Design Manager

PROTECS is a leading full-service design-build construction management and project management company with five US offices focused on serving the hi-tech regulated market sectors. For over 20 years, PROTECS has provided its clients with a broad range of leveraged services in a collaborative design/build and construction management approach by partnering with best-in-class architecture/engineering firms from project inception to occupancy.

Through PROTECS’ patented Target Costing® delivery methodology, the company acts as a single point of contact and accountability for master planning, site selection, design, construction, commissioning, and validation. At the core of its delivery approach, PROTECS takes on the risk to guarantee performance, conformance, compliance, time to market and, above all, cost to ensure all its clients’ strategic objectives and goals are met.

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The Design Project Manager plays a key role in our organization by providing senior leadership leading key project(s) from conceptual phases through design coincident with pre-construction then through construction administration and commissioning/close-out. This includes oversight and direction of the design team and relationship development with the client to provide our clients with projects that perform and are safely completed within budget, on schedule, in accordance with quality standards and meeting the customer’s satisfaction.

Typically, this position is also seeking to strengthen and extend our relationships to new opportunities with existing clients.

The design manager will also conceptualize plans to provide high level solutions to overall projects or more detailed solutions to specific client issues some of which may result in or lead to design/build project opportunities. These project opportunities will often involve master planning, site due diligence parameter development and evaluation, assisting in site searches, program development, conceptual design, and basis of system criteria development.

These opportunities often lead to the management and development of full-scale project assignments.

This position will also focus on evaluating design solutions for conformance to the conceptual plan and basis of system criteria established for client sites, reviewing independently developed designs for pre-construction / construction management opportunities, and confirming the technical requirements for commissioning efforts on in-house projects. The skills developed in this position will assist you in future assignments as a director of this service platform, a project executive, and organization leader.

Established skills at previous level, works independently and directs project staff. Functions as the senior level contact with client. Provides senior oversight/input on project concepts. Maintains client contact and development of work on future projects, can identify areas where PROTECS can assist / improve client operations and is ready to address PROTECS issues with the client and take appropriate action to resolve them / promote PROTECS services.

Will oversee multiple projects / assignments and staff / subconsultants. Will work to develop staff and projects through training, project exposure, risk management, technical development, etc. Responsible for project development and concept phase budgets.

• Responsible for design phase design/build project development
• Able to develop or foster the development of design documentation on design/build projects to suit the company and project objectives.
• Extends relationships on projects toward the development of further work.
• Responsible for project development from concept through project process
• May perform high level design activities to conceptualize facilities, renovations, or system solutions.
• Will provide evaluation of or check on sub-consultant design solutions.
• Maintains relationship with client personnel.
• Ensures the PROTECS project team is executing its duties in regard to technical deliverables.
• Manages and directs design consultants.
• Seeks to develop client relationships and project…