The best-integrated design firm in the world has an opening for a Project Manager to help lead the growth of our Columbus Studio. For immediate consideration, please email your resume & portfolio to gzamora@dlrgroup.com.
DLR Group is an integrated design firm that aspires to be the most creative enterprise on the planet. Our brand promise is to elevate the human experience through design. If that challenge is appealing, you're at the right place. DLR Group operates within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.
DLR Group operates within a hybrid work model (3 days in the office / 2 days remote), supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.
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Position Summary:
As a Project Manager at DLR Group you will be responsible for leading projects on budget and schedule while delivering design excellence. As part of our integrated design team, you create buildings that elevate the human experience through design.
You'll provide hands-on supervision to architectural, engineering and design staff during all phases of the project as well as partner with vendors and consultants as needed. Additionally, you will be expected to lead interviews in front of clients to win work.
The successful candidate will:
- Develop project Work Plans (schedule, budget, cartoon set) for project success.
- Be responsible for the coordination of all project efforts, administrative and technical, to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective execution of assigned projects.
- Serve as primary contact with clients to bring projects to completion on schedule, within budget, and with a focus on client trust, rapport, and satisfaction.
- Understand Business Development, and genuinely and consistently build and maintain ongoing professional relationships with the clients.
- Coordinate with the Business Development leader to attend client events, fundraisers, and other events within the city.
- Proactively and creatively manage client budgets, schedules, and programs; project communications and documentation; office administrative tasks; and project team assignments.
- Estimate fees, determine the scope of work, and prepare proposals and contracts.
- Ability to assist in winning work and great communication skills.
- Knowledgeable in programming and planning.
Required Qualifications:
- Professional License / Registered Architect in Ohio.
- Bachelor’s and/or Master of Architecture from an accredited program
- 6-15 years experience, with at least 2 years of experience successfully leading Architecture/Interior Design Projects
- Proven ability to lead integrated design teams.
- Must have a collaborative management style and strong people skills.
- Must have good communication and public speaking skills to participate in interviews and client presentations.
- The ability to travel occasionally to support project tasks.
- Technical experience in leading construction administration efforts.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in education projects including K-12 and/or Higher Education projects.
- Involvement in architecture and educational organizations such as AIA or A4LE.
Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills.
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our client’s success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision-making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.
Gahanna, Ohio