Centurion Selection
Architectural Design Manager (Developer)
Centurion Selection, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States,
Position SummaryThe Design Manager is primarily responsible for managing the pre-development process, serves as the primary internal interface between construction and Development, and is the liaison with the external project consultants through the preconstruction phase.
Essential Functions/ResponsibilitiesWork with the Development teams from project concept to completed construction documents, and ultimately, construction start.Assist the local Development team with zoning, entitlements, permitting, and other related tasks.Develop and maintain detailed pre-development schedules to outline and track progress and foster accountability on each project.Oversee and push the design process with internal and external consultants to secure complete project documents within the allotted timeframe.Work with Development during the contracting phase for the external consultants. This includes defining scopes of work, production schedules, schedule of values, scope of work coordination, etc.Coordinate with the in-house estimating team on the scope of work, budget control reports, cost evaluations, value engineering, GMP RFI’s, etc., at the appropriate touchpoints during the pre-development phase of each project.Maintain all pre-development logs and correspondence for projects in the pipeline.With Development, help create and maintain the project profile for each project.Provide guidance to each design team to communicate our design standards and pre-development processes.Assist the architect in establishing reoccurring design team meetings for each project. Our goal is, at a minimum, to hold every other meeting in person to push accountability.Ensure the architect has an agenda for project meetings and distributes meeting minutes soon after each meeting.Ensure that all assigned work, both internally and externally, is complete between each project meeting.
Education and/or ExperienceA bachelor’s degree in construction management, mathematics, architecture, civil engineering, or related business study is required.Five years of project and people management. Must have worked in the multifamily construction or development industry
Essential Functions/ResponsibilitiesWork with the Development teams from project concept to completed construction documents, and ultimately, construction start.Assist the local Development team with zoning, entitlements, permitting, and other related tasks.Develop and maintain detailed pre-development schedules to outline and track progress and foster accountability on each project.Oversee and push the design process with internal and external consultants to secure complete project documents within the allotted timeframe.Work with Development during the contracting phase for the external consultants. This includes defining scopes of work, production schedules, schedule of values, scope of work coordination, etc.Coordinate with the in-house estimating team on the scope of work, budget control reports, cost evaluations, value engineering, GMP RFI’s, etc., at the appropriate touchpoints during the pre-development phase of each project.Maintain all pre-development logs and correspondence for projects in the pipeline.With Development, help create and maintain the project profile for each project.Provide guidance to each design team to communicate our design standards and pre-development processes.Assist the architect in establishing reoccurring design team meetings for each project. Our goal is, at a minimum, to hold every other meeting in person to push accountability.Ensure the architect has an agenda for project meetings and distributes meeting minutes soon after each meeting.Ensure that all assigned work, both internally and externally, is complete between each project meeting.
Education and/or ExperienceA bachelor’s degree in construction management, mathematics, architecture, civil engineering, or related business study is required.Five years of project and people management. Must have worked in the multifamily construction or development industry