Senior Design Manager

At Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers® we serve only the best tasting and most craveable chicken finger meals. It’s our ONE LOVE®. Our Crew make it happen, our Culture makes it unique and the Community makes it all worthwhile. 
 
Every talented Crewmember in our Restaurant Support Office (RSO) is important to our success and a value to our rapidly growing Company. We all work with a sense of purpose and focus on our chicken finger meals, Customers, Crew, Communities and Company Culture. We are constantly striving to Raise The Bar. The future for Raising Cane’s is growth focused and we’re on the path to being one of the top 10 restaurant companies in the United States.

Your Role at Raising Cane’s:

The Sr. Design Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership in developing, maintaining, and managing Global Architectural Design Standards and prototype documentation for Raising Cane’s restaurants. This role will manage and maintain relationships with our consultants and vendors. The Sr. Design Manager is tasked with developing multiple areas of expert knowledge in applying architecture, engineering, and interior design guidelines and protocols. This role is part of a team of internal and external design professionals who manage the complete restaurant design process through all phases.

Your Impact and Responsibilities:

• Receives approved conceptual design and make it "Rollout Ready" by standardizing design details, FF&E, and by releasing effective tools for implementation
• Leads change management of the design standards and strategizes the management of the release of quarterly updates to guidelines, scope of work documents, templates, drawings, specifications, and cut sheets
• Reports on progress and uses analytics, lessons learned, and best practices from prior projects to continually improve design standards
• Organizes project teams, resources, and workflows for the collective design team
• Sets priorities for the team to achieve goals and encourages teamwork and results
• Drives complex cross-functional projects to full completion on schedule with attention to standardization, scale, and efficiency
• Demonstrates support for changes necessary to improve costs, effectiveness, initiate, and implement change
• Initiates, guides, and delivers approved conceptual design in a complete state
• Provides change management leadership to continually improve in areas of cost, efficiency, and effectiveness
• Reports on progress and applies analytics from prior projects for process improvement
• Executes and leads the adaptation of base design drawings for prototypical buildings and regional adaptations
• Leads review, issue identification, and correction for full contract document packages
• Develops and implements certification and training program for external consultants
• Identifies, evaluates, and onboards prototype master architect to lead efforts to develop and maintain base designs and regional adaptations

Requirements for Success:

• 8+ years of experience in architecture, design, architectural standards, or project management
• 5+ years of experience managing and working with construction plans and specifications for retail/restaurant projects
• 5+ years of experience managing and working with architectural/site plan design, including cost and quality control, material/equipment installation, bidding practices, material, and labor costs
• Experience in restaurant or multi-unit retail industry
• Experience in both the owner and consultant’s side
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, InDesign, SketchUp and Photoshop a plus
• Microsoft Proficient: Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word
• Detail-oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities that may be constantly changing
• Results-oriented and flexible with strong analytical, written, and verbal communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently both independently and collaboratively
• Able to work full-time at the Restaurant Support Office in Plano, TX and travel up to 20%
• Professional licensure: member of USGBC, LEED Accredited Professional a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, civil engineering, construction management or related field

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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