Design Manager jobs in Omaha, NE

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 has an opening for an innovative and motivated Design Technology Manager.

Position Summary

As a DLR Group Intermediate Design Technology Manager, you will be responsible for working and learning in the dynamic design technology team to support DLR Group’s integrated design teams to produce award-winning work. You will report within your home office time zone-based support team to implement BIM and support Design Technology usage on projects across DLR Group's global portfolio. We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

Considering this model, this role could be based in the following cities:

• Los Angeles, CA
• Omaha, NE
• New York, NY
• Portland, OR

You will oversee the successful implementation of BIM best practices on projects and other requested needs. You will monitor the progress of BIM/Design Technology workflows between project teams, clients, consultants, and contractors. The top priority of the Design Technology Manager is to ensure that our project teams are operating at maximum efficiency, as this relates to the utilization of Design Technologies.

The successful candidate will:

• Perform periodic quality assurance reviews of Revit models and report back any performance issues and assist with resolutions to design teams.
• Assist in project planning meetings at setup and throughout the project to guide and support usage of Design Technology applications.
• Set up projects through our project startup portal.
• Provide feedback to Design Technology discipline leads to improve BIM best practices and efficiencies.
• Assist with setting up Navisworks for Clash Detection reviews for projects.
• Develop project-needed Revit content and implement standards changes into active Revit project files.
• Assist with the management of BIM 360 project sites.
• Assist with project level automation and customization of Design Technology usage.
• Learn/remain current on all Design Technology related software and add-ons in standard production use at DLR Group, and relay updates and trainings to team members.

Required Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of Architecture/Engineering/Construction (A/E/C) related Design Technology experience
• Professional Degree in related A/E/C field of study
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Mastery of Revit with a familiarity with Revit API
• Ability to learn new software and troubleshoot issues
• Ability to communicate clearly to project teams and technical staff
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Understanding of the Architecture, Interior Design, and Engineering design process
• Experience with Dynamo, Grasshopper, or a programming language
• Must be willing to work in a hybrid work environment; this role will not be 100% remote
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to scope out work required to deliver technology solutions for projects

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 clients’ 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.

Our ambition is to use our collective design voice to bring about a better society and create stronger communities by recognizing and addressing longstanding inequities in our nation. Leading this change – to deliver a more equitable culture – aligns with DLR Group’s Core Values and our brand promise to elevate the human experience through design. By exploring, discovering, sharing, and ultimately resolving inequities identified within our firm and the broader A/E/C industry, we can develop a more diverse and inclusive design culture to better fulfill our brand promise.

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 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills.

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.

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