Project Design Manager
Cushman & Wakefield
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Nashville • Florida • South Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $74,800 - $88,000 per year
About the role
- Provide support to new construction, reinvestments, rollouts, and the day-to-day needs of our business
- Develop and maintain design strategies, solutions and standards for assigned categories to support client’s ongoing innovation of our restaurant designs while ensuring value, product availability, and quality.
- Provide a deep understanding of the total cost of ownership of building materials/assets and will maintain awareness of internal customer needs and supplier capabilities
- Serve as a liaison to regional design teams and stakeholders to drive alignment, clarity, support, and learning.
- Develop effective relationships with key internal customers to both identify their needs and increase their understanding of existing standards and solutions.
- Consult on the creation of new documentation and review drawing updates to approve final release.
- Assist cross-functional teams through the innovation process including identifying clear requirements, imagining new solutions, prototyping, supplier selection and launch.
- Understand industry best practices and respond to changes in the internal and external business environment to secure the best solution from the supply base
- Apply knowledge of contractual terms and conditions to ensure appropriate risk mitigation is addressed in master contracts
- Document project terms and communicates requirements to cross functional teams and supply partners
- Forecast building construction material requirements to the supplier base
- Provide feedback on supplier performance
- Track and report program improvements and financial benefits
- Travel as required to build relationships and be connected to the work
- Provide clear direction, leadership, and support to a team of design professionals
- Ability to plan and meet deadlines independently for multiple projects simultaneously
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture/ Engineering/Interior Design and/or Construction Management.
- 8+ years’ experience in design, construction and project management in the restaurant industry
- Strong knowledge of civil and site design, construction principles and understanding of generally applicable laws and regulations with respect to restaurants and public use buildings
- Strong presentation and organizational skills
- Multi-discipline design team management experience
- Reasonable computer application skills in AutoCAD, Revit, Office, Outlook, etc.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and ability to convey design concepts and goals
Benefits
- health, vision, and dental insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- paid and unpaid time away from work
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
design strategiesconstruction managementproject managementcivil designsite designbuilding materialscontractual termsrisk mitigationforecastingsupplier performance
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsrelationship buildingpresentation skillsproblem-solvingcollaborationindependent planningtime managementcross-functional teamwork
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in ArchitectureBachelor’s Degree in EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Interior DesignBachelor’s Degree in Construction Management