Facilities Design Leader: Corporate & Production Facilities

In-N-Out Burger; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)/Profit Sharing

Education Reimbursement

Adoption Assistance

Pet Insurance

Job summary

In-N-Out Burger seeks a Facilities Development Design Manager to lead architectural design across offices, production sites, distribution centers, and warehouses from its Irvine, CA office. The role focuses on standards, consultant management, and translating operations needs into design criteria to ensure high-quality facilities.

The position demands 10+ years in architecture and 5+ years in design leadership within development settings, with CA experience and strong software skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or related field is required; Master's preferred.
• CA registered Architect is required; NCARB and PMP preferred where applicable.
• 10+ years' experience in architectural design and project management across commercial/industrial facilities.
• 5+ years' experience in design management within development or construction organizations.
• 3+ years' experience in California entitlements and permitting processes; preferred.
• 3+ years' experience in food/beverage or production facility design; required.
• Strong ability to supervise, guide consultants, and manage design quality and milestones.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain design standards, basis of design, room standards, finish schedules, and libraries by facility type.
• Own consultant management: scope, contracts, fees, schedules, and performance across projects.
• Translate operations needs into design criteria: space layouts, adjacencies, acoustics, conference standards.
• Lead design reviews at key milestones (Schematic, DD, 50% CDs, 90% CDs, permit/bid).
• Protect design intent during construction and review submittals and RFIs.
• Support entitlement processes with design deliverables and agency responses.
• Closeout with updated records, as-built input, and lessons learned.
• Directly supervise the Assistant Project Design Manager and foster excellence.

Skills

Architectural design

Project management

Design leadership

Consultant oversight

Design standards

Revit

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Procore

Construction Cloud

Asana

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Architecture

Master's Degree in Architecture/Construction Management

CA licensed Architect

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Adobe Acrobat/Bluebeam

Procore

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Asana

Job description

In-N-Out Burger seeks a Facilities Development Design Manager to lead architectural design across offices, production sites, distribution centers, and warehouses from its Irvine, CA office. The role focuses on standards, consultant management, and translating operations needs into design criteria to ensure high-quality facilities.

The position demands 10+ years in architecture and 5+ years in design leadership within development settings, with CA experience and strong software skills.