Design Manager - Advanced Electronics

Overview Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking an Design Manager - Advanced Delivery to lead leads the integration of design and construction teams to deliver coordinated, constructible, and cost-effective designs. This role supports advanced delivery models (Design-Build, IPD, P3, EPC), ensuring design intent, risk management, and project readiness for execution.

Who are we?  As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Who are you? You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset.

You provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles. You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. You build high performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline to maximize impact on the organization and the individual.  

You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane’s business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage. You deploy a strategic mindset when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future.  Your core values match Gilbane’s:
Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Tough mindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship. What’s in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

Responsibilities Serves as primary liaison between design and construction teams during proposals

Leads strategy for design services breakdown and integration of specialty consultants or design/build trades

Defines technical scope, manage RFIs, and ensure comprehensive bridging documents

Develops and maintains design deliverable schedules aligned with procurement and build phases

Validates A/E scope and fee structure; support Teaming Agreements Collaborates with estimating to break down RFPs and support subcontractor/vendor pricing

Assembles and maintains the Endorsed Project Baseline (proposal, estimate, contract, schedule)
Identifies and communicates requirements to clarify RFPs for design and construction

Oversees design progression to ensure alignment with budget, schedule, and constructability; lead target value design

Facilitates design charrettes, team chartering, and owner approval processes

Coordinates permitting process…