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Senior Design Manager

Kitchell 🇺🇸 San Luis Obispo County, California, United States of America

$175,000 - $190,000 Full-time Senior

Lead and coordinate preconstruction and design management for a design-build courthouse project, representing the owner and managing schedules, budgets, risks, design reviews, and coordination among project stakeholders. Oversee contractual compliance, quality control, agency coordination, project meetings, and documentation while ensuring the design meets sustainability, accessibility, and code requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and coordinate preconstruction and design management for a design-build courthouse project, representing the owner and managing schedules, budgets, risks, design reviews, and coordination among project stakeholders. Oversee contractual compliance, quality control, agency coordination, project meetings, and documentation while ensuring the design meets sustainability, accessibility, and code requirements.

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree in construction management, architecture, engineering, or a related field is required, with architecture strongly preferred, along with at least 12 years of related project or construction management experience and design-build experience. Courthouse experience and DBIA certification are preferred; proficiency with Microsoft Project and strong communication, leadership, and team-management abilities are required.

Benefits

  • Profit Sharing
  • Discretionary Stock Options
  • Incentive Bonuses
  • Health Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Wellness Incentives
  • 401(k)
  • College Savings Plans
  • Business Travel Assistance And Insurance
  • Discounted Auto And Homeowner’s Insurance
  • Identity Theft Protection
  • Rewards Programs
  • Relocation Assistance

Key Skills

Construction management Project scheduling Budget management Risk management Design reviews Stakeholder coordination Contractual compliance Quality control Agency coordination Sustainability standards Accessibility standards Code compliance Microsoft Project Leadership Team management Strong communication

About Kitchell

Kitchell is a privately-owned company with more than seven decades experience in general contracting, construction management, development, facilities management, engineering and architecture and myriad other services within the built environment. Our 900-plus employee-owners manage projects from main offices in Arizona, California, and Texas. We offer an entrepreneurial environment that fosters personal and professional growth through in-house education programs, formal and informal mentoring and cross-training opportunities. Kitchell encourages employee engagement through our formal performance-based bonuses, opportunity for enhanced ownership and by offering increasing responsibility through career advancement. We are consistently ranked among the top places to work, attributable to our tenured staff and outstanding benefits including health and life insurance, 401(k), college savings plans, business travel assistance and insurance, discounted auto and homeowners insurance, identity

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