Design Delivery Manager – Advanced Projects

Gilbane Building; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 125,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilbane Building is seeking a Design Manager - Advanced Delivery to lead the integration of design and construction teams, supporting advanced delivery models (Design-Build, IPD, P3, EPC) to deliver coordinated, constructible, and cost-effective designs.

You will oversee design-to-budget, manage risk, and ensure project readiness for execution, while fostering an inclusive, performance-driven culture that aligns with Gilbane’s core values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years’ experience in design/project management for large-scale construction.
• Proven experience with advanced delivery models (Design-Build, IPD, P3, EPC).
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience

Responsibilities

• Serves as primary liaison between design and construction teams during proposals.
• Leads strategy for design services breakdown and integration of specialty consultants or design/build trades.
• Defines technical scope, manage RFIs, and ensure comprehensive bridging documents.
• Develops and maintains design deliverable schedules aligned with procurement and build phases.
• Reviews all scopes of services for all Designers and Consultants; design Teaming Agreements
• Collaborates with estimating to break down RFPs and support subcontractor/vendor pricing
• Assembles and maintains the Endorsed Project Baseline (proposal, estimate, contract, schedule)
• Identifies and communicates requirements to clarify RFPs for design and construction
• Oversees design progression to ensure alignment with budget, schedule, and constructability; lead target value design
• Facilitates design charrettes, team chartering, and owner approval processes
• Coordinates permitting process and maintain related schedules
• Monitors and documents design changes, minimizing scope creep
• Leads design risk management, including cost-benefit analyses for RFIs and changes
• Ensures Health & Safety integration: completes Safety Risk Assessments, introduces Hierarchy of Controls, and incorporates logistics planning into design
• Ensures effective coordination between the VDC team and the design team to align digital modeling, clash detection, and constructability reviews with project goals
• Maintains tools for tracking design issues and changes
• Promotes a design-build mindset and collaboration between disciplines
• Oversees and validates design team invoices
• Communicates design scope and intent to construction teams
• Supports development of construction budgets from design estimates
• Assists in trade contractor/supplier scope definition and procurement
• Provides feedback for future bids and risk assessments
• Resolves scope conflicts and develop recovery plans as needed
• Ensures design team responsiveness to field issues and facilitate risk-mitigating solutions
• Oversees design QA/QC for regulatory and standards compliance
• Improves documentation of design basis and assumptions
• Emphasizes the importance of delivering the proposed design and managing scope changes
• May support preconstruction, estimating, or procurement as needed
• Expected to contribute to organizational learning by sharing lessons learned and best practices
• Responsible for the career development and coaching of team members
• Fosters a positive and inclusive work environment to motivate and engage team members
• Interprets and translates the organizational strategy, ensuring team understanding of their role in accomplishing strategic goals

Skills

Design management

Leadership

Risk management

Process establishment

Stakeholder management

CM software proficiency

Strategic thinking

Collaborative leadership

Risk mitigation

Innovation

Results-oriented

Education

Bachelor’s in Architecture/Engineering/CM

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Design/Construction CM software

Job description

Gilbane Building is seeking a Design Manager - Advanced Delivery to lead the integration of design and construction teams, supporting advanced delivery models (Design-Build, IPD, P3, EPC) to deliver coordinated, constructible, and cost-effective designs.

You will oversee design-to-budget, manage risk, and ensure project readiness for execution, while fostering an inclusive, performance-driven culture that aligns with Gilbane’s core values.