Physical Security Design Manager

Exante360, Inc. is seeking a Physical Security Design Manager to lead mission-critical data center security design projects from kickoff through closeout. The role manages project scope, schedules, budgets, design coordination, quality assurance, and construction administration while delivering security design documents and coordinating with clients and project teams.

Responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of assigned projects from internal handoff through final closeout, ensuring successful delivery across all phases
• Manage the design, quality-assurance, construction administration, and closeout phases of each assigned project. Conduct cross-discipline design review for each assigned project
• Lead and participate in client meetings (both virtual and onsite) to align project requirements, expectations, and evolving system design criteria
• Conduct onsite field surveys and site assessments to verify existing conditions and confirm construction aligns with design documents and specifications
• Lead the preparation of high-quality contract documents, including Revit drawings and CSI-format specifications
• Develop, maintain, and track project schedules and deliverables to ensure on-time, accurate, and high-quality execution
• Build and manage project budgets, monitor financial performance, and track design costs using project accounting and management tools
• Collaborate closely with internal design teams and external stakeholders to coordinate and integrate system designs into the overall project
• Prepare detailed assessment reports that include clear, actionable recommendations and solutions
• Identify scope changes, prepare proposals for additional services, and secure client authorization when required
• Use Bluebeam Revu to annotate floor plans, create single-line diagrams, elevations, and other project-specific design details
• Support construction administration activities, including RFI responses, submittal reviews, site visits, punch walks, acceptance testing, and written field observation reports
• Perform QA/QC reviews of team deliverables to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with standards
• Manage assigned projects from internal handoff through final closeout, maintaining full ownership of scope, schedule, and budget across all project phases
• Coordinate and communicate with clients and internal project teams, facilitate meetings, resolving issues, and ensuring system design criteria evolve appropriately throughout the project lifecycle

Requirements:

• Client-focused approach with a strong commitment to delivering value
• Sense of ownership, responsibility, customer service, excellence, and versatility
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic, and collaborative environment
• Must be able to handle multiple concurrent assignments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 5-7 years of previous low voltage/ICT/security design experience and applying this expertise into a typical A/E/C industry design package
• Familiarity with working as an embedded subject matter expert in related cross-discipline teams. This includes gates, fencing, electrical circuiting, cable pathway design, and architectural door hardware
• Strong knowledge of mission critical data center physical security concepts and methodologies
• Must demonstrate a solid understanding of technology design concepts in one or more areas of expertise
• Experience with using Bluebeam, Smartsheet, MS Office as core software programs
• Familiarity with Revit and BIM360 modeling tools
• Comprehension of building information modeling (BIM) and recognition of the importance of coordinating infrastructure and other disciplines within the model
• Demonstrated experience using AI, automation, data analytics, or other emerging technologies to improve efficiency, decision-making, collaboration, or business outcomes
• The ideal candidate will also possess deep knowledge of ICD-705 standards
• Associate degree or bachelor's degree in an engineering related field preferred
• General knowledge of NEC, NFPA, EIA/TIA and/or BICSI standards