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Design-Build Deputy Design Manager 8+ Yrs. Exp. KPFF's Special Projects Group is seeking a full-time Design-Build Deputy Design Manager in our Seattle or Tacoma office. KPFF's Special Projects Group has an opening for a Design-Build Deputy Design Manager in our Seattle or Tacoma office. We are seeking a highly motivated person with a passion for engineering excellence and experience delivering complex fish passage, roadway and transportation improvements on design-build projects. This position will provide the opportunity to work with a variety of clients and contractors delivering diverse public works infrastructure projects including fish passages and major transportation improvements. Key Responsibilities (or) Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Support the Design Manager to coordinate with all complimentary disciplines (roadway, drainage, structural, traffic, public involvement and environmental), technical preparation and supervision of roadway and transit design tasks including quality reviews.
• Supports the management of the project, scope, schedule, design, and quality.
• Builds and maintains relationships with local and national contractors.
• Builds and maintains relationships with local teaming partners.
• Builds and maintains relationships with owners, specifically WSDOT and Sound Transit relative to design-build pursuits and projects.
• Supports the design-build proposal process, including technical work group participation and management, technical proposal preparation, alternative technical concepts, cost proposal, schedule, and coordination of these elements with the contractor's proposal.
• Reviews plans, prepares or reviews technical specifications, contract documents and estimates.
• Leads, develops and reviews post design construction related tasks including; NDCs, FDCs, RFIs, PCO's and manage design risk through construction.
• Assures the project team complies with the contract agreement as well as exercises rigid cost control to implement the approved design within established budget restraints.
• Supports hiring, development, and mentoring of design-build project staff.

Example of Projects:

• Design-Build Transportation Infrastructure
• Road and Highway Design
• Fish Passage/Culvert Replacement Projects

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of civil design and management experience with a PE in the State of Washington or ability to get reciprocity
• 5+ Years of experience on large Department of Transportation (DOT) projects
• 3+ Years working on transportation Design-Build Projects
• B.S. in Civil Engineering
• Proficient in MS Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
• An appreciation for the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the workplace. DEI is an important component of the KPFF environment. We are looking for people who are eager to contribute to our on-going pursuit of a culture that embraces our employee's differences, strengths, interests, and backgrounds

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of construction means, methods and techniques
• Familiarity with WSDOT Standard Plans and Standard Specifications and Design Manual
• Experiencing delivering alternative project delivery procurements for WSDOT, Sound Transit or other similar agencies.
• Experience working with contractors who are active in the Puget Sound Region.
• DBIA Professional

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