Senior Design Manager

Job Description

Overview

Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates, and invests. We provide value across the entire project lifecycle through our core construction management services and complementary business lines in real estate investment, design, self-perform construction, and technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies). By integrating data, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology through our Seamless Platform, we connect design, construction, and operations to deliver smarter, more predictable results and redefine how America builds. Suffolk – America’s Contractor – is a national company with more than $9 billion in annual revenue, 3,000 employees, and 17 offices, including Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Herndon, U.S. Virgin Islands, and other key markets. Suffolk manages

Responsibilities

Responsible for the successful realization of client's project vision, including performance, programming, cost, and schedule objectives.
Lead the interface between design teams, Suffolk Operations, industry professionals, trade partners, regulatory agencies, and other project stakeholders to achieve project goals, all the while embracing culture of authentic collaboration and technical competence.
Maintain and support client relationships during all project phases, ensuring a client-first mentality that encourages both active engagement in and ownership of all design decisions.
Lead project team meetings, workshops, and other collaborative communications throughout a project's life cycle.
Hold self, and teams, accountable for meeting deadlines; trouble-shoot challenges by leveraging the full capacity of interdisciplinary project teams.
Lead the development and management of optimized design processes for each project, supporting the efficient, linear delivery of fully coordinated and buildable drawings prior to the start of construction.
Build upon Suffolk's world-class construction planning and execution capabilities by strategically aligning design and documentation development with construction sequencing, supporting streamlined workflows.
In association with Illuminate VDC and Suffolk preconstruction experts, lead the execution of rigorous, 'real-time', project constructability reviews during the design process, ensuring that all documentation is complete, coordinated, and buildable prior to the start of construction.
De-risk project construction by identifying design gaps early in the design process and enable active remediation before construction workflows are disrupted.

Qualifications

Professional degree in Architecture or Engineering
Significant experience in the professional design services industry, with relevant design project management
Proven success working on multiple projects and commercial building type, across all project phases
Experience managing teams through the duration of the project's design process, including completion of Construction Documentation (Drawing & Specification)
Substantial hands-on experience through the full Construction Administration cycle on multiple projects
Proficiency with Building Information Modeling platforms, including the Autodesk Suite and other industry standard 3D modeling and analysis software
Substantial knowledge of jurisdictional building codes
Extensive knowledge of industry standards and resources
Must possess Suffolk’s Core Values: Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring

Preferred Qualifications

Certification as licensed architect or professional engineer is preferred
Advanced degree preferred

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About Company

Suffolk’s newly created design vertical, Suffolk Design, aims to disrupt the traditional design delivery process through a proprietary, collaborative, and fully integrated design-build service offering. Illuminate promises to leverage Suffolk’s core construction capabilities, along with innovative technologies and processes to create world-class design-build and design-management services delivering to its clients design excellence with unprecedented levels of efficiency and predictability.