Design Project Manager: Lead Design & Construction Teams

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Comprehensive benefits

Travel within Columbus area

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Design Project Manager to lead the design process from campus planning through construction drawings, coordinating internal and external design teams and ensuring alignment with project goals.

Travel in the Columbus metro area is required; you will track cost, schedule, and scope, administer contracts, and lead design change management and BIM quality checks to support construction activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred with 5-8 years of relevant experience.
• LEED AP, PMP, and/or CCM designation(s) preferred.
• Professional licensure (PE, NCARB, RA, or equivalent) preferred.
• Minimum 1 year of design project management experience is required.
• 3+ years of design/construction project management is preferred.
• Strong understanding of design principles and practices.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and assist in planning and kickoff workshops with internal & external stakeholders.
• Assist with design reviews in partnership with external partners.
• Assist in authoring scopes of work for contracts and gain buy-in from internal stakeholders.
• Issue, administer, track contracts.
• Define and track deliverables from various parties.
• Track of cost, schedule, progress and scope; Provide dashboard reporting on cost, schedule, scope and progress.
• Change management for project scope and design contracts.
• Support the owner’s design change management process.
• Complete quality checks of design issues in the BIM environment.
• Facilitate technical decisions in-line with project needs.
• Coordinate design activities with procurement and construction.
• Assist clear and transparent communication with all internal stakeholder and external partners.
• Quality check the issuance of engineering information to the right party, at the right time, in the right format; and
• Assist in project close out to align final documentation with design partners and contractors.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Teamwork

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree preferred

PE/NCARB/RA licensure preferred

Tools

BIM software

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Design Project Manager to lead the design process from campus planning through construction drawings, coordinating internal and external design teams and ensuring alignment with project goals.

Travel in the Columbus metro area is required; you will track cost, schedule, and scope, administer contracts, and lead design change management and BIM quality checks to support construction activities.