Shield AI
Construction Design Manager (R5486)
$130K–$190K
Dallas, Texas · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 10 years; experience may be in design management, owner's representation, architecture, engineering, facilities development, or capital project delivery.
- 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 external architecture, engineering, specialty consultant, and design-build teams through facility design and delivery.
- Develop facility requirements with internal stakeholders and lead programming, space planning, feasibility studies, and design reviews.
- Oversee design quality, coordination, budgets, schedules, constructability, and design-related support during construction.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related technical field.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant design management, owner's representation, architecture, engineering, facilities development, or capital project delivery experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing architecture and engineering firms on complex facility projects; proficiency with AutoCAD.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. SECRET Security Clearance; able to lift 50 pounds or greater and perform construction site visits.
Nice to have
- Active U.S. SECRET Security Clearance or higher.
- Experience with advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defense, laboratories, secure facility design, or technical facilities.
Pay
USD 130,000–190,000 (per-year-salary), base salary
Tools
AutoCAD, ICD 705, SCIF
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