Senior Design Execution Project Manager
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-09-01
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Design & Architecture
Engineering Design & Technologists -
Engineering
Engineering Design & Technologists, Civil Engineering
About the role
We are looking for a Senior Design Execution Project Manager to run the design activities related to Hyperscale Data Center construction and other projects for a large technology client. Serves as client's agent, consultant, advisor, and authorized owner's representative through all design phases and all design fields until hand-off to client's construction team. Most of the duties and responsibilities are associated with managing, coordinating, and administering the client's design consultants used in the design efforts.
This position is responsible for taking the program level Plan of Record and localizing the design. Ideal candidate is comfortable facilitating large design coordination meetings with multiple design subject areas, including "page turns" design meetings, etc.
This is a remote position with travel to project sites.
What you’ll do- Facilitate planning and kickoff workshops with internal & external stakeholders;
- Facilitate design reviews in partnership with external partners;
- Facilitate large scale workshops as necessary;
- Author scopes of work for contracts and gain buy-in from internal stakeholders;
- Issue and administer contracts;
- Define and track deliverables from various parties;
- Track cost, schedule, progress and scope;
- Provide health reporting on cost, schedule, scope and progress;
- Build optimal design teams from matrixed internal stakeholders and the strategic procurement of external partners;
- Change management for project scope and design contracts;
- Facilitate technical decisions in-line with project needs;
- Coordinate design activities with procurement and construction;
- Provide clear and open communication with all internal stakeholder and external partners;
- Ensure the issuance of engineering information to the right party, at the right time, in the right format.
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field
- Professional licensure (PE, NCARB, RA) is strongly preferred or significant professional experience (+10 years) may substitute
- Prior experience with data center design and/or construction preferred
- Strong understanding of construction principles and practices
- Experience in the preparation of project plans, specifications
- Experience drafting scopes of work
- Experience of government regulations
- Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Working understanding of AutoCAD is necessary for drawing reviews / mark-ups
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