Architectural Project Manager | Data Centers

Dallas, TX, United States

Overview:

At Corgan we are passionate about great design. We are also passionate about great people, whether theyre clients, consultants, or co-workers. Corgan creates opportunities for personal and professional growth that bring out the best in ourselves and those around us by sharpening skills, leveraging technology, and encouraging communication. Our strength lies in our people, and those people consistently exceed expectations.

We are actively recruiting experienced, registered Architectural Project Managers to join the firm in our Dallas office location as part of our Data Centers market sector. This dynamic individual will add depth to our Data Centers Architecture Practice. Focusing on Data Center design, our practice relies on a specialized group of architects who understand the critical systems that support Data Centers to the degree that they can carry productive conversations with engineers regarding value, viability, reliability and appropriateness of engineering systems, and manage the entire design team and process from a very strong technical base.

Are you ready to join a team that works with the worlds largest and most innovative clients across the world? Our Data Centers teams dominance in the industry speaks for itself from intricate designs joining downtown infrastructures to meeting the evolving needs of our clients for the worlds most critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

At Corgan we offer unique opportunities for both personal and professional growth through a wide range of project responsibilities and leadership roles at all levels of design. Through these responsibilities you can expect to thrive and grow personally and professionally alongside a team of creative individuals who are passionate about their work and ready to collaborate on a variety of projects in scale and scope. Our ideal manager will be a team-oriented, highly-motivated individual working with leadership to ensure client satisfaction and the ability to function in a team lead capacity, while working on multiple, challenging projects.

Responsibilities include:

Develop competitive fee structures reflecting defined scope of services for project pursuits

Establish and manage project schedules

Oversee the completion of projects on time and within fee budget

Anticipate, understand and manage client expectations

Provide leadership to staff by identifying project studio team members roles and responsibilities, leveraging their strengths, providing stretch opportunities, and offering mentorship

Lead and encourage open dialogue with project team regarding design and technical ideation and facilitate appropriate solutions

Motivate the project team to meet project goals through encouragement and/or course correction

Oversee administration of construction phase procedures and documentation (shop drawings/submittals, requests for information, and addenda/clarifications)

Oversee development and presentation of appropriate technical solutions to project stakeholders

Drive the coordination of internal staff, external consultants and other stakeholders to achieve a cohesive and collaborative project team.

Attend and conduct presentations

Actively explore and recognize new business opportunities through professional networks

Drive each project team to seek innovation in design solutions in an ongoing spirit of curiosity, continuous improvement, and increased project performance

Develop effective project directives, outlines, projections, schedules, and strategies over the course of the project

Oversee development and communication of appropriate project phasing

Manage all facets of project production resulting in a thorough set of documents

Identify solutions and effectively resolve technical challenges

Understand and apply appropriate industry standards and construction practices

Oversees, and is responsible for, the identification, understanding and documentation of regulatory agencies requirements, as well as recognizing and resolving code-related design issues

Oversee quality assurance processes and quality control of project documents

Demonstrate, share, and appropriately apply, new methodologies, practices, codes, and products

Maintain awareness of, and appropriately apply, new methodologies, practices, codes, and products

Attend and conduct presentations

Manage client relations

Provide leadership to staff

Qualifications:

Qualified candidates already exhibit these strengths and talents:

Professional, NAAB accredited degree in Architecture or equivalent is required

12+ years of experience in commercial architecture

Data Center experience or experience managing large teams on large-scale projects required

Professional registration

High commitment to QA/QC

Thorough understanding of how a drawing set goes together

Acumen for how things are built and constructibility, and the ability to apply that knowledge to support the project design and budget

Experience managing a variety of consultants and contractors

Interest in sustainable design

Proficiency or experience with managing overall project fees and schedules

Demonstrated experience coordinating and leading project teams and ability to collaborate in a diverse project team environment

Exhibit strong marketing and client relations experience and capabilities

Display strengths in master planning, conceptual design, and technical excellence

Strong and effective organizational and communication skills

Confident presentation ability

Revit proficiency strongly preferred; experience with other 3D software is a plus

Efficient with coordinating project deliverables and client expectations

Experience preparing all stages of design documentation, performing construction administration, and consultant coordination are required

Strong attention to detail and analytical skills

Flexible attitude and ability to juggle multiple priorities is essential

At Corgan, we believe social responsibility should be a holistic approach to supporting the community and environment. We commit our time and talent through service, provide financial support through giving, balance elevated design with responsible, sustainable solutions, and cultivate equity and inclusively inside and outside our firm.

We share a deep curiosity about how we can improve lives through design. We are curious about the world we have and the world that is emerging. This passion, drive for excellence, and abiding curiosity guide us each day in our interaction with our clients, partners, associates, and with each other. Our commitment to the highest standards of professional ethics is unwavering. Maybe that is why so many of our client relationships span decades.

From our earliest days, the Corgan philosophy of work and life balance was an important and valued part of our culture. As weve grown, our commitment to the well-being of our employees has only become stronger and more defined. Corgan promotes a healthy balance by removing obstacles and allowing you to focus on what you love doing, both inside and outside the office.

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