, and ensuring adherence to project schedules, budgets, and fees. You will be responsible for maintaining high standards of quality and design excellence throughout the project lifecycle. Additionally, you will be accountable for the financial success of the project, ensuring it remains on track and within budget.

If you are a collaborative thought leader with a strategic mindset this might be the position for you. DLR Group is 100% employee owned and as such you'll enjoy the opportunity to have ownership in the Firm. We rely on all our employee-owners to apply their financial acumen to grow the Firm profitably.

What you will do :

  • Support business development by participating in RFQ, RFP, and interview processes
  • Assist in negotiating scope of services, fees, and preparing agreements with both clients and consultants
  • Ensure accurate input and updates of client and project information into project management systems
  • Develop comprehensive project plans, including schedules, milestones, and staffing, and adjust as needed
  • Lead and coordinate project teams, vendors, and consultants to meet client expectations for scope, quality, budget, and schedule
  • Monitor and track project milestones, deliverables, and ensure submittals meet quality standards
  • Communicate project status reports, identify necessary adjustments, and propose solutions for client-directed changes
  • Provide leadership, performance feedback, and contribute to recruitment of project team members
  • Establish clear communication with clients to ensure project progress and timely decisions are made
  • Collaborate with design leaders to ensure compliance with quality standards and integrate design expertise into all project phases
  • Required Qualifications :

  • Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Interior Design
  • Minimum of 8 years of professional experience, including 3 years as a project manager
  • Professional licensure preferred, but not required
  • Proficient in Vantagepoint, Planifi, INDEPRO, and Microsoft Suite (including Project)
  • High proficiency in standard A / E / I / P software
  • Strong working knowledge of design techniques, tools, and sustainable design principles for producing technical plans, drawings, and models
  • Excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills with the ability to multitask while maintaining high-quality standards
  • Working knowledge of local building and zoning codes
  • TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE SUBMIT CURRENT PORTFOLIO / WORK SAMPLES IN PDF FORMAT
  • Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested pay range for this position is :

    Pay Range

    100,000-$130,000 USD

    DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

    We are 100% employee-owned : every employee is literally invested in our clients' success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

    Through our values - commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork - we elevate the human experience through design, together.

    We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action / M / F / Veteran / Disabled employer.

    Salary : $100,000 - $130,000

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