Design Specialist

Jersey Digs; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 97,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilbane Building Company in Newark, NJ seeks a Design/Preconstruction Manager to oversee scope and design-management activities across a project workstream. You will attend design coordination meetings, track interfaces and owner requirements, mentor junior staff, and maintain risk registers and milestone deliverables.

Required: bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years in preconstruction/design management; credentials such as DBIA, LEED, RA, PE are preferred when project requirements

Qualifications

• Willingness to observe and learn the alternative delivery execution and mindset methodologies.
• A steward of team collaboration, constantly demonstrating a “Project-first” mentality.
• Can execute departmental processes/procedures with limited oversight.
• Excellent communication and team-building skills.
• Results-oriented and accountable.
• Thorough understanding of multiple subject areas or disciplines.
• Provides resource management to complex processes.
• Regularly operates and communicates with project leadership.
• Can prioritize work to meet changing project/deliverable needs.

Responsibilities

• Supports scope and services alignment during the design and construction phases as applicable
• Supports one project, a defined workstream or complex alternative delivery projects based on scope, pace, and risk
• Attends all design coordination meetings, records, prepares and distributes meeting minutes
• Understands owner requirements, deliverable lists, design assumptions, and design-change documentation; supports monitoring of the implementation of these requirements in the project documents
• Supports tracking of delegated design, design-assist, and design-build scope interfaces
• Tracks design issues, decisions, owner comments, and incomplete deliverables and flags misalignment to the Design Project Manager or project leadership.
• Maintains the Risk Register, documenting safety concerns identified and managed during design
• Manages the Milestone Design Deliverable process, inclusive of collating all required documents and submitting to the Owner for review
• Manages Document Control in the design phase inclusive of maintaining a library of all Milestone Design Deliverable submissions and an up-to-date coordination set for all parties to reference during the design phase
• Manages the input and execution of Owner RFIs during the design phase.
• Ensures design team responsiveness to field issues and facilitate risk-mitigating solutions
• Coaches and mentors less experienced team members
• Supports a positive and inclusive work environment

Skills

Alternative delivery

Project-first mentality

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Prioritization & accountability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Supports scope and services alignment during the design and construction phases as applicable
• Supports one project, a defined workstream or complex alternative delivery projects based on scope, pace, and risk
• Attends all design coordination meetings, records, prepares and distributes meeting minutes
• Understands owner requirements, deliverable lists, design assumptions, and design-change documentation; supports monitoring of the implementation of these requirements in the project documents
• Supports tracking of delegated design, design-assist, and design-build scope interfaces
• Tracks design issues, decisions, owner comments, and incomplete deliverables and flags misalignment to the Design Project Manager or project leadership.
• Maintains the Risk Register, documenting safety concerns identified and managed during design
• Manages the Milestone Design Deliverable process, inclusive of collating all required documents and submitting to the Owner for review
• Manages Document Control in the design phase inclusive of maintaining a library of all Milestone Design Deliverable submissions and an up-to-date coordination set for all parties to reference during the design phase
• Manages the input and execution of Owner RFIs during the design phase.
• Ensures design team responsiveness to field issues and facilitate risk-mitigating solutions
• Coaches and mentors less experienced team members
• Supports a positive and inclusive work environment

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
• 5+ years of Preconstruction, Operations, Design Management, Architecture/Engineering, or related experience with exposure to alternative delivery models
• Typically assigned to one project or defined design-management workstream
• DBIA, LEED, RA, PE, AIA, NCIDQ, or related credentials may be preferred based on project/client requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Willingness to observe and learn the alternative delivery execution and mindset methodologies
• A steward of team collaboration, constantly demonstrating a “Project-first” mentality
• Can execute departmental processes/procedures with limited oversight
• Excellent communication and team-building skills
• Results-oriented and accountable
• Thorough understanding of multiple subject areas or disciplines5025 Hardcoded 7038 EVA Window easier
• Provides resource management to complex processes
• Regularly operates and communicates with project leadership
• Can prioritize work to meet changing project/deliverable needs

Compensation

Salary to be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, and/or experience of the applicant, as well as the internal equity and alignment with the team.

For (Newark, NJ) this ranges from $97,000-$121,000 plus benefits and retirement program.

Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees’ education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.