Architectural Design Project Manager

Company:
Century Builders

Location:

On-Site, Fargo, ND

Employment Type:

Full-Time, Salaried Exempt

Century Builders is the family-owned parent company behind Century Building Systems and Century Mission Critical. We bring disciplined execution, practical problem solving, and owner-level accountability to every project — no matter the size or complexity. We offer competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and a culture built on accountability, safety, and craftsmanship.

Century Builders is seeking a Design Project Manager to support the planning, coordination, and execution of commercial and industrial construction projects. The ideal candidate combines strong project management capabilities with technical design knowledge and the ability to independently coordinate architects, engineers, consultants, and internal project teams. This individual will play a key role in maintaining design schedules, resolving coordination issues, and ensuring project deliverables support permitting, procurement, and construction requirements.

• Develop, maintain, and manage design schedules, milestones, and consultant deliverables.
• Lead design coordination meetings, manage action items, and maintain accountability for outstanding issues.
• Coordinate architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and specialty design disciplines.
• Monitor design progress and proactively identify schedule risks, coordination gaps, and outstanding decisions.
• Provide regular design status updates to the Director of Planning & Design and internal project teams.

• Coordinate multidisciplinary drawing reviews for completeness, consistency, constructability, and alignment with project requirements.
• Identify design conflicts and coordinate resolution with the responsible design professionals.
• Manage drawing revisions, document issuance, and design-related correspondence.
• Coordinate technical responses to RFIs, design clarifications, and construction-related issues.
• Support implementation of company design standards and project-specific design requirements.

• Support early project planning, feasibility assessments, and technical due diligence.
• Coordinate permit application materials, design documentation, agency comments, and resubmittals.
• Track permitting requirements and approvals affecting design and construction schedules.
• Coordinate design requirements associated with utilities, site development, and regulatory approvals.

• Coordinate design deliverables with procurement, estimating, and construction schedules.
• Work with internal project managers to identify and resolve design-related construction constraints.
• Track design changes and communicate potential schedule, cost, and scope impacts.
• Coordinate construction-phase design revisions and consultant responses.
• Support continuous improvement of company design management processes.

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Architectural Technology, Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Five or more years of experience in architectural design, engineering coordination, construction management, or design project management, with 5–8 years preferred.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multidisciplinary design teams on commercial or industrial construction projects.
• Ability to interpret construction drawings, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Experience managing project schedules, design deliverables, and technical coordination activities.
• Strong…