ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in more than 250 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing over 1,000,000 units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has nearly $79 billion of assets under management, including over $35 billion of development assets and over $30 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The Director of Design Management (DM) performs a critical role ensuring Development and Construction design requirements are established, incorporated and coordinated in the design process. The DM will work closely with Preconstruction and Development during the initial phases of a project to ensure design requirements and assumptions are established and ensure those requirements are adhered to throughout the design process. The DM will ensure consistent and robust interim design deliverables throughout the design process (SD, DD, and “GMP” or 95% CD, and IFC set of plans) and ensure that national and regional design standards are incorporated within those deliverables. Furthermore, the DM will coordinate pre-Development schedules with Development teams and ensure a smooth transition from design to execution with the Construction teams. The DM works intimately with the project architect, design teams, and Greystar development, construction and preconstruction teams to manage schedule, drawing quality and design standards. The DM’s success in their role will be measured by the completeness of the plans used to construct the project and the adherence to the established design schedules. DMs must be experienced in multifamily architecture and have extensive knowledge of building and energy codes as well as technical knowledge of building systems and be able to defend a design to code officials if necessary.

JOB DESCRIPTION

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participating in project site planning and visioning meetings to establish the early layout of the project and ensure a consistent vision for the project is applied throughout the design process
• Participating in project Due Diligence meetings to identify and address project design issues and elements
• Establishing and maintaining project pre-development, design and permitting plans and schedules to ensure that all required submissions are complete and submitted on time. 
• Communicating effectively with necessary stakeholders (internal and external)
• Coordinating and scheduling the project’s Design Kickoff meeting, including preparing the meeting agenda and providing minutes after the conclusion of the meeting.
• Producing and maintaining a standard list of deliverables for each consultant at each stage of the design process and ensuring that the design teams are consistently designing per those deliverables
• Reviewing all document issuances (including both plans and specifications) to confirm the conformance with the established expectations of quality and scope included in the Design Agreements and Greystar National and Regional Standards including:
  • Conceptual Design
  • Schematic Design
  • Design Development
  • 50% Construction Documents
  • Permit/GMP Documents
  • IFC Construction Documents/Issued For Construction sets
• Scoping and reviewing design consulting agreements
• Ensuring that all 3rd party consultants are engaged by the necessary milestones in the project design schedule
• Ensuring that project architects are distributing the necessary deliverables for review by project subconsultants (including waterproofing, sustainability, accessibility, acoustic, and any other consultant whether under the architect or the owner), engaging the project subconsultants, and ensuring that the architect is incorporating the subconsultant’s feedback and recommendations into upcoming deliverables
• Coordinating and leading plan reviews at Concept, 100% SD, 100% DD, 75% GMP, IFC and any other sets as necessary.  Plan reviews are to be managed via Bluebeam and hosted in person as much as practical at a venue suitable to the project team.  The Director of Design Management is responsible for ensuring that all project shareholders participate in generating content and comments for the plan reviews via the Bluebeam session, and sorting all content provided in the Bluebeam session
• Attending all design meetings for assigned projects either in person or via teleconference
• Tracking open items and necessary decisions to ensure timely direction is given to the design team and Construction
• Ensuring that the project design teams have incorporated all plan review comments (internal, 3rd party, AHJ, etc…) into subsequent deliverables
• Ensuring that all projects include all relevant Greystar National and Regional Standards in the GMP and IFC sets and working closely with Greystar National Quality Control to keep all projects current with respect to any updates to the Greystar National Standards
• Working with the design team to ensure that an interior and exterior mockup is included in the project’s GMP documents, ensuring that all relevant exterior and unit interior finishes are portrayed on the mockup
• Coordinating early (pre-GMP) mockups to ensure Development buy-in within the budget
• Working with Preconstruction to review all qualifications and clarifications provided by Greystar Construction or 3rd party general contractors
• Working with the Construction, Development and Preconstruction teams to ensure that all unit finishes are selected, unit plans are approved, and an interior design standards are established to avoid delays in design deliverables
• Reviewing and vetting VE alternates and ensuring quick decisions on all VE alternates quickly following pricing feedback.  Ensuring all alternates are incorporated into the drawings
• Working with Development and Construction to ensure efficient and product appropriate design decisions are being made and adhered to
• Participating in business building initiatives to help the business improve

BASIC KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a concentration in architecture, building construction, civil engineering, or related field
• 5 years of experience in multifamily architecture or design management, with much of that experience in construction administration being preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with co-workers, contractors, and vendors
• Strong computer skills including Revit, AutoCAD, Excel, Word, Outlook, Bluebeam, etc

DESIRED SPECIALIZED SKILLS:

• Master’s Degree with a concentration in architecture, building construction, civil engineering, or related field
• 8 years of experience in multifamily architecture or design management with much of that experience in construction administration
• Primavera P6

TRAVEL / PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Operate a computer keyboard, phone, calculator, and other office equipment
• Ability to see and read a variety of materials and observe a variety of development and construction activities
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for extended periods of time
• Must be able to transport 10-25 lbs (computer, files, etc.)
• Must be able to move about the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Must be able to maneuver on a job site for extended periods of time
• Ability to fit into a normal office environment with exposure to a personal computer monitor and frequent use of a keyboard
• Project site exposure to dust, miscellaneous allergens, sunlight, extreme temperatures (hot/cold), and other natural and environmental exposures, machinery, etc.
• Ability to work from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm M-F (alternate schedule may apply)
• Valid driver’s license or reliable means of transportation
• Ability to travel to field locations and stay overnight as required

Additional Compensation:

Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range including business requirements, prior experience, current skills and geographical location.

• Corporate Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in a quarterly or annual bonus program based on individual and company performance.

• Onsite Property Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs.

Robust Benefits Offered*:

• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.

• Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure.

• For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.

• 6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).

• 401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.

• Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans.

• Charitable giving program and benefits.

*Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles, compensation and benefits may vary from the listed information above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority.

Greystar will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.