Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) Lead

Parsons; Texas; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k)

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) Lead to join our Owner's Advisor team supporting the METC Recapitalization Program at Joint Base San Antonio–Fort Sam Houston. You will help manage risk, protect government interests, and drive a landmark, large-scale Air Force infrastructure project.

You will lead DfMA reviews, assess modular strategies, coordinate cross-disciplinary teams, and support value engineering to optimize cost, schedule, quality, and lifecycle

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 15+ years in design, construction, manufacturing, or modular delivery.
• Direct experience with DfMA, volumetric modular construction, BIM/VDC, offsite manufacturing.
• Experience with multidisciplinary design integration and constructability reviews.
• Ability to review BIM models, drawings, specs, and construction sequencing.
• Ability to obtain unescorted access to JBSA Fort Sam Houston.
• Strong communication and collaboration across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead Owner's Advisor review of DfMA across design, fabrication, transport, installation, and commissioning.
• Evaluate whether designs enable repeatable factory production and on-site assembly.
• Lead DfMA reviews to verify efficient manufacturing, mounting, testing, and maintenance.
• Assess modularization strategies, boundaries, tolerances, and scope allocations.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary reviews with architecture, structure, MEP, and construction teams.
• Identify design features causing factory complexity, rework, or installation inefficiencies.
• Review interfaces between modules and conventional components.
• Track DfMA issues, risks, and interface requirements through closure.
• Support value engineering by assessing schedule, cost, quality, and lifecycle impact.
• Capture lessons learned from early module production for future units.

Skills

DfMA

Modular construction

BIM/VDC

Offsite manufacturing

Tolerance management

Prototype/first-article reviews

Modular commissioning

Multidisciplinary design integration

Constructability reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in architecture engineering construction management manufacturing engineering or related field

Job description

Job Description:

Parsons is seeking a Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) Lead to join our Owner's Advisor team supporting the Medical Enlisted Training Campus (METC) Recapitalization Program at Joint Base San Antonio–Fort Sam Houston. This mission-critical initiative will deliver five modern dormitory facilities for up to 6,000 joint-service medical students and the associated infrastructure.

Working alongside government leaders, military stakeholders, designers, and contractors, you will help manage risk, protect the government's interests, and support the successful delivery of a high-profile Progressive Design-Build program. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a landmark campus, advance innovative delivery methods, and help shape the future of large-scale Air Force infrastructure programs.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead Owner's Advisor review of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) integration throughout design, fabrication, transportation, installation, and commissioning.
• Evaluate whether the Design-Builder's design enables repeatable factory production, efficient module assembly, reliable transportation, rapid onsite installation, and successful field integration while maintaining performance, quality, maintainability, and lifecycle requirements.
• Lead DfMA reviews throughout design development to verify the design supports efficient manufacturing, assembly, transportation, module setting, field connections, testing, commissioning, and future maintenance.
• Evaluate modularization strategies, module boundaries, repeatability, standardization, dimensional coordination, tolerances, connection details, and factory-versus-field scope allocation.
• Facilitate interdisciplinary reviews involving architecture, structure, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, commissioning, manufacturing, logistics, and construction personnel.
• Identify design features that create unnecessary factory complexity, field rework, transportation constraints, tolerance risks, or installation inefficiencies.
• Review structural and MEP interfaces between modules and between modular and conventionally constructed components.
• Coordinate constructability and DfMA findings with the Design-Builder while preserving design responsibility and avoiding inappropriate transfer of design liability to the Owner's Advisor.
• Establish and track DfMA-related issues, decisions, technical risks, and interface requirements through closure.
• Support value engineering and design optimization by evaluating solutions based on total program impact, including schedule, cost, quality, logistics, maintainability, and lifecycle performance.
• Capture lessons learned from early module production and installation and drive rapid feedback into subsequent production units.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, construction management, manufacturing engineering, or related field; 15+ years of relevant design, construction, manufacturing, or modular delivery experience.
• Direct experience with DfMA, volumetric modular construction, BIM/VDC, offsite manufacturing, tolerance management, digital fabrication, prototype/first-article reviews, and modular commissioning.
• Demonstrated experience with multidisciplinary design integration, constructability reviews, prefabrication, modularization, or offsite manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of design coordination across structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and building-envelope systems.
• Ability to review BIM models, drawings, specifications, shop drawings, fabrication documentation, interface details, and construction sequencing.
• Ability to obtain and maintain unescorted access to JBSA Fort Sam Houston.
• Ability to communicate effectively, maintain accurate records, collaborate across disciplines, and handle project information in approved systems.
• Ability to maintain a one team mentality amongst all stakeholders.

Security Clearance Requirement:

NoneThis position is part of our Federal Solutions team. The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what's next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee's wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars!