Manager, Design

Chipotle Mexican Grill is a restaurant company focused on serving responsibly sourced, real food and cultivating a better world. The Design Manager manages design and construction documentation for new restaurants within a geographic market, overseeing consultants, layouts, construction documents, schedules, and coordination with real estate, construction, and operations partners.

Responsibilities:

• Initiating project file setup and coordinating dissemination of project data to assigned consultants. Managing architect and engineer consultants (among others), the DM will prepare the initial design package (Kick Off Package). Visit proposed premises as needed, prepare reports with findings and recommendations, review LL work letters, and maintain on-site documentation
• Manage several consultants as they perform due diligence on proposed premises such as evaluating zoning and planning regulations and building code deficiencies; landlord rules and regulations governing construction, sign exhibits; verifying existing civil, architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical systems; preparing preliminary floor-plan layout studies; and assessing probable construction cost
• Developing preliminary kitchen and dining room layouts, present layouts to peers, real estate and operation leadership, obtaining necessary reviews and approvals of such layouts, creating interior and exterior elevations, sections and large-scale details in sketch form, and communicating approved designs to local market consultants
• Managing, reviewing, and approving construction documents, and transitioning project to operations and/or construction administration
• Establish, implementing, and managing a schedule for the design and documentation of multiple new restaurants at varying stages in the design development and review process & responsible for input and on-going maintenance of all design data in Chipotle's project management systems
• Maintain close relationship and communication with Operations partners throughout the new store development process

Requirements:

• B.S./M.S. in Architecture or an equivalent education and experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with successful retail (QSR preferred) design field
• 5 years technical and project management experience in the fields of architectural design and/or construction administration
• Knowledge of and the ability to use a PC as well as Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, AutoCAD, Sketchup, and other pertinent computer applications
• Knowledge of new building construction and development; restaurant design and development; building renovation and investigation; building, energy, fire mechanical and electrical codes, and sustainable building practices
• QSR preferred