Design Build Integrator

About the role

A well-established construction organization specializing in design-build delivery, sports and parks construction and complex site development is hiring a Design Build Integrator in St. Louis, Missouri. The role owns the design-build process from sale and pricing through design, buyout and handoff to Project Management, coordinating internal engineering teams, external design partners, estimating, preconstruction, permitting, surveying and field operations. It identifies design gaps, controls risk, finds cost efficiencies and ensures projects are ready for construction before the buyout gate.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate design from pursuit through construction handoff and review plans and specifications for accuracy, cost, constructability, quality and scope gaps.
• Select and manage external engineering and design partners, negotiating scopes, fees, agreements and deliverables.
• Coordinate architectural, structural, MEP, geotechnical, landscape and specialty design disciplines.
• Lead constructability, sequencing and value-engineering reviews, and identify savings through material selection, design alternatives and site/earthwork optimization.
• Monitor design development against the contracted budget and identify cost or schedule variances.
• Own the buyout process and define scope, cost ownership and risk; review contracts for exposure related to delays, warranties, indemnity, insurance and design responsibility.
• Coordinate permitting and agency requirements, and execute design-to-construction handoffs including assumptions, allowances, open items and basis of design.
• Serve as design point of contact for changes, submittals and agency issues through closeout, working with Sales, Estimating, Engineering, Survey, Permitting, Project Management and Field Operations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering Management or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive design and construction experience, including hands-on field construction.
• Direct experience coordinating multiple design disciplines on design-build or alternative delivery projects, and managing external engineering/design consultants.
• Experience managing $5M+ construction projects and developing design agreements and subcontracts with clear scope and risk allocation.
• Preferred: sports facility, specialty surfacing, site development or earthwork design-build experience; PE license and DBIA certification; experience with EOS, Scaling Up or a similar operating system.

Required skills

• Proficiency with AutoCAD or Civil 3D, Bluebeam, document control platforms, estimating systems and construction accounting/job-cost systems.
• Strong understanding of construction documents, constructability, estimating and project risk.
• Ability to translate technical design decisions into cost, schedule and commercial impacts.

What we offer

• Salary of $180,000 - $200,000 per year, with performance-based bonus opportunities.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) and paid time off and holidays.
• Professional development, career advancement and employee wellness programs.