Shield AI
Construction Design Manager (R5486)
Dallas, Texas · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 26, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 10 years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related technical field.
About the job
Leads facility planning, design management, and project delivery as the owner’s representative, initially for a prototype laboratory facility.
What you'll do
- Direct architecture, engineering, specialty consultant, and design-build teams throughout facility project development.
- Translate stakeholder objectives into facility requirements and lead programming, design reviews, coordination, and technical decisions.
- Support procurement and construction execution, including design-related RFIs, submittals, and field modifications.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related technical field.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant design management, owner’s representation, architecture, engineering, facilities development, or capital project delivery experience.
- Experience managing architecture and engineering firms on complex facility projects and leading multidisciplinary design teams through all project phases.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. SECRET Security Clearance.
Nice to have
- Active U.S. SECRET Security Clearance or higher.
- Experience with advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defense, technology, laboratory, prototype, or engineering facilities; secure facility design; or design-build delivery.
Tools
AutoCAD, ICD 705, PE, RA, PMP, CCM, LEED
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