Design Build Manager

STV is currently looking for a Design Build Project Manager to join our Buildings team in our Los Angeles, CA location.

About STV

STV is a nationally recognized leader in architecture, engineering, planning, and program management services. For more than 100 years, we’ve delivered innovative solutions that shape communities and improve the quality of life. Our reputation is built on technical excellence, integrity, and a commitment to client success. STV’s Buildings group partners with major national, regional and local clients to design and deliver impactful, sustainable, and resilient buildings and places across the nation. From complex transit projects to community-focused buildings that help our cities run, we combine cutting-edge technology with deep local expertise to meet the region’s most critical infrastructure needs. Our team thrives on collaboration, innovation, and delivering projects that make a lasting impact.

Job Description

As a Design Build Manager, you’ll serve as the lead for complex building design projects that follow the Design Build method of project delivery —managing the full project lifecycle from preliminary design through construction completion. You will work closely with our Design Build Contractor partner, including overseeing budgets, schedules, QA/QC, coordination, stakeholder engagement, and staff mentorship, ensuring design, etc. meet project requirements.

What You’ll do:

• Full project lifecycle oversight: Lead projects from contract negotiation, preliminary design and engineering through final design, construction documentation, and construction support.
• Complex technical coordination: Manage internal interdisciplinary teams covering architectural, MEP and structural design, and external consultants’ coordination.
• Budget & schedule control: Maintain overall accountability for budget, schedule, scope, and quality on project.
• Public involvement & stakeholder engagement: Support public outreach efforts and serve as primary liaison with agencies, municipalities, and utilities.
• Construction phase services support: Oversee shop drawing reviews, construction schedule monitoring, and change order plan development.
• Business development: Support RFP responses and cultivate long-term client relationships.
• Mentorship & leadership: Develop junior staff, foster technical innovation, and contribute to studio leadership.

What You Bring:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering (any of the disciplines) or Architecture.
• Licensure: Active California-licensed Professional Engineer or Registered Architect.
• Experience: 15+ years in design, including leading projects from conceptual design through construction within the past 10 years.
• Project Management: Proven track record of managing Design Build projects with $5MM in fee+.
• Technical proficiency: Working knowledge of industry standard digital delivery tools like BIM, CAD, Bluebeam etc
• Leadership skills: Proven track record in budget/schedule control, technical coordination, communication, negotiation, and project oversight.
• Experience within transportation, civic or public sector projects required

Compensation Range: $196,118.41 - $224,135.33

STV offers the following benefits • Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable) • Disability insurance • Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment • 401(k) Plan • Retirement Counseling • Employee Assistance Program • Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days) • Paid Holidays (9 days) • Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year) • Parental Leave (up to 80 hours) • Continuing Education Program • Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.

Not sure this role is the perfect match? We encourage you to apply if STV’s work and values resonate with you. We know great candidates don’t always meet every qualification, and research shows women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they do. At STV, we believe strong talent comes from a wide range of backgrounds, and your skills and experience may align with this or another opportunity as we continue to grow.