What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Design Manager position at KDG Construction Consulting?
KDG Construction Consulting is currently seeking a Senior Design Manager to join our airport field team. The Design Manager must have the knowledge and experience to check design drawings and specifications, manage and run meetings, propose value engineering solutions that reduce project costs, and build and maintain a positive working relationship with the pre-development consultants and the client. The position requires a high degree of autonomy with little supervision, and the ability to collaborate with contractors, design team consultants, clients, and municipal stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
About KDG: KDG Construction Consulting is a leading provider of program, project, and construction management services. The firm serves clients in a broad range of markets throughout Southern California, including aviation, transportation, and infrastructure. KDG provides a full spectrum of management and technical services spanning the entire lifecycle of a construction project.
Employment with KDG: KDG provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision benefits, a 401k plan, tuition assistance, and paid time off. KDG is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee design contracts, coordinate design, manage design meetings, and monitor and control the design approval process.
- Timely identification and analysis of design issues and make recommendations to resolve to the Program Manager.
- Assist planning and design development team with tracking and reporting of all Planning and Design Activities including Phasing, Geotechnical and Environmental, site civil as well as design activities.
- Verify design team/construction documents with airline standards, Airport Design and Construction Handbook, TSA Guidelines, Building Code, etc.
- Check planning and design drawings, specifications, shop drawings, and request for information, and review with the airport authority at pre-set intervals
- Assist in all planning work to fully define the project to a sufficient level to meet the overall design • Assist in Planning and Design Schedule Management and Control
- Provide oversight to the continued development of the Project Definition Manual
- Assist with the preparation and support of development work plans for each project
- Compile, track, and transmit project related documents and maintain and upload to a document control project file system
- Prepare memos, reports, briefings, and other client deliverables that include spreadsheets, complex graphs, charts, and tables
- Manage and run weekly meetings and provide follow-up documentation
- Build and maintain a positive working relationship with the client
- Additional responsibilities may include assisting with review of monthly invoices, creating monthly dashboard reports, and program budgeting
- Assist in vendor selection, managing progress of predevelopment and consultants, reporting progress, review/processing agreements and change orders.
- Provide cost estimating and change order management
- Manage and collect all client and stakeholder planning and design comments through program closure
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture or engineering disciplines
- 10 years’ experience in a Planning/Design Management capacity on an aviation-related development program
- Professionally Licensed Architect and/or Engineer preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, CAD, REVIT, Oracle Primavera Unifier, and/or e-Builder Construction Management Software required
- Experience working in the Aviation sector
About KDG: KDG Construction Consulting is a leading provider of program, project, and construction management services. The firm serves clients in a broad range of markets throughout Southern California, including aviation, transportation, and infrastructure. KDG provides a full spectrum of management and technical services spanning the entire lifecycle of a construction project.
Employment with KDG: KDG provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision benefits, a 401k plan, tuition assistance, and paid time off. KDG is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Salary : $160,000 - $215,000
