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Job Description:
Parsons is seeking an experienced Design Manager to lead and coordinate the design management function for a large-scale mixed-use development project. The successful candidate will have a strong Civil/Structural Engineering background, extensive experience in construction supervision environments, and the ability to manage multidisciplinary design teams through all project phases.
This role requires a strategic leader who can ensure design excellence, technical compliance, constructability, and seamless coordination between clients, consultants, contractors, and project stakeholders.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead and manage all design activities for large mixed-use developments, ensuring alignment with project objectives, schedules, and budgets.
- Supervise and provide direction to multidisciplinary design and drafting teams on complex projects.
- Review and coordinate architectural, structural, civil, MEP, infrastructure, and landscaping design packages.
- Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, standards, authority requirements, and client specifications.
- Drive design reviews, value engineering initiatives, and constructability assessments.
- Manage design consultants and monitor performance, deliverables, and schedules.
- Coordinate closely with construction supervision teams to resolve design-related issues during project execution.
- Lead technical workshops and stakeholder meetings with clients, consultants, and contractors.
- Review technical submittals, design changes, RFIs, and engineering proposals.
- Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies related to design and engineering matters.
- Ensure quality, completeness, and consistency of all design deliverables.
- Support project leadership in achieving project milestones and successful project delivery.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering (Master's degree preferred).
- Professional Engineering registration or chartership is an advantage.
- Minimum 15+ years of experience in design and construction projects.
- Minimum 5 years in a Design Manager or Design Leadership role on major developments.
- Proven experience working on large mixed-use, urban development, hospitality, commercial, residential, or mega-projects.
- Strong background in construction supervision projects and design management during execution phases.
- Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary consultant teams and complex stakeholder interfaces.
- Excellent knowledge of international design standards and engineering best practices.
- Strong communication, leadership, and client management skills.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Experience delivering complex mixed-use developments comprising residential, commercial, retail, hospitality, and public realm components.
- Strong understanding of structural systems, constructability, and design coordination.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering
- Professional Engineering registration or chartership
- Minimum 15+ years of experience in design and construction projects
- Minimum 5 years in a Design Manager or Design Leadership role on major developments
- Experience with large mixed-use, urban development, hospitality, commercial, residential, or mega-projects
- Strong background in construction supervision projects and design management during execution phases
- Experience managing multidisciplinary consultant teams and complex stakeholder interfaces
- Knowledge of international design standards and engineering best practices
- Strong communication, leadership, and client management skills
- Experience delivering complex mixed-use developments with residential, commercial, retail, hospitality, and public realm components
- Strong understanding of structural systems, constructability, and design coordination
- Master's degree
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
