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Design Manager
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Manages design workflows for large government and DND building and infrastructure projects, reviewing blueprints, developing cost-effective designs, supporting proposals, and overseeing consultant performance across the project lifecycle.
About this role
The Opportunity
As a Design Manager working in the Alternative Projects Centre of Expertise (APEX) team at Pomerleau Construction, you will play a pivotal role driving collaboration as it relates to complex project designs. Working on large-scale building and infrastructure projects – ranging from $1.5 million to upwards of $1 billion – you will have the opportunity to provide guidance, port and assistance to ensure collaboration with our Project Managers and support consultants from concept through to construction.
What You Will Do
- Utilize your technical magic when it comes to reviewing blueprints, ensuring our designs align with ‘’DND’’ specs and government guidelines.
- Own the custom craftmanship of our plans, ensuring they are tailor-made for our clients and consider cost-effective alternatives and optimized designs.
- You’re an innovative Architect at heart, developing innovative designs for each project that blends elegance with efficiency.
- Proposal support? No problem! Act as a key member of the proposals team and collaborating with stakeholders to create customized and creative proposals to each specific job requirement.
- Keep a keen eye on professional firms involved on each project. Are they living up to Pomerleau’s expectation of excellence as it relates to quality, schedule and costs?
- Navigate the full project lifecycle. From planning to execution, you’ll be our guide in all stages of design management.
What YOU Will Bring
- An educational background in Architecture, Engineering or other related field.
- Previous experience when it comes to government projects and DND building designs projects.
- An expertise when it comes to designing Public- Private Partnership (PPP) projects and Design Build.
- A knack for working with Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Virtual Design Construction (VDC) modelling.
- 7+ years of experience managing workflows and processes specific to government and DND architectural/engineering projects.
- In ensuring compliance with the project requirements and regulations, the successful candidate must be eligible for a Government of Canada Secret Level Security clearance.
Additional Assets Include:
- Fluent in both official languages written and oral (English and French).
- Master's degree or architectural licensure is strongly preferred.
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