Senior Design Execution Project Manager

CBRE Group, Inc.; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior Design Execution Project Manager to lead design activities for hyperscale data center construction and related projects.

You will act as client's agent, coordinating design consultants and ensuring design documents meet program plans as localized for each site. The role requires facilitating large design coordination meetings, authoring scopes of work, contract administration, and guiding design through all phases up to hand-off to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or related field.
• Professional licensure (PE, NCARB, RA) preferred or +10 years experience may substitute.
• Prior experience with data center design and/or construction preferred.
• Strong understanding of construction principles and practices.
• Experience in the preparation of project plans, specifications.
• Experience drafting scopes of work.
• Experience of government regulations.
• Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Working understanding of AutoCAD is necessary for drawing reviews/markups.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate planning and kickoff workshops with internal & external stakeholders.
• Facilitate design reviews in partnership with external partners.
• Facilitate large scale workshops as necessary.
• Author scopes of work for contracts and gain buy‑in from internal stakeholders.
• Issue and administer contracts.
• Define and track deliverables from various parties.
• Track cost, schedule, progress and scope.
• Provide health reporting on cost, schedule, scope and progress.
• Build optimal design teams from matrixed internal stakeholders and the strategic procurement of external partners.
• Change management for project scope and design contracts.
• Facilitate technical decisions in-line with project needs.
• Coordinate design activities with procurement and construction.
• Provide clear and open communication with all internal stakeholder and external partners.
• Ensure the issuance of engineering information to the right party, at the right time, in the right format.

Skills

Design coordination

Data center design

AutoCAD

Multiple projects

Stakeholder management

Contract administration

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in construction management

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Bachelor's degree in architecture

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Design Execution Project Manager to run the design activities related to Hyperscale Data Center construction and other projects for a large technology client. Serves as client's agent, consultant, advisor, and authorized owner's representative through all design phases and all design fields until hand-off to client's construction team. Most of the duties and responsibilities are associated with managing, coordinating, and administering the client's design consultants used in the design efforts. This position is responsible for taking the program level Plan of Record and localizing the design. Ideal candidate is comfortable facilitating large design coordination meetings with multiple design subject areas, including "page turns" design meetings, etc.

This is a remote position with travel to project sites.

What you’ll do

• Facilitate planning and kickoff workshops with internal & external stakeholders;
• Facilitate design reviews in partnership with external partners;
• Facilitate large scale workshops as necessary;
• Author scopes of work for contracts and gain buy-in from internal stakeholders;
• Issue and administer contracts;
• Define and track deliverables from various parties;
• Track cost, schedule, progress and scope;
• Provide health reporting on cost, schedule, scope and progress;
• Build optimal design teams from matrixed internal stakeholders and the strategic procurement of external partners;
• Change management for project scope and design contracts;
• Facilitate technical decisions in-line with project needs;
• Coordinate design activities with procurement and construction;
• Provide clear and open communication with all internal stakeholder and external partners;
• Ensure the issuance of engineering information to the right party, at the right time, in the right format.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, architecture, or a related field
• Professional licensure (PE, NCARB, RA) is strongly preferred or significant professional experience (+10 years) may substitute
• Prior experience with data center design and/or construction preferred
• Strong understanding of construction principles and practices
• Experience in the preparation of project plans, specifications
• Experience drafting scopes of work
• Experience of government regulations
• Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Working understanding of AutoCAD is necessary for drawing reviews / mark-ups