Senior Design Manager - Aerospace Projects - Los Angeles
Listed on 2025-12-01
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Engineering
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Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play, and together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact.
Role descriptionArcadis is seeking an Architectural and Engineering Senior Design Manager with deep experience in aerospace projects to join our Design Management team within the North America Places group. This hybrid role requires an experienced candidate from the Los Angeles area to best serve our client base.
Our team is growing, and we are looking to expand our skilled Design Managers throughout North America. We work with clients worldwide to create, support, and enhance smart, safe, and sustainable places where people live, work, learn, and thrive. These places impact the quality of life through new or redeveloped Industrial & Logistics, including Intermodal Terminals, Data Centers, Commercial, Retail, Residential, Defense, or Social Infrastructure (Arts, Sports, Health, and Education) developments, as well as Automotive, Industrial Manufacturing, Rail, Urban Development Tech, Aerospace & Aviation.
Roleaccountabilities
- Coordinating with internal and external architects, engineers, designers, consultants, and managers to align strategic objectives and progress
- Able to quickly understand specified project scopes and develop project plans of execution for a variety of Design and Engineering service deliveries
- Spearheading strategic pursuits, creating winning delivery strategies, and developing fee projections to achieve the financial targets of the business, and creating the most advantageous delivery approach
- Building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to effectively deliver client presentations, prepare written reports, and communicate technical concepts, specifically around scoping requirements and risk
- Taking responsibility for financial and project management controls, which enable monitoring, modification, and forecasting as appropriate
- Managing the acquisition, deployment, and optimisation of resources for the project
- Driving timely service delivery, including technical and commercial outcomes, and undertaking reviews, ensuring delivery is above client expectations
- Effectively implementing design delivery best practices, including risk and change management, project setup, and planning, using internal and external digital technologies
- 10+ years of relevant experience leading large multi-disciplinary teams
- Proven financial background related to projects and client management
- Experience working with projects that utilise Fundamental knowledge of Autodesk Platforms:
Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) or Building Information Modelling (BIM) engineered solutions - BA in Architecture or Engineering-related fields, focused on the built environment
- Preferred certifications: PE, RA, PMP
- Practical sustainability experience
- Obtain Certified Project Management (CPM) certification status within 30 days of hire;
Arcadis will provide the training
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximise the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work and help deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life, and the world around you.
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