Design & Construction Job Description
Design & Construction Duties & Responsibilities
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Design & Construction Examples
Design & Construction Job Description
- Remain current with construction material and build-out practices for energy efficiency, LEED certification, Green building and other initiatives
- Management would include schematic planning through design, construction and closeout
- Deliver reports on geographic data, ensuring standardization, and quality control of data across reports
- Develop and maintain software applications and databases for digital mapping and spatial data
- Determine map content, appearance, and layout for maximum information with high usability
- Direct collection, storage, analysis, and interpretation of geospatial data
- Write and maintain internal manuals, training materials, and systems documentation publicly available map resources
- Manage quality improvement activities
- Create common business specific quality measurements and track improvement against these metrics
- Ability to balance design, with operational needs and budget objectives
- Support the Project Managers in General administrative tasks
- Ability to manage multiple, complex projects for a national retailer
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop relationships across all levels and communicate effectively with a diverse population
- Ability to balance multiple priorities and deadlines and multi-task
- Proven business skills including the use of key performance indicators
- Proven leader with track record of developing team members
Design & Construction Job Description
- Assist in the administration of the construction of industrial trackage or other third party projects to ensure railway operational requirements and quality standards are met
- Develop post-bid design schedule with Designer, and coordinate/integrate with construction schedule through estimating staff
- Participates in all discipline task force teams, peer reviews, and evaluation of construction means & methods
- Meets with and maintains liaison with design consultants, contractors, users, and in-house personnel
- Track and report progress of assigned projects to all internal and external teams
- Lead and manage project activity from feasibility through closeout and turnover to operations for a portfolio of dozens of active projects at any given time
- Integrate with key partners (end users, IT, procurement, corporate security and facilities management) in developing and delivery of solutions
- Partner with procurement organization to secure General Contractors, Architects, Engineering firms and other services and hard goods for capital projects
- Develop and manage annual Capital budgets including estimating, forecasting and adjusting based on corporate direction
- Develop, execute and optimize processes and procedures in a controlled, well-managed and efficient manner to optimize project outcomes
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, or Master’s degree in Finance, or Master’s degree in Supply Chain
- Implement and utilize leading tools and techniques to optimize project outcomes
- Institute a data-driven culture for planning, measuring, decision-making and reporting throughout the project management lifecycle to ensure optimal balance of cost, quality, risk and speed
- Position is based in McLean, VA with travel in the U.S. up to 25%
- At least 7 years of experience in the Design and Construction industry
- At least 7 years of experience managing people, or at least 7 years of experience leading teams
Design & Construction Job Description
- Coordinate procurement and equipment/product delivery for Design + Construction projects
- Interface daily with Design + Construction Project Managers, Corporate Procurement, consultants and end users
- Serve as move/relocation coordination liaison for PLM between Design+ Construction Project Managers and assists in providing long & short-term relocation planning, and developing relocation strategies and critical paths in conjunction with Project Managers
- Manage the pre-construction design consultants, design development and design review process
- Be responsible for developing the pre-construction design programme in conjunction with consultants and planner for bids and projects
- Schedules design projects
- VerifyDesign software is being used to proper specifications and standards Synchronoss Platform, Bentley, MapInfo, AutoCAD/Lode Data
- Executes multiple mission critical projects while developing business processes and others professional development
- Innovating for step-change improvement in delivery, safety, quality, and cost metrics (including fixed and variable costs per unit)
- Driving global standardization of operating practices, businesses processes, and reporting with fulfillment center, retail, finance, marketing, engineering, and supply chain stakeholders
- 5 years of experience on ground-up construction, or 5 years of experience in office interior fit –outs
- 10 plus years relevant construction experience with an emphasis in managing mid-size to large projects
- Experience in retaining third-party consultants for environmental, building systems, structural inspections and surveys
- Prior experience with hotel construction projects is preferred
- Strong negotiation and contract law skills across a variety of contract types
- Working knowledge of construction costs and estimating tools
Design & Construction Job Description
- Strong written and verbal communications skills the ability to work effectively across internal and external organization
- Manages the project management delivery and is considered a subject matter expert in project management principles, techniques and best practices
- Often directs and consults with project team members, leadership in the preparation of project documentation, deliverables, milestones, resources, schedules and budgets
- Often leads Project team(s) comprised of project managers I, II, project coordinators, business analysts, applications analysts and developers
- Does not have HR responsibilities
- Respond to Requests for Information (RFIs)
- Monitor design development against procurement schedule and budget
- Generate deliverables list and establish required level of pre-bid design, in conjunction with the Lead Estimator and Project Manager
- Review and approve all design-related questions/clarifications
- Manage the lead design firm’s services during procurement and establish a design budget and cost tracking system
- Design and construction experience in the grocery industry, with an emphasis on chilled and frozen facility design
- MHE, Refrigeration and/or Industrial design or implementation experience
- Relevant pipeline industry skills, knowledge and experience
- Technical knowledge of the construction industry relevant to Natural Gas Pipeline and Installation projects
- Experience in management and co-ordination of the design process
- An understanding of how health and safety is managed in the design process
Design & Construction Job Description
- Management of the daily activities of the Office of Facilities Design and Construction
- Supervision of campus architects, project managers and administrative staff that manage and oversee all capital construction projects on campus
- Establish and coordinate all local campus projects including instituting a design & construction plan that meets budget and time constraints and effectively manage these projects through the project managers
- Develops 3D substation, transmission line, and collection/distribution models at the direction of the Lead Engineer (including, but not limited to, developing and drafting model components and leveraging external partners to complete model elements as needed)
- Ensure constructability of design and compliance with RFP specifications
- Lead/manage the brainstorming and development of Alternative Technical Concepts (ATCs) with task forces
- Draft and gain approval from the Business Development Manager for post-bid design scope and fee with Designer
- Ensures effective utilization of Preferred Provider Network(PPN)by drafting RFPs
- Ensures effective communication within CRE senior managementon important issues, concerns, problems or anticipated problems that might impact system, group, facility and/or CRE performance and outcomes
- Provides Area Director project status reports by developing periodic project reports including cost, schedule and comparative metrics
- An understanding of the Client’s requirements, processes and procedures relevant to CDM
- Detailed knowledge of project management, design process, construction process and methods, and equipment installation/inspection
- Detailed knowledge of procuring project-related needs and any subsequent contracting
- Detailed knowledge of American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) forms and formats related to general conditions and general knowledge related to technical specifications
- Detailed knowledge of design and construction agreements and associated legal concepts and language
- Detailed knowledge of contracting procedures and language