Design Manager

The Whiting‑Turner Contracting Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including the disabled and veterans.

Design Manager

Kansas City, MO $74,800.00 - $88,000.00

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Project Management, Management, and Engineering

Construction

• Provide experienced leadership of Comprehensive Design Services for advanced/alternative design and construction delivery contracts.
• Design Managers partner with designated project and discipline leads from the design and construction teams to ensure design is fully integrated into the overall execution of a design excellence project.
• Guide all design decisions from project inception through completion to maintain program requirements, schedule, budget, quality commitments, and customer delight.
• Facilitate team coordination, constructability, and design quality reviews.

• Assist operating groups with design team selection.
• Support proposal development with written narratives, visual images, and graphics.
• Guide the "Winning" strategy during project pursuits.
• Attend presentation preparations and develop presentation skills.
• Review A/E scope, contract terms, and lead design fee discussions.
• Guide the design team through testing program, materials, codes, building systems and constructability.
• Champion innovation and the best possible project for the customer within program, quality, budget, schedule, and sustainability constraints.
• Assist project teams to maintain design alignment with Owner approved budget and schedule through routine reviews.
• Provide peer reviews and write‑ups.
• Lead meetings and monitor the Design Decision Log.
• Assist with determining functionality and quality of the design team’s solution and documents.
• Track follow‑up items for design team action and information needed from WT, subcontractors, vendors and/or the client to keep the design moving forward.
• Manage the flow of information from the client to the design team and vice versa.

• Regularly attend construction meetings and conduct site walks with design team.
• Help WT project team with design related issues during construction.
• Ensure design team completes their project construction phase and close‑out commitments.

• Support the Design Management initiative through building resource tools.
• Maintain one professional license and get involved in approved associations.
• Look for ways to improve our approach to benefit our customers, our build partners and design/trade teammates.
• Facilitate a healthy integrated team structure and workflow.
• Facilitate day‑to‑day activities of how a Design Manager sustains trust between themselves and all design, construction and owner team members and creates an environment of idea sharing, fairness, inclusion, diversity of thought and professionalism.
• Participate in regional and national professional organizations.

The Design Management Group has been developed around managing the development and execution of the design team’s efforts and bridging balance between design and construction. Travel will occur during pursuit, design and construction phases. Travel isn’t typical for extended periods of time, but from time to time that might be necessary if required by the project requirements and/or Client. Any other conditions will be spelled out in an official offer letter or clearly explained as future potential promotions which are granted at the discretion of Whiting‑Turner Management.