Design Integration Project Manager

Leadline Inc.; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Evans General Contractors, LLC is seeking a Design/Construction Project Manager to coordinate design resources, manage commitments and ensure schedule adherence. You will lead owner and design-team meetings, track progress, and maintain living documents such as execution plans and decisions logs.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years in construction project management, strong communication skills, and proficiency with Revit/Navisworks, BIM360 and MS Project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, manufacturing or life sciences.
• Strong PM and leadership capabilities with construction project focus.
• Experience with design coordination and formal meetings.

Responsibilities

• Support engagement of design resources and evaluate proposals for design services.
• Examine owner information pre-kickoff to identify gaps and confirm scope.
• Assist in programming and align design resources with owners’ goals.
• Develop a Design Execution Plan with live tracking and biweekly activities.
• Maintain a design decisions log and report progress to stakeholders.
• Track design hours, cost and earned value against the fee.
• Lead and manage meetings with owners and design team weekly.
• Coordinate design meetings and internal project management meetings.
• Ensure progress and remove roadblocks to meet schedule.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Problem solving

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering/Technical, Manufacturing or Life Sciences

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

MS Project

Autodesk Construction Cloud

BIM360

MS Office

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support engagement of design resources through solicitation of proposals for design services. Evaluate proposals and support the development of contract documents for a design agreement.
• Prior to kickoff, examine available information from the Owner to identify potential gaps, confirm scope and deliverables, engage the appropriate stakeholders, establish communications, and devise a regular schedule of goal-oriented meetings.
• Assist in programming of and participate in design kick off meeting to align design resources and engage the Owner group to establish the overarching design principles governing the project as well as critical issues and milestones.
• Develop a Design Execution Plan that will guide the teams and allow Evans to know when the schedule is slipping or when scope is underdeveloped. The design execution plan will include a live tracking schedule with task dependencies in tandem with a design workplan outlining biweekly measurable activities that are reviewed in Owner/ consultant meetings to obtain Owner feedback and gauge progress.
• Develop and manage design decisions log as a live document outlining issues, identifying risk exposures and actions. Update the log regularly to report on design status, take corrective measures and record decisions.
• Track and report design progress against fee to project stakeholders. Review consultants and subconsultants design hours or fee spent to gauge percent complete on activities and deliverables and track earned value of the design services.
• Review project with key stakeholders and work collaboratively to solve issues and clear roadblocks in real time so that the entire team can meet the schedule with an aligned level of completeness.
• Lead and manage meetings as necessary to communicate progress, solicit feedback, and develop design according to agreed schedule. This would include, but not limited to, the following:
• Owner Meetings with Design Team
• User meetings that will be arranged with Owner input, preplanned as needed.
• Design Coordination Meetings – Weekly to coordinate design, discuss progress issues and alert the team to potential scope creep.
• Project Management Meetings - Internal (Evans/Designer Management – weekly & bi-weekly with Owner management team
• Sustainability meetings: biweekly or monthly as needed depending on project phase.
• Develop and manage design execution plan including, but not limited to, scheduling in Microsoft Project, BIM execution plan, key workflows, RFI’s, submittals, design review, and permit submittal.
• Lead/Assist in the development of manufacturing floor plans. Estimated to be less than 20% of the time per month.

Evans General Contractors, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering/Technical, Manufacturing or Life Sciences
• Strong knowledge and experience in Life Sciences or Manufacturing industry preferred.
• Experience with Revit and Navisworks for model management and clash detection is desired.
• Excellent project management and leadership skills, preferred.
• Ability to analyze complex design issues and provide innovative solutions, preferred.
• 4+ years of experience in Construction Project Management, Design/Engineering and/or Business Development.
• Proficiency with project tools and programs (MS Office, MS Projects, Autodesk Construction Cloud, BIM360, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of construction materials, methods, and building systems, preferred.
• Effective communication and teamwork abilities, preferred.
• Familiarity with construction regulations and permitting processes, preferred.