Senior Design Manager

Haskell; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Haskell is seeking a Senior Project Design Manager in the Jacksonville area to lead design projects from proposal through closeout. You will guide a multidisciplinary team and ensure compliance with contract requirements while maintaining schedules and communicating clearly with clients.

The role emphasizes leadership, advanced design management, and client relationship building, with a focus on safe work practices in field and design environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or architecture preferred.
• Typically 10+ years in a design discipline with progression to independent lead designer and prior design project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Guides career development, monitors workload and conducts regular performance management discussions for assigned team members.
• Ensures compliance with all Prime Contract requirements.
• Develops, monitors, and updates an efficiently sequenced project design schedule and regularly advises the project team of changes.
• Assures design consultants are prequalified.
• Prepares Professional Service Agreements for design consultants that minimize risk to the Company.
• Evaluates and distributes changes/add services affecting project scope and schedule.
• Prepares clear and concise project communications, oral and written.
• Builds positive working relationships with current clients, internal and external, establishing a relationship of trust.
• Understands the client’s business needs to seek future work.
• Displays a commitment to safe work practices both during design document development and in the field.
• Facilitates and monitors design reviews of documents to ensure project quality objectives are achieved.
• Utilizes standard project management tools and techniques that comply with all company policies from proposal through close-out.
• Forecasts and reports project financial performance and reviews with design business unit leaders and project leaders (for integrated projects).
• Solicits input from practice areas for development of fee proposal or change order requests/add services.

Skills

Design project management

Leadership

Independent work

Time management

Client relations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or architecture

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

At Haskell, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a nationally recognized Top Workplace where diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking drive stronger outcomes. Whether you’re starting out, growing your expertise, or leading the way, you’ll find a culture grounded in trust, driven by excellence, and built to support your goals. Here, you’ll have the opportunity, flexibility, and sense of belonging to grow your career your way—while making a real impact.

Scope of Position

The Senior Project Design Manager executes design project management for large projects with limited disciplines or small/medium projects with several disciplines from proposal phase through project closeout.Leads and inspires the design team to collaborate to achieve all project goals.

Job Responsibilities

• Guides career development, monitors workload and conducts regular performance management discussions for assigned team members.
• Ensures the compliance with all Prime Contract requirements.
• Develops, monitors, and updates an efficiently sequenced project design schedule and regularly advises the project team of changes.
• Assures design consultants are prequalified.
• Prepares Professional Service Agreements for design consultants that minimize risk to the Company.
• Evaluates and distributes changes/add services effecting project scope and schedule.
• Prepares clear and concise project communications, oral and written.
• Builds positive working relationships with current clients, internal and external, establishing a relationship of trust.
• Understands the client’s business needs to seek future work.
• Displays a commitment to safe work practices both during design document development and in the field.
• Facilitates and monitors design reviews of documents to ensure project quality objectives are achieved.
• Utilizes standard project management tools and techniques that comply with all company policies from proposal through close-out.
• Forecasts and reports project financial performance and reviews with design business unit leaders and project leaders (for integrated projects).
• Solicits input from practice areas for development of fee proposal or change order requests/add services.
• Travel as required.

Education & Years of Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or architecture preferred andgenerally10years of progressive experience in a design discipline leading to being an independent lead designer and prior design project management experience.

Qualifications

• Professional registration or eligible (preferred).
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification desired but not required.
• Knowledge of various relevant architectural and engineering systems (e.g., facilities, process and/or packaging systems as applicable).
• Knowledge of drawing production software and integration requirements for complete project modeling.
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and with a team.
• Ability to adjust to changing timelines, meet deadlines and excellent time management skills.

Environmental Factors and Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, team members may be required to visit alternate locations and therefore must have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to do so. This position requires the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand, and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The team member is frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.

Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008.The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessity.Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.

Haskell isa Drug-Free Workplace, andan Equal Opportunity Employerthat does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.