Design Build Manager (Civil)

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McLean, VA Until 8/23/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description

The Design Build Managers are integral members of our design-build project teams across the country.  As a Design Build Manager, you will provide critical guidance to partnered design firms on one or more of our projects--leveraging internal resources, creativity, professional relationships, and proven processes to manage complex workflows. 

Responsibilities

  • Successfully deliver a or design that is on budget, on schedule, and compliant with program standards

  • Actively leading an integrated design-build team, including regular interfaces with clients, designers, trade partners and other key stakeholders

  • Leading stakeholder decision meetings, design progress meetings, and design conferences

  • Shaping design deliverables and workflow during the design process, including critical decisions regarding design packaging to support subcontracting and permitting 

  • Organizing and leading the design review process to ensure collection and resolution of all comments

  • Managing design issue resolution in real-time

  • Leading collaboration internally with technical teams, project managers, cost managers, and purchasing agents

  • Participating in development of RFP and RFQ responses including providing strategic insights to pursuit strategy

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or graduate degree in a related field (e.g. Architecture, Construction, Engineering)

  • 6 to 8+ years relevant work experience managing development and/or design to achieve pro-forma goals--cost, schedule, and program

  • Experience managing staff and outside stakeholders

  • Strong interest in Design-Build or CMAR delivery 

  • Strong knowledge of design and cost management principles and practices

  • Clear understanding of integrated design and construction schedules 

  • Appreciation and understanding of architecture firms’ business model, design principles, and process

  • Alignment to Clark Standards of Excellence: Self-Motivated, Results Oriented, Adaptable, Team Player, Accountable, Ethical, Innovative, Resilient, Builds Relationships, Builds People / Teams & Followership, Sets Direction & Executes

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with aviation, transit, or transportation market sectors

Clark Civil

Clark Civil performs heavy/civil work including airport, heavy rail, light rail, bridges, interstate road work, electrical substations, water and wastewater treatment, and facilities projects ranging from $10 million to $500 million.  Clark Civil delivers projects through a variety of contracting methods, including design/build, construction manager at-risk, and general contracting.  With a staff of over 20 percent professional engineers, Clark Civil's projects are led by an experienced heavy/civil technical staff and supported by a multidisciplinary, in-house team.  Clark Civil is a division of Clark Construction Group, LLC

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About this role

Summary

Manage design-build projects, ensuring compliance with budget and schedule.

Job title

Design Build Manager (Civil)

Experience level

6 to 8+ years

Industry

construction

Location requirements

Located in McLean, VA; remote work not allowed.

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

bachelor’s degreedesign managementcost managementschedule managementstaff management

Preferred skills

aviationtransittransportation

Specializations

design-buildconstructionproject managementstakeholder management
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

McLean, VA, USA

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