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Design Manager

Los Angeles, CA • On-site

Vanir Construction Management, Inc.
201 - 500 employees
Learn more about Vanir Construction Management, Inc.external

$160K - $180K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 15 hours ago

Key responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the full design life-cycle for Campus Projects, ensuring compliance with DSA guidelines, project criteria, codes, standards, and policies.

  • Serve as the primary point of contact between the Capital Program Team and the Design Team to facilitate coordination, communication, and issue resolution.

  • Perform comprehensive QA/QC reviews of design documents and guide the Design Team through the DSA review and approval process.

Job description

About Vanir
Vanir is a proud minority- and woman-owned company, recognized as a national leader in program, project and construction management (PMCM) and real estate development. Since 1964, we have consistently exceeded client expectations. Ranked as a top PMCM firm by Engineering News-Record (ENR) for more than three decades, our award-winning team provides a full range of services to public and private sector clients in the aviation; healthcare; education (K-12 and higher); justice and essential services; science and technology; state and local government; transportation; water and wastewater; energy; and commercial, residential and nonprofit markets.
Job Description
The Design Manager plans, organizes, and directs all design-related activities for College campus capital projects. Serving as the lead design professional, this role provides oversight throughout pre-construction and design phases, ensuring quality, compliance, and alignment with District standards and regulatory requirements, including coordination with the Division of the State Architect (DSA). The Design Manager acts as the primary liaison between the Capital Program Team (CPT) and the Design Team.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
  • Lead and manage the full design life-cycle for Campus Projects, from initial planning through close-out and DSA certification, ensuring compliance with DSA guidelines and bulletins, approved programming and project criteria documents, applicable building codes, project schedules and budgets, District design and construction standards, District policies and procedures, and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
  • Provide pre-construction and phase management services, including quality reviews and implementation of established policies and procedures.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact between the CPT and the Design Team to facilitate effective coordination, communication, and issue resolution.
  • Collaborate with CPT members, design consultants, and District stakeholders to define project scope, resolve design-related issues, and ensure stakeholder expectations are clearly understood and addressed.
  • Manage, develop, and oversee the design process to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant production, review, and approval of all design deliverables, including adherence to program, project, and schedule requirements.
  • Perform comprehensive QA/QC reviews of plans, specifications, schedules, cut sheets, and other design documents to ensure quality, constructability, coordination, clarity, and compliance with project requirements.
  • Provide architects and consultants with clear, consistent direction regarding project goals and objectives, District standards, site requirements, schedules, and budgets.
  • During construction, review and provide comments on DSA Construction Change Directives (CCDs) to ensure completeness, compliance, and consistency with approved design intent.
  • Guide the Design Team through the DSA review and approval process, evaluate and report on the cost, schedule, and scope impacts of design changes, and manage DSA box submittals.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Architecture, Engineering, Urban Planning, Construction Management, or a closely related field.
  • Minimum of 10 years of full-time professional experience managing facilities design or planning and coordinating capital improvement projects. experience managing the design of major K-14 or higher education facilities.
  • Experience must include overall design management, contract administration, cost estimating, and project scheduling.
  • At least 5 years of experience must be in the design, planning, and construction of educational facilities including work requiring DSA or OSHPD/HCAi certification.
  • Strong working knowledge of DSA requirements, including applicable provisions of the California Public Contract Code and regulations governing DSA plan review and approvals.
  • Current and valid architectural license issued by State Architectural Board

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Familiarity with sustainable design principles and their application in public sector projects.
  • Understanding of risk management principles, including identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks.
  • Experience with scope definition, scope control, and coordination across multiple project interfaces.

Benefits
Vanir offers a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that includes 401(k) Savings with employer matching contributions, medical, dental, vision, health savings account (HSA) with employer contributions, life, AD&D and disability benefits, flexible spending account (FSA), voluntary benefits, Teladoc, pet insurance, paid time off, national employee assistance program (EAP) and employee referral program.
How to Apply
If you're interested in working for Vanir please visit our website to learn more and to apply online at www.vanir.com.
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Contact Email: careers@vanir.com
Persons with medical limitations may, with reasonable accommodations, be capable of performing the duties of this position. Such a determination must be made on an individual basis considering the person's limitations, the requirements of the position, and the company's ability to make reasonable accommodations to the person's limitations.
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Posted Salary Range
USD $160,000.00 - USD $180,000.00 /Yr.

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