Job Description

The Design Project Manager is responsible for leading and delivering design services for assigned project(s), ensuring alignment with client goals, project objectives, and performance metrics such as quality, schedule, and profitability. This role oversees multidisciplinary design teams, manages project scope and budget, and ensures technical excellence and adherence to design standards. Key responsibilities include client relationship management, coordination across internal disciplines and external partners, quality assurance, and proactive issue resolution. The Design Project Manager plays a critical role in creating both a positive client and employee experience that supports repeat business and long-term partnerships. On occasion, the Design Project Manager will be expected to lead design efforts on a design-build or integrated design and construction project and be responsible for supporting estimate development, managing design scope against overall cost and schedule objectives, interface and report out to a GC team in support of overall delivery, and ensuring design team performance enables successful delivery of the overall project. Assignments may include single project assignment or a portfolio of multiple projects of varying complexity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of design services from proposal development through construction administration for assigned project(s)
• Develop and manage design scope, schedule, and budget to meet project and client objectives
• Coordinate the work of internal design disciplines and external consultants to ensure cohesive and high-quality deliverables
• Serve as the primary design point-of-contact with clients, managing communication and expectations throughout the project lifecycle
• Facilitate design reviews and ensure adherence to project requirements, codes, and standards
• Monitor and manage design performance metrics, including profitability, schedule adherence, and quality
• Oversee design quality assurance and ensure compliance with internal and client QA/QC procedures
• Support the development and review of technical content including drawings, specifications, and design narratives
• Lead risk identification and mitigation strategies during design phases
• On occasion, lead design efforts on integrated design-build projects, including scope alignment with budget and schedule, supporting estimate development, and ensuring design performance enables successful project delivery
• Collaborate with construction teams, clients, and other stakeholders during design to support constructability, permitting, and procurement strategies

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years full time paid professional experience managing the facilities design, or the planning and coordination of capital projects that includes the overall design, contract administration, cost estimating, and scheduling activities
• 5 years of this experience must be with the design, planning and construction of educational facilities or similar public agencies

Required Education:

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

Licenses and Certificates:

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

Preferences

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

Additional Information

** The salary range for this full-time role is $120k-$155k per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range is a reflection of base salary only, not of a total compensation package. Please note Turner & Townsend reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on candidate’s experience and qualifications.**

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