Sr. Design Project Manager - Large Projects

Responsibilities

The Senior Design Manager leads integrated design delivery for large, complex, multidisciplinary projects by aligning design teams with client requirements and technical standards. They are responsible for managing project schedules, budgets, risks, and coordinating across various architectural and engineering disciplines throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management and possess over 15 years of relevant leadership experience. Strong expertise in design management, BIM coordination, and project controls is required, with professional licensure or PMP certification preferred.

Skills

• Design management
• Multidisciplinary coordination
• Project lifecycle management
• BIM
• Digital design coordination
• Risk management
• Stakeholder management
• Value engineering
• Constructability reviews
• Technical quality assurance
• Budget management
• Resource planning
• Client relations
• Negotiation
• Communication
• Change control

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• EAP
• 401k
• Short term disability
• Long term disability
• AD&D
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Reward & recognition program
• Wellbeing benefits
• Adoption assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off

About this role

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design,
engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving
quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many
curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and
deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The Senior Design Manager leads integrated design delivery for large, complex,
multidisciplinary projects. The role is responsible for aligning design teams,
client requirements, technical quality, scope, schedule, cost, risk,
constructability, and commercial objectives throughout the project lifecycle.

Role accountabilities:

* Lead the design management and multidisciplinary coordination of major
projects and programs.
* Establish design strategy, governance, responsibilities, deliverables,
milestones, and coordination processes.
* Direct internal and external architectural, engineering, consultant,
contractor, and digital delivery teams.
* Manage design schedules, deliverables, interfaces, technical risks,
decisions, assumptions, and changes.
* Integrate design activities with project controls, cost, procurement,
permitting, construction, commissioning, and operational requirements.
* Lead client workshops, multidisciplinary design reviews, constructability
reviews, value engineering, and stage-gate reviews.
* Ensure designs meet applicable codes, client standards, sustainability
requirements, and quality procedures.
* Oversee BIM and digital design coordination, including Common Data
Environment workflows and clash management.
* Manage design risks, RFIs, technical queries, changes, field conditions, and
other issues impacting design delivery.
* Support pursuits, staffing, budgets, resource planning, scope management,
commercial performance, and team development.

Qualifications & Experience:

* Bachelor’s degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or a
related discipline.
* 15+ years of relevant experience, including significant leadership of design
delivery on large, complex, multidisciplinary projects.
* Proven experience leading integrated design teams from concept and detailed
design through construction, commissioning, and handover.
* Strong knowledge of design management, project controls, scheduling, risk,
quality, change control, and commercial management.
* Experience coordinating complex architectural and engineering disciplines and
resolving technical and project interfaces.
* Strong client-facing, leadership, negotiation, and communication skills.
* Experience with BIM/digital design coordination and Common Data Environment
platforms, such as Autodesk Construction Cloud.
* Experience with design-build, EPC/EPCM, mission-critical, advanced
technology, industrial, infrastructure, or other complex projects preferred.
* Professional Architect/Engineer licensure or PMP/comparable certification
preferred.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We
believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a
skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and
expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make
together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver
sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your
career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition
is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our
people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of
non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color,
religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual
orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or
any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits
include medical, dental, and vision, EAP,  401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance,
paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits
including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.  We
offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range
for this position is $92,900-138,240. Actual salaries will vary and are based on
several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project
and location.

About Arcadis

Professional Services · 10,001+ employees · headquartered in Amsterdam, Nederland