Sprinkler Design Manager

4 weeks ago


Santa Fe Springs, United States Johnson Controls Full time

**What you will do**

The primary role of the Sprinkler Design Manager is to oversee the fire sprinkler design team for Johnson Controls Fire Protection projects. Acting as a design lead on large complex multi-faceted projects and directing other members of the design team supporting these projects

**How you will do it**
- Responsible for design effort and deliverables of fire sprinkler systems across multiple business locations.
- Recruits, evaluates, and makes hiring decisions for the Design team to ensure appropriate mix of Project Sprinkler Designers.
- Manages medium to large sized team of Design employees across multiple locations/ States.
- Directs a team of specialist design employees that manage core/non-core product work as may be required.
- Assesses training needs, creates and maintains development plan for Design team employees.
- Evaluates employee performance and creates assessments of direct reports based on KPI's and established goals.
- Manages design team cost structure by leveraging skills of design team members to match project tasks and complexity.
- Allocates workload to Designers based on workload and skillsets.
- Attends pre/post design meetings with Account Managers, Projects Team, and customers, as required.
- Provides management of Project Designers, ensuring team members perform to meet the business needs and our required standards.
- Supports the Project Managers and liaises with clients and/or consultants on design issues.
- Performs all aspects of project design work for projects within the business, as required.
- Determines, agrees, and implements best practice measures for the Design team in line with the needs of the company and our clients.
- Ensures all project deliverables are compliant with code requirements and Johnson Controls standards.
- Maintains, organizes, and plans local team workload, tracks productivity and supports national team as required.
- Reviews, comments, and approves the technical conformity of specifications produced by others.
- Performs quality checks for team members; highlights design changes and provides feedback to the design team member.
- Reviews detailed designs to provide value engineered solutions, as required. Produces fully detailed specifications and technical submissions with complete detailed schematics & drawings to meet with design criteria.
- Provides feedback to local operation of material and design changes impacting cost and scope.

**What we look for**

**[Required Qualifications - Education, Skills & Experience]**
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in design of Fire Sprinkler Systems.
- Experience in Fire Sprinkler Construction Industry.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a team.
- Proficient in reading and understanding architectural, structural and mechanical diagrams
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, Navisworks, and Revit.
- Prefer Knowledge of SprinkCAD or HydraCAD
- Advanced understanding of mechanical systems and their impact in coordination of fire sprinkler system installations.
- Fundamental understanding of Microsoft Office Suite including, Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, Adobe
- Effective written and oral communications.

**[Preferred Qualifications - Education, Skills & Experience]**
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred, Or equivalent field experience.
- NICET Level III or above.

**Who we are**

Johnson Controls is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law.



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