Construction Director

Who You'll Work With

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as a Director of Construction, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Construction Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.

• Steer your team from initial client meetings to final closeouts for our clients within the food, beverage, life science, home, and personal care markets
• Ensure that each project reflects our unwavering commitment to client satisfaction, budget adherence, timing precision, quality standards, and safety norms
• Leverage the full potential of our team, fostering an environment of growth and professional excellence
• Effectively utilize the team’s capacity, and focus on team member development
• Collaborate with a team of industry and project delivery experts who have experience converting our clients’ capital spending initiatives into commercialized solutions
• Partner with leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to develop design-build and EPC projects
• Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team

• Guide projects from conception to fruition, ensuring alignment with client and organizational objectives
• Lead risk assessment, contract negotiations, and critical fee and pricing decisions
• Serve as the primary point of contact for market leaders, ensuring excellence in project performance
• Identify new opportunities and actively participate in the development of proposals that accurately and concisely define scopes of work and achieve client objectives

• Manage budget and financial aspects, ensuring fiscal responsibility throughout the project life cycle
• Assume responsibility for construction & design/build initiatives with key responsibilities in estimating and proposal crafting
• Ensure that estimate, design, schedule sequencing, and proposal stages meet client expectations in terms of budget, aesthetics, scope, and schedule

• Communicate project goals and requirements effectively and lead your team to success
• Cultivate the talents of your team, guiding them towards achieving personal and professional milestones
• Lead by example and foster unity of and collaboration with project team
• Step into every role on the project, as needed, to maintain team effectiveness and morale

• Oversee the entire spectrum of construction activities including initial estimates for contractor bidding processes for industrial facilities & structures (cold storage distribution centers, food & beverage processing, packaging, & distributions centers, life science and advanced technology manufacturing facilities, industrial tilt wall distribution centers, ASRS robotics…