Design Manager

Are you ready to move your career forward, and start the BEST job of your life? Our diverse and innovative team allows Haskell to serve our clients with multiple project delivery methods including design-build, engineer-procure-construct, fee-for-service, or consulting services. Negotiates issue resolutions among design disciplines and between design and construction staff • Maintains a positive client relationship • Develops potential future work opportunities • Construction Support • Monitoring of design team response to Requests for Information and submittal review time • Assists in prioritizing critical responses • When assigned, track cost, scheduling, and purchasing of equipment and services • When assigned, supervise or participate in installations and start-up • Change Management • Responsible for design scope change definition and management and impact to schedule and financial performance • Documents all changes in scope by terms of the contract • Financial • Develops design budget, fees, and scopes with input from the project design team and is responsible for design financial performance • Utilizes company standard procedures and software to project financial performance monthly • Monitors weekly fee burn rate weekly for short-duration projects and proposals • Ensures Owner is invoiced by terms of the contract (design only projects) • Selects, negotiate with, manages, and directs the work of outside consultants when needed for project expertise or workload • Monitors project cash flow • Communicates with project manager/project director on financial status as appropriate • Scheduling • Coordinates staff allocation to projects with other design project managers and AE business unit leader • Develops, in conjunction with the overall project schedule, the design schedule • Provides regular schedule updates to the design team • For proposal efforts, working with the Project Executive determines the schedule for proposal pricing and deliverables • Directs and is accountable for design schedule compliance. Negotiates scheduling conflict resolution among design disciplines and between design and construction staff • Strategy • Participates in developing and executing “win strategy” for proposals • Participates in marketing and business development efforts as assigned • Seeks innovative ways to provide the design deliverables • Directs and is accountable for the development of and compliance with a comprehensive and cohesive drawing and specifications production strategy • Participates in the formulation of design project management corporate policies and procedures • Leadership • Supervises personnel assigned to the project • Maintain all project communications through regular review meetings • Ensures all design contractual requirements are satisfied • Provides leadership in project teaming and integration of design and construction staff • Negotiates issue resolutions among design disciplines and between design and construction • Administrative Duties as assigned including performance reviews and career development • Participates in applicable corporate quality programs for assigned projects • Participates in AE and corporate policies, procedures, committees, and initiatives when assigned • Participates in project closeout, the post-construction review process, and warranty responses • Ensuring all relevant design documents reside on the network in appropriate folders • Responsible for archiving AE documents • Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint • Knowledge of design document production and presentation software • Ability to budget, manage and forecast in EcoSys or other business unit-approved design management software • Communications, negotiations, management, and leadership skills • Knowledge and experience in design project management including, but not limited to, budgeting, scheduling, proposal writing, staffing, coordination, forecasting, conflict resolution, and change management • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desired but not required