# Construction Design Manager

**Company:** [Shield AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/shield-ai)
**Location:** Dallas, TX
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $130k – $190k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** autocad, facility planning, space planning, architecture, engineering design, construction documentation, design management, project delivery, building systems, construction methods, building codes, design-build, scif design, icd 705, Stakeholder Management
**Posted:** 2026-08-04

> Leads facility planning, multidisciplinary design management, and project delivery as the owner's representative for complex manufacturing, laboratory, engineering, office, and secure facilities. Requires a relevant bachelor's degree, 10+ years of experience, AutoCAD proficiency, and the ability to obtain a U.S. SECRET clearance.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Serve as the owner's lead representative for facility planning, programming, and design execution.
- Manage and direct architecture, engineering, specialty consultant, and design-build teams.
- Develop project requirements with engineering, manufacturing, operations, security, and executive stakeholders.
- Translate business and operational objectives into facility and infrastructure requirements.
- Lead programming, space planning, feasibility studies, and conceptual design development.
- Oversee design development from concept through construction documents.
- Establish and manage design schedules, consultant deliverables, review cycles, and design budgets.
- Lead design reviews and resolve technical issues, scope gaps, and coordination conflicts.
- Review architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and specialty system designs.
- Evaluate designs for constructability, maintainability, operational efficiency, scalability, safety, and lifecycle performance.
- Coordinate stakeholder reviews and ensure requirements are incorporated into design documents.
- Support permitting, entitlement, and regulatory approval efforts.
- Provide technical leadership during procurement, contractor selection, and project execution.
- Manage design-related RFIs, submittals, field modifications, and consultant support during construction.
- Use AutoCAD to review, coordinate, and comment on design documentation.
- Serve as the primary interface between internal stakeholders and external design consultants.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in design management, owner's representation, architecture, engineering, facilities development, or capital project delivery.
- Experience managing architecture and engineering firms on complex facility projects.
- Strong understanding of facility planning, programming, design development, and construction documentation.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary design teams through all project development phases.
- Ability to interpret architectural and engineering drawings, specifications, calculations, and technical documentation.
- Working knowledge of building systems, construction methods, codes, and industry best practices.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD.
- Experience supporting projects in active operational environments, including aviation or airfield facilities.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to work effectively with incomplete or evolving requirements.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. SECRET Security Clearance.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds or more and perform site visits in active construction environments.

## Nice-to-haves
- Active U.S. SECRET Security Clearance or higher.
- Experience in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defense, or technology environments.
- Experience planning and designing laboratories, prototype development spaces, engineering facilities, or manufacturing operations.
- Familiarity with ICD 705 requirements and secure facility design.
- Experience with SCIF planning, design, and accreditation processes.
- Experience with design-build, progressive design-build, or fast-track delivery methods.
- Professional registration or certification such as PE, RA, PMP, CCM, or LEED.
- Experience managing mission-critical or highly technical facilities.

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