Job Details

About the job Senior Design Manager - A/E Services

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manages multiple projects with an emphasis on seismic upgrades, critical repairs, and retrofit efforts
• Supervises a team of design professionals through the design review process
• Oversees and coordinates the architectural and engineering (A&E) services to ensure alignment with program, budgetary, environmental, and legal requirements
• Interfaces with architects, consultants, and internal personnel to ensure timely project delivery
• Ensures building design compliance with district-wide standards and educational facility guidelines
• Develops and follows a structured process to select qualified architectural firms for each project
• Provides architectural teams with direction on goals, objectives, schedules, budgets, and design expectations
• Implements a thorough and efficient design review process
• Ensures design delivers maximum value within budget, meets community needs, and adheres to sustainability standards
• Reviews and approves design changes to maintain alignment with project budgets
• Monitors planning and design milestones and provides updates, findings, and recommendations
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Bachelors degree from a recognized institution in architecture, urban planning, or a related field
  
  • (Masters degree in architecture preferred)
• 14 years of full-time paid experience in facilities design, capital project planning, and coordination
  
  • Including overall design, contract administration, cost estimating, and scheduling
• 4 years of experience must involve educational facilities or similar public-sector projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Valid California Architect license (Certificate of Registration)