The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company · 3 hours ago
Design Manager
Kansas City, MO
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior LevelThe Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including the disabled and veterans. The Design Manager provides experienced leadership of Comprehensive Design Services for advanced/alternative design and construction delivery contracts, guiding design decisions to maintain program requirements, schedule, budget, and quality commitments while facilitating team coordination and constructability.
Construction
Responsibilities
Assist operating groups with design team selection
Support proposal development with written narratives, visual images, and graphics
Guide the "Winning" strategy during project pursuits
Attend presentation preparations and develop presentation skills
Review A/E scope, contract terms, and lead design fee discussions
Guide the design team through testing program, materials, codes, building systems and constructability
Champion innovation and the best possible project for the customer, within program, quality, budget, schedule, and sustainability constraints
Assist project teams with maintaining design in alignment with Owner approved budget and schedule thru routine reviews
Provide peer reviews and write-ups
Lead meetings and monitoring the Design Decision Log
Assist with determining functionality and quality of the design team's solution and documents
Track follow-up items for design team action and information needed from WT, subcontractors, vendors and/or the client to keep the design moving forward
Manage the flow of information from the client to the design team, and vice versa
Regularly attend construction meetings and conduct site walks with design team
Help WT project team with design related issues during construction
Ensure design team completes their project construction phase and close-out commitments
Support the Design Management initiative through building resource tools
Maintain one professional license and get involved in approved associations
Look for ways to improve our approach to benefit our customers, our build partners and design/trade teammates
Facilitate a healthy integrated team structure and workflow
Facilitate day-to-day activities of how a Design Manager sustain trust between themselves and all design, construction and owner team members and create an environment of idea sharing, fairness, inclusion, diversity of thought and professionalism
Participating in regional and national professional organizations
Qualification
Required
Provide experienced leadership of Comprehensive Design Services for advanced/alternative design and construction delivery contracts
Design Managers partner with designated project and discipline leads from the design and construction teams to ensure design is fully integrated into the overall execution of a design excellence project
From project inception through completion, the Design Manager guides all design decisions to maintain program requirements, schedule, budget, quality commitments and customer delight
Facilitating team coordination, constructability, and design quality reviews
Assist operating groups with design team selection
Support proposal development with written narratives, visual images, and graphics
Guide the 'Winning' strategy during project pursuits
Attend presentation preparations and develop presentation skills
Review A/E scope, contract terms, and lead design fee discussions
Guide the design team through testing program, materials, codes, building systems and constructability
Champion innovation and the best possible project for the customer, within program, quality, budget, schedule, and sustainability constraints
Assist project teams with maintaining design in alignment with Owner approved budget and schedule thru routine reviews
Provide peer reviews and write-ups
Lead meetings and monitoring the Design Decision Log
Assist with determining functionality and quality of the design team's solution and documents
Track follow-up items for design team action and information needed from WT, subcontractors, vendors and/or the client to keep the design moving forward
Manage the flow of information from the client to the design team, and vice versa
Regularly attend construction meetings and conduct site walks with design team
Help WT project team with design related issues during construction
Ensure design team completes their project construction phase and close-out commitments
Support the Design Management initiative through building resource tools
Maintain one professional license and get involved in approved associations
Look for ways to improve our approach to benefit our customers, our build partners and design/trade teammates
Facilitate a healthy integrated team structure and workflow
Facilitate day-to-day activities of how a Design Manager sustain trust between themselves and all design, construction and owner team members and create an environment of idea sharing, fairness, inclusion, diversity of thought and professionalism
Participating in regional and national professional organizations
Travel will occur during pursuit, design and construction phases
Company
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
“How fortunate we all are to work in an industry that produces such a tangible work product that affects so many profoundly.
Founded in 1909
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Anthony Moag
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
2025-10-23
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