About Us
At AlfaTech we believe in more than just engineering solutions; we believe in promoting a culture of agility, collaboration, and inclusion. As a leading consulting engineering firm, we provide thoughtful engineering design that is technologically forward thinking, innovative, and environmentally conscious, ensuring that our contribution to our built environment is flexible, sustainable, and lasting across all the market segments we serve.
If you're driven by a passion for engineering, innovation, and making a difference, if you thrive on challenges and adapt quickly to change, and if you are looking to be part of a dynamic team of empowered, smart, energized, professionals, then AlfaTech is the place for you.
Job Summary
As the Design Team Project Manager, you will provide a very high level of management, leadership and direction to the project team to ensure successful completion of projects. The candidate will represent the firm in all interactions with clients, contractors, and other project team members. In this role, you will oversee the complete design project team in the design of the building and subsequent construction administration services, including in-house mechanical, electrical, plumbing systems and lighting design, as well as sub-consultant team members such as architects, landscape architects, structural, civil, fire protection, electrical substation, security and technology engineers, signage, culinary designers and more.
This is a senior-level position in the AEC industry that requires a self-motivated individual with strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills. The successful candidate will be highly analytical, possess exceptional problem-solving skills, can multi-task, work independently, and as a productive and engaged team member in a fast-paced environment.
This is not a software industry position.
Core Responsibilities
- Coordinate project designs, evaluations, and studies.
- Quality control review of designs prepared by others.
- Lead project team in design change management.
- Coordinate and assemble overall design team proposals, including estimating in-house engineering.
- Manage contract administration, scheduling, and costing.
- Establish project budgets and schedules.
- Track project timelines, expenditures, and project deliverables and report to client and AlfaTech Management.
- Orchestrate and lead project kick-off meetings, coordination meetings, and design review meetings for the project team.
- Manage tasks as required to ensure that work is completed on time and within budget.
- Communicate directly with clients and act as the primary point of contact for AlfaTech.
- Coordinate, support, and communicate with colleagues across disciplines.
- Lead interactions with local municipalities and with contractor teams for permitting and construction activities.
- Monitor and manage the project contracted responsibilities to ensure services provided agree with contracted services and prepare additional service requests if needed.
- Maintain client relationships through prompt response to needs and questions, initiating contact when information is needed, or delays are imminent.
- Staff oversight and mentoring.
- Capable of working in the field on a construction site for monthly site visits.
- Arrange construction site walkthroughs and lead project team meetings.
- Ensure that the client’s specified performance criteria are met.
- Other duties as assigned.
Ideal Candidate
- Demonstrated experience as a self-directed, pro-active, and highly motivated team leader.
- Detail-orientated with high levels of Math accuracy.
- Good problem solving and decision-making skills, and the ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal and customer service skills and demonstrated ability to communicate with internal and external business partners.
- Solid knowledge of codes, standards, and construction/engineering processes.
- Proclivity for catching the error and enacting appropriate changes.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, SharePoint, and Procore.
- Professional Engineer (PE) License or Architectural (AIA) License preferred.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred.
- LEED Accreditation and/or WELL Certification preferred.
- Hyperscale Data Center experience preferred and highly desirable.
- San Francisco Bay Area location highly preferred
Essential Requirements
- Superior interpersonal communication skills.
- Superior written communication skills.
- Experience working on large-scale design and construction projects.
- Experience working on highly technical design and construction projects such as Mission Critical, Data Center, Cleanroom, or Manufacturing projects.
- Minimum of seven to ten years of direct experience working with an architectural firm or consulting engineering firm.
- Minimum of five years of experience managing a team of multiple building design disciplines and consultants.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or architecture or equivalent combination of work experience and relevant education.
Salary Range
The expected salary range for this position is $120,000 - $145,000. The final offer to our new team member will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the length, breadth, and depth of experience within the job and the industry, education, etc. AlfaTech is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.