Design Integration Manager

Clarkson Construction Co.; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Job summary

A leading heavy civil construction firm seeks a Design Integration Manager to bridge design and construction teams. This role involves overseeing design processes, ensuring alignment with project objectives, and fostering collaboration among project stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have at least 2 years of experience in transportation design, strong leadership skills, and proficiency with Bentley tools. The position is based in Kansas City and requires in-person work.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in transportation infrastructure design.
• Ability to effectively work as a team leader and maintain positive relationships.
• Outstanding client and personnel skills with exceptional communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison between design, construction, and project leadership teams.
• Coordinate project pursuit design and deliverables.
• Manage electronic and digital information for project integrity.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Client management

Collaboration

Design management

Education

Professional Engineering License

Tools

Bentley Open Roads Designer

ProjectWise Explorer

Job description

Clarkson Construction Company is a leading firm in the heavy civil construction industry, with a proud history of delivering complex infrastructure projects across the Kansas City region. Our portfolio spans grading, paving, and bridge construction, underscoring our commitment to excellence and innovation.

Clarkson Construction Company offers a supportive and dynamic work environment where innovation and hard work are recognized and rewarded. We believe in investing in our employees through professional development and advancement opportunities. Join us and be a part of a team that shapes the infrastructure in and around one of America's most vibrant cities.

We are currently seeking a Design Integration Manager to join our dynamic team and contribute to our legacy of building the foundation for future generations.

Job Summary:

The Design Integration Manager serves as a key liaison between design, construction, and project leadership teams, ensuring design intent aligns with constructability, cost, and schedule objectives. This role coordinates all aspects of design-build planning, pursuit development, and design management throughout project execution.

Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to:

• Motivate: Drive performance by engaging and aligning diverse professionals to meet project needs, even when it requires stepping outside traditional design processes.
• Advocate: Foster and sustain a collaborative environment among owners, designers, contractors, and trade partners with varying backgrounds and viewpoints.
• Sheriff: Oversee the design process to ensure progress aligns with target value budgets, milestones, and schedule commitments.
• Communicate: Translate effectively across the languages of “owner,” “designer,” “contractor,” and “trade partner” to ensure clear, consistent understanding among all stakeholders.

Essential Functions / Responsibilities:

• Participate in multi-discipline engineering teams for Transportation (freeways, interstate highways, interchanges, urban and rural highways, and shared-use facilities), Design-Build (DB) and/or Progressive Design-Build (PDB) pursuits and projects.
• Coordinate project pursuit design and deliverables to meet estimating and construction needs.
• Develop project models and perform quantity takeoffs.
• Lead and coordinate constructability reviews, pursuit and project engineering refinement, and concept evaluations.
• Manage electronic and digital information for the project team to ensure version control, accessibility, and data integrity.
• Support proposal development and presentations during design-build pursuits, ensuring technical accuracy and clarity.
• Collaborate closely with estimating, operations, and design partners to optimize design solutions that balance performance, schedule, and cost.

Qualifications Requirements:

• Professional Engineering License is preferred
• 2+ years of experience in transportation infrastructure design
• Must be able to work effectively as a team leader in a group environment and maintain positive relationships with team members and clients
• Advanced understanding of Bently Open Roads Designer and ProjectWise Explorer.
• Outstanding client and personnel skills and the ability to persuasively communicate at all levels
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with clients, staff, and management

Physical Requirements and Working Environment:

• Ability to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, walk, stand; Able to frequently lift and/or move up to 10 lbs. and lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.
• This position requires in-person work.
• Professional, business casual office environment.

Clarkson Construction is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, sex, marital or domestic partnership status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.