Lead Design & Systems Integration Manager

PMA Consultants LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-from-home options

Competitive pay and benefits

Job summary

PMA Consultants is seeking an experienced Design/Technical Manager to lead design management and technical integration for a complex, systems-intensive catering and industrial facility at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

This role will drive the technical framework from concept to construction authorization, coordinating architects, engineers, equipment vendors, and other disciplines to ensure full integration of building systems and operational requirements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of design management, construction project management, or technical PM experience on industrial, food-production, logistics, cold-storage, manufacturing, or similarly systems-intensive facilities.
• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field (preferred).
• Registered Architect (RA) or Professional Engineer (PE) required.
• LEED AP certification is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing design development and technical coordination for Progressive Design-Build, Design-Build, or similarly collaborative delivery.
• Strong understanding of specialized MEP systems, process utilities, material handling, automation, and equipment integration.

Responsibilities

• Manage the review and validation of conceptual plans, drawings, program requirements, space adjacencies, equipment requirements, utility demands, and operational assumptions.
• Establish and maintain the Basis of Design and a structured requirements-management process to track technical requirements, decisions, and design development.
• Develop and maintain a decision schedule aligned with design milestones to support timely resolution of outstanding technical and operational requirements.
• Develop technical requirements and performance criteria for the Progressive Design-Build procurement and support the technical evaluation of proposers.
• Manage design development, constructability reviews, design-to-budget efforts, and documented multidisciplinary design reviews.
• Direct and coordinate the integration of specialized facility systems, including automated storage and retrieval systems, robotic assembly, material handling, catering equipment, and refrigeration.
• Coordinate requirements for food-safety zoning, clean and soiled separation, and gowned/ungowned personnel and material flows.
• Coordinate structural and facility requirements associated with tilt-up concrete construction, deep foundations, high-bay structures, and specialized loads.
• Coordinate integration of utilities, electrical service systems, standby power, chilled water, washdown systems, fire protection, information technology, security, and building management systems.
• Coordinate technical requirements related to LEED certification, refrigerant selection, electrification, and facility resilience.
• Verify that equipment loads, utility requirements, maintenance access, and provisions for future expansion are incorporated into the design.
• Identify technical risks, design gaps, and integration issues and coordinate their resolution with project stakeholders and the Design-Builder.
• Support the project team through design validation and construction authorization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Design management

Construction project management

Technical project management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Airport/aviation experience

Education

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

RA or PE license

LEED AP certification (preferred)

Job description

PMA Consultants is seeking an experienced Design/Technical Manager to lead design management and technical integration for a complex, systems-intensive catering and industrial facility at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

This role will drive the technical framework from concept to construction authorization, coordinating architects, engineers, equipment vendors, and other disciplines to ensure full integration of building systems and operational requirements.