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We seek to move the world forward through innovative thinking.

Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.

Position Overview

Woolpert is an award-winning global architectural practice, focused on performance-driven, highly complex facilities for some of the world’s largest technology clients. We blend applied research, strategic thinking, and technology-driven design methods, while seeking innovation that will define the future of our profession and drive solutions to the most complex design problems. We are a Chicago and London-based practice with an expanding team of local and remote team members.  We are seeking a Senior Consultant-Program & Product Development Design Manager that is  highly motivated and skilled with experience in decarbonization strategy and architectural productization to join our Mission Critical Program & Product Development (PPD) team. This position would be aligned with our offices located in Chicago, IL/New York City, NY/Pittsburgh, PA and would support full-time in-person/hybrid, and remote working arrangements.

Our Mission Critical PPD team works with global technology clients to develop innovative building products, systems, and assemblies through strategic design and productization. Our Mission Critical business is expertise-based, and our PPD team brings together teams of experts to support our clients in research and development, strategic design, prototyping, and standardization. The work of this PPD Design Manager will range from strategic decarbonization explorations to leadership in concept development designs, to expert advisory services for mass timber construction. This is a comprehensive, expertise-based role.

In this role, you will work collaboratively on complex projects, providing technical design expertise, and lead cross-disciplinary design efforts. You will be involved in a variety of projects, working with a diverse team of clients, engineers, architects, product designers, contractors, manufacturers, and fabricators to study, develop, document, deploy, and monitor solutions for enabling the next generation of data center technology while driving down environmental impact.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.  Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

What You Will Do:

As a PPD Design Manager in the Mission Critical practice at Woolpert, you will:

• Lead strategy development around decarbonizing data center equipment, systems, buildings, and campuses. You will work with our clients to identify their goals and needs, define the necessary project scope, and communicate potential solutions to their most complex design challenges.
• Enhance existing client relationships to identify and initiate additional project opportunities within the Mission Critical client base for decarbonization strategies, including collaboration with and integration in building and product design.
• Demonstrate industry-leading expertise and represent SNHA and Woolpert as an industry leader in decarbonization strategy and mass timber building design, construction, and supply chains with new and existing clients.
• Manage project teams of various scales and expertise in support of the above.

What You Will Bring: 

• Education: Advanced Degree in Architecture or Engineering
• Experience: 10+ years working on complex projects, with a focus on productization, decarbonization and / or mass timber.
• Strong knowledge of architectural/engineering detailing and systems, including mass timber detailing and prototyping.
• Knowledge of construction methods, processes, and building codes.
• Knowledge of mass timber supply chain and industry standards, as well as willingness and ability to learn new supply chains and cultivate industry connections.
• Experience developing detailed drawing packages.
• Strategic design and leadership skills, including leading client workshops.
• Excellent collaboration skills.
• Excellent written and verbal skills.
• Experience with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign is considered an asset, as well as experience with Google Docs/Sheets/Slides; Gemini/Copilot, and any software focused on carbon accounting such as OneClickLCA, Tally, c.scale, EC3.

Benefits You Will Love:

Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

• Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
• Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.
• Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
• Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!

Our projects are located throughout North America, and some travel is anticipated.

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Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here:  http://woolpert.com/about-us/

Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.  You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.

Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting askhr@woolpert.com.

If you need to reschedule or cancel your interview, please reach out to your recruiter by contacting recruiting@woolpert.com. 

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.