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Design Manager (Southern California)

Turner Construction Company
Anaheim, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/13/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/8/2026
Division: Southern Cal Main

Project Location(s): Anaheim, CA 92802 USA

Minimum Years Experience:

Travel Involved:

Job Type: Regular

Job Classification: Experienced

Education:

Job Family: Construction

Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Position Description: Lead process to deliver efficient and economical design to illustrate value through bid and construction phase to satisfy client scope and technical requirements.

Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:


  • Determine fundamental direction of design, continuously lead entire design team and design process from first step in design phase (schematic design) throughout execution until completion.
  • Integral part of construction team, work closely with Project Executive/Manager and perform decisive leadership role.
  • Establish appropriate scopes and contractual agreements between Designers necessary to deliver project.
  • Communicate effectively between Designers, Construction team and client representatives.
  • Through review and approval of all construction and shop drawings generated by design partners and subcontractors secure the design in all phases meets contractual obligations.
  • Manage timely delivery of all design documents.
  • Generate and coordinate relevant subcontractor contractual language relating to design.
  • Initiate design reviews and leverage opportunities to optimize design, improve constructability and to detect risks.
  • Understand and utilize lean aspects to minimize costs for and speeds delivery of design preparation; strive to create designs to be delivered more efficiently (prefabrication and other lean techniques), delivered more safely (safety in design), and balance first costs and life cycle costs.
  • Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.


The salary range for this position is estimated to be $200,000.00 - $250,000.00 annualized.


  • Qualifications:
    • Bachelor’s Degree from accredited and credentialed degree program in Engineering or Architecture and 12 years of experience in Engineering or Design Project Management, including Construction Administration portion of Engineering and Design Management or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience
    • Previous industry experience as Designer, desired
    • Extensive Designing, Estimating and Scheduling experience
    • Think in highly structured manner along all design disciplines with creativity to develop specialized solutions and anticipating potential challenges and opportunities, required
    • Cross-functional knowledge of key engineering disciplines (Architectural, Structural, MEP/ HVAC, etc.) and relevant trades
    • Must be integrative by involving Design Specialists and experts, consultancy and support
    • Enjoy working in professional interdisciplinary team environment while keeping independent and professional design view
    • Leadership skills to lead large teams and achieve goals
    • Travel 25% to 50%


Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather condition and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer —minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor

Salary : $200,000 - $250,000

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