Project Manager - Design

Title: Project Manager - Design                                                                                                                                                                          

Reporting to: Office Director

Location: Hybrid - on site in Abilene 1-2x per month depending on the stage of the project

Overview of Role

The Project Manager - Design will play a pivotal role in leading and coordinating the design phase of Data Center construction projects.  This position maintains a primary focus on practice-related services, ensuring the successful delivery of all project management services throughout the design phase, and a secondary focus on internal business operations, including engagement in business development, financial management, and staff development. 

The Project Manager will be responsible for guiding projects from concept through design, ensuring alignment with client goals, technical requirements, and industry standards.  With significant independent responsibility, the Project Manager may oversee entire projects or manage specific portions as determined by the project lead or office manager.

 Truth. Trust. Together. Tomorrow.  

At RLB, we speak the truth, build for the long term, look out for each other and work to do good.  We are driven by outcomes, creating tailored solutions that deliver successful projects. We believe that when we bring together the right people doing things the right way, we make progress for our clients and our communities.

Essential Functions

• Responsible for the management of the Data Center Client and project team.  Delivers projects that meet the client's project goals and outcomes.
• Design Autodesk Cloud or Procore Management
• • Fix/manage file structure.
  • Ensure compliance/maintenance by architect/engineer partners.
• Design Schedule Management
• • Ensuring Weekly Updates & Schedule is Accurate
• Design Package Tracking, Narratives, Scopes (BB vs TFO)
• Design Alignment
• • Lessons Learned between buildings
  • VE Items
  • Sharing of Information between design partners and buildings
• Design Management
• • Design Assist/EOR/Sub Engagement
  • Develop Meeting Tracker w/ Subs & GC
  • Driving Design Clarity, Submittals/Shop Drawings to Closure
  • Ensure Cross-EOR Coordination/Alignment in Design, Etc.
  • Lead Meetings
• Serve as liaison with clients, assist clients with all project-related decisions
• Construction Administration Management – Weekly meeting with A&E partners
• • Submittals/RFI's – Escalation and involvement
  • Site Visits w/ A&E partners and QA/QC team
  • Mock-Up's/FOK/Etc.
• Understand Design Inside/Out, BOD, Etc.
• • Serve as a middleman for Project Management/Construction Management to liaison with A&E team.
• Change Management/PCO Entitlements (Train-Up on Contract and Expectations on Change Management for GC. Be a resource for Cost Management team when there is an RFI or Bulletin that has a cost impact).
• QA/QC design issuance and narratives. Ensure categories of change are listed at the drawing sheet level.
• Assist with Customer/Tenant design integration as needed
• Plan, organize, and direct the project management functions through all phases of a project – Preconstruction – Closeout:
• Preconstruction – Building the A&E team, design management, schedule management, constructability review, budget development and cost control, contract administration, construction bidding and planning, and permitting strategy and process.
• Construction - management of the contractor from buyout, procurement, risk management,  quality assurance, safety, and overall project execution.  Maintain budget and schedule control.
• Closeout – manage the closeout process of the project that meets the project specifications
• Maintains and produces cost and status reports that meets the Clients objectives
• May manage and mentor an internal team of project support (Project Engineers and Administrators) or work independently. 
• Contributes to team performance by collaboration and effective communication.
• Contributes to and understands the clients desired project outcomes, identifies opportunities to add value to accomplish the desired outcomes.
• Adds to team effort by accomplishing other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering or a related field and/or an equivalency of relevant experience.
• 5-10 years’ experience in a variety of building types and construction management through all phases of construction.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communicator, both verbally and in writing.
• Practical and logical qualities; good problem-solving skills, strong numeracy, and financial management skills; ability to write clear and precise reports and relate complex information to a diverse range of people.
• Able to inspire and manage diverse teams. 
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite of programs including Microsoft Project.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Often work in an Indoor office environment. Equipment used includes computers and standard office machines.  Essential physical tasks include: the ability to work on a computer and the ability to answer and speak on a telephone.
• May work on site location to include ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary motion and ability to lift 50lbs.
• May also require:
• • Sitting
  • Standing for long periods of time
  • Walking, carrying, pushing, stooping, crouching, and pulling

RLB is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.