Architectural Design Manager

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Why The Morgan Group?

At The Morgan Group, we are more than our 70+ multifamily properties — we are a community built on people. We believe in treating everyone with respect and dignity, from our team members and partners to our residents, clients, subcontractors, and vendors. We strive to foster an inclusive environment where every idea, perspective, and contribution is valued, and where everyone feels heard and appreciated. Our Core Values are the foundation of our success — they guide how we hire, reward, and evaluate every member of the Morgan team.

Morgan Core Values

We are Self-Starters

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One Morgan

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We Get it Done

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Raise the Bar

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    • We learn from our mistakes
    
    
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Keep on Truckin’

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Reputation is Earned Daily

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    • We are honest and have high integrity
    
    
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We attract and retain top talent by offering full-time team members a comprehensive range of benefits designed to support their well-being and success:

• Advancement opportunities


• Training


• Low-cost Medical, Dental, Vision


• Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical, Limited Purpose)


• Health Savings Account


• Voluntary Life Insurance


• Long-Term Disability Insurance


• Company Paid Life Insurance


• Company Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance


• 401K (Traditional & Roth) with Company Match


• Employee Assistance Program


• Paid Time Off plans including:




• Vacation


• Sick


• Floating Holiday


• Bereavement Leave


• Holiday Schedule




• Referral Bonus Program


• Annual bonus program

Duties and responsibilities

• Manage the overall design process for multifamily projects. Incorporating all of the design intent and programming elements as directed by the PG Mgr and Development Mgr., the ADM superintends the designers to stay on schedule, produce a well-coordinated set as well as retrieve, disseminate and track-to-completion all plan review comments as sourced from the AHJ, public utilities and all stakeholders without compromising the Morgan standard specifications (full specs to be listed on the plans).  Any deviations from the company standards will be brought to the VP of Design Services for review and discussion.


• Serves as Design Team Leader and primary conduit for communication between development, construction and design team. This is true for all stages of design (Schematic, DD and Construction Documents).


• Actively collaborate during construction with Development and Construction to identify and implement most effective solutions for the project.


• Procure, scope out, and negotiate proposals from design professionals to submit to Developer with a recommendation for approval.


• Create and enforce a consultant deliverable schedule that supports the Project’s entitlement timeline.


• Conduct weekly meetings with consultants during preconstruction.


• Assists the Developer as Design Team Leader in managing the preparation of the Site plan approval submittal.  Manages this process through the receipt of AHJ comments and all responses required to achieve Site Plan Approval.


• Submitting VE and substitution recommendations to the Developer and Program Manager.


• Fully responsible for managing the AOR to prepare the CDs suitable for bidding, permitting and construction.


• Creates Bluebeam Collaboration Document for Owner and Contractor comments and transmits to the design team. Follows up to ensure each comment is adequately addressed in subsequent progress set release.


• Monitor all RFIs and Submittals.  Review and assist with all design related RFIs and Submittals.  Monitor design team responses and determines if plan revisions will be required.


• With respect to CA Services provided by various design firms, the DM can be dispatched by the Construction PM to address issues having to do with designers’ responsiveness to the project team in hopes of resolving the delays before needing to escalate the issue to the VP of Design.


• Design Mgr CA duties to contain some travel.  Will perform on-site observation reports at construction phases as scheduled per project.

Qualifications

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  • Self-motivated
  
  
  • Organized
  
  
  • Attention to accuracy
  
  
  • Detail-oriented
  
  
  • Strong communication skills
  
  
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize
  
  
  • Architect by education and experience, registered architect a plus but not required
  
  
  • Served 5-10 years as a Project Architect/Project Manager on rental multifamily projects
  
  
  • Not afraid to push and hold external and internal parties accountable
  
  
  • Ability to Travel