Senior Design Manager

Pacifica Services, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacifica Services, Inc. in Los Angeles is seeking a senior design project leader to manage multiple capital projects for LAUSD, emphasizing seismic, critical repair and retrofit work.

You will supervise design professionals, coordinate A&E services to meet program, budget, environmental and legal requirements, and ensure timely completion with Architects, consultants, and district staff. The role also involves selecting architectural firms, guiding design reviews, and ensuring value for dollars

Qualifications

• 14 years full-time paid professional experience managing the facilities design, or the planning and coordination of capital projects that included the overall design, contract administration, cost estimating, and scheduling activities.
• 4 years of this experience must be with the design, planning and construction of educational facilities or similar public agencies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Manages multiple projects with particular emphasis on seismic, critical repair and retrofit projects
• Manages and supervises a team of design professionals and other professionals through the design review process
• Manages, develops, and coordinates the District’s design process for the A&E services to ensure that design plans are within functional program, budgetary, environmental and legal requirements
• Manages multiple projects, including engineering repair and critical repair, through interaction with Architects, consultants, and District personnel to ensure timely completion of these projects
• Oversees the building design process to ensure compliance with LAUSD’s standards and guidelines for the District by working with design professionals and various District administrators to ensure that new and modernized structures meet both educational and building standards requirements
• Establishes and follows a process to identify and select the architectural firm best suited foreach project based on the firms’ qualifications and ability to meet performance standards
• Provides Architects with clear and consistent direction with regard to goals and objectives, standards, sites, schedules, and budgets for each project
• Establishes and follows an effective and efficient design review process to ensure that the design meets the overall goals and objectives for each project
• Provides maximum value for dollars budgeted, and are appropriate and enduring to match the functional needs of the District, the local community, and the environment
• Reviews design changes submitted to ensure project remains within budget
• Monitors project planning and design status to report findings, recommendations and updates
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Project management

Team supervision

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in architecture or engineering

Master's degree in architecture or engineering (preferred)

Job description

• Manages multiple projects with particular emphasis on seismic, critical repair and retrofit projects


• Manages and supervises a team of design professionals and other professionals through the design review process


• Manages, develops, and coordinates the District’s design process for the A&E services to ensure that design plans are within functional program, budgetary, environmental and legal requirements


• Manages multiple projects, including engineering repair and critical repair, through interaction with Architects, consultants, and District personnel to ensure timely completion of these projects


• Oversees the building design process to ensure compliance with LAUSD’s standards and guidelines for the District by working with design professionals and various District administrators to ensure that new and modernized structures meet both educational and building standards requirements


• Establishes and follows a process to identify and select the architectural firm best suited foreach project based on the firms’ qualifications and ability to meet performance standards


• Provides Architects with clear and consistent direction with regard to goals and objectives, standards, sites, schedules, and budgets for each project


• Establishes and follows an effective and efficient design review process to ensure that the design meets the overall goals and objectives for each project


• Provides maximum value for dollars budgeted, and are appropriate and enduring to match the functional needs of the District, the local community, and the environment


• Reviews design changes submitted to ensure project remains within budget


• Monitors project planning and design status to report findings, recommendations and updates


• Performs other duties as assigned

Duties

• Manages multiple projects with particular emphasis on seismic, critical repair and retrofit projects


• Manages and supervises a team of design professionals and other professionals through the design review process


• Manages, develops, and coordinates the District’s design process for the A&E services to ensure that design plans are within functional program, budgetary, environmental and legal requirements


• Manages multiple projects, including engineering repair and critical repair, through interaction with Architects, consultants, and District personnel to ensure timely completion of these projects


• Oversees the building design process to ensure compliance with LAUSD’s standards and guidelines for the District by working with design professionals and various District administrators to ensure that new and modernized structures meet both educational and building standards requirements


• Establishes and follows a process to identify and select the architectural firm best suited foreach project based on the firms’ qualifications and ability to meet performance standards


• Provides Architects with clear and consistent direction with regard to goals and objectives, standards, sites, schedules, and budgets for each project


• Establishes and follows an effective and efficient design review process to ensure that the design meets the overall goals and objectives for each project


• Provides maximum value for dollars budgeted, and are appropriate and enduring to match the functional needs of the District, the local community, and the environment


• Reviews design changes submitted to ensure project remains within budget


• Monitors project planning and design status to report findings, recommendations and updates


• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Experience

• 14 years full time paid professional experience managing the facilities design, or the planning and coordination of capital projects that included the overall design, contract administration, cost estimating, and scheduling activities


• 4 years of this experience must be with the design, planning and construction of educational facilities or similar public agencies


• With excellent written and verbal communication skills

Required Education

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor's degree in architecture or engineering

Preferred Education

• A master's degree in architecture or engineering

Preferred Licenses And Certificates

• A valid Certificate of Registration as an Architect by the California State Architectural Boardor Professional Engineer by the State Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors