Position Summary:
The Design & Engineering Manager provides leadership, direction, and operational oversight for S.C. Swiderski’s integrated Design & Engineering function, including architectural design and drafting, structural engineering, civil/site engineering, design project management, and pre-construction coordination. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, this position is responsible for building a coordinated, accountable, and high-performing team that converts development opportunities into well-defined, constructible, financially sustainable projects that can move efficiently into construction. This role connects design and engineering leadership with pre-construction planning and project execution. The Design & Engineering Manager establishes priorities, develops team capability, coordinates internal and external technical resources, strengthens standards and quality systems, and leads early collaboration among Development, Construction, Estimating, Procurement, Project Management, and other stakeholders.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, architectural design, building science, or a closely related discipline required; advanced degree is a plus.10+ years of progressively responsible experience in design, engineering, pre-construction, construction, or technical project delivery, with substantial experience supporting residential or multifamily development and construction.5+ years of demonstrated people-leadership experience, including responsibility for hiring, coaching, performance management, staff development, workload planning, and team accountability. Demonstrated success leading or coordinating multidisciplinary teams involving architectural, structural, civil, MEP, specialty consultants, estimating, procurement, project management, and construction stakeholders. Demonstrated experience with pre-construction planning, constructability review, design-to-budget, value engineering, scope development, estimating support, permitting, consultant management, and transition from design into construction. Strong experience with multifamily residential design and construction; wood-frame and podium construction experience is strongly preferred. Experience establishing or improving design standards, quality-control systems, BIM/documentation practices, project-delivery processes, and cross-functional workflows. Professional Engineer (PE), Architect licensure, or another relevant professional credential is required. Licensed professionals retain responsibility for regulated professional work within their disciplines. Valid driver’s license required. Broad working knowledge of architectural design, structural and civil engineering coordination, building systems, construction documentation, constructability, codes, accessibility, permitting, estimating, and construction-phase support. Strong understanding of pre-construction and design management in a developer-led, design-build, or vertically integrated real estate and construction environment. Ability to connect design decisions to project economics, construction means and methods, procurement, schedule, risk, quality, and long-term operational performance. Demonstrated ability to lead technical professionals while respecting professional licensure, discipline-specific authority, and appropriate delegation of technical decisions. Strong leadership, coaching, facilitation, conflict-resolution, decision-making, change management, and performance-management skills. Strong project and portfolio management skills, including prioritization, resource planning, risk management, consultant management, milestone management, and coordination of multiple concurrent projects. Advanced problem-solving and root-cause-analysis skills with a systems-oriented approach to improving processes and preventing recurring issues. Strong business and financial acumen sufficient to participate effectively in feasibility, conceptual budgeting, value engineering, design-to-budget, and project tradeoff decisions. Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical matters, alternatives, risks, and recommendations to nontechnical stakeholders and executive leadership. Working knowledge of Autodesk Revit/BIM and AutoCAD-based design environments; familiarity with Civil 3D, estimating, project-management, document-control, and collaboration tools is beneficial. Demonstrated integrity, accountability, sound judgment, and commitment to developing people, strengthening cross-functional relationships, and continuously improving how SCS delivers projects
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
Design Team Leadership & People Development (30%)Technical & Design Leadership (25%)Project Delivery, Planning & Resource Management (25%)Cross-Functional Leadership & Continuous Improvement (20%)
