DfMA Lead: Modular Design for Large-Scale Military Campus

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

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