Design Manager

About Burns:

Burns Engineering provides professional engineering design and project management services for transportation, facilities, and infrastructure projects. We help our clients attain their strategic goals and initiatives through successful large-scale infrastructure projects. Burns' full-service capabilities include mechanical, electrical, civil, structural, transportation, and energy consulting engineering.

Recently voted a Top Workplace by Philly.com, we credit our strength as an organization to our talented, driven, vibrant team. Burns is an ENR Top 500 Firm, and has been named an MEP Giant by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine, as well as a Hot Firm by Zweig. We are industry experts, proven leaders, innovative thinkers, and team players. We put our clients' successes and best interests first, because their success is our success. We have fun at work because we love making a difference in the world. We are looking for high-energy, bright, collaborative individuals who want the opportunity to "write their own story" with us.

Railroad & Transit Team

Burns provides design and construction solutions to help maintain, improve, and expand the nation's railroad and transit infrastructure. We have designed the implementation of critical programs across the country, and support the renewed emphasis on a public transit-oriented lifestyle.

Burns is currently seeking a licensed Design Manager to join our Railroad & Transit team in Washington, D.C.

SUMMARY

We are seeking an experienced Design Manager to support our transit authority client through a staff augmentation role. This position plays a key role in overseeing the design aspects of complex transit infrastructure projects. The ideal candidate will ensure all design deliverables are technically sound, compliant, and well-coordinated across authority departments, consultants, and contractors. This role also involves active collaboration with engineering, architecture, safety, and construction stakeholders to maintain project alignment with client's standards, budget, and schedule.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain full familiarity with project plans, specifications, schedules, and contractor documentation to understand the roles and responsibilities of the authority, consultants, and contractors.
• Develop design scopes of work and support the preparation of Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
• Assist in overseeing other design consultants.
• Review design packages for completeness, coordination, and compliance with applicable codes and other requirements.
• Conduct code compliance reviews and gap analyses to ensure quality and regulatory adherence.
• Oversee the quality assurance process for all design deliverables, ensuring consistency across design disciplines and engineers of record (EORs).
• Manage the progress of design work and ensure completion of deliverables within approved budgets and schedules.
• Coordinate closely with contractors, third-party stakeholders, and the authority for effective design integration.
• Track and manage all related documentation, including memos, action lists, meeting minutes, and correspondence.
• Ensure all as-built drawings are complete and accurate
• Oversee the review and final disposition of all design submittals.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• A minimum of 15 years of experience in project management and/or construction management, including at least 4 years of direct design oversight experience in the transit industry.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia.
• Strong knowledge of engineering design standards, regulatory codes, and construction methodologies in transit infrastructure.
• Proven experience managing multidisciplinary design teams and interfacing with multiple stakeholders.