Design & Engineering Coordinator
The Design & Engineering Coordinator supports the VP of Design & Engineering in running design reviews, standards governance, vendor evaluation, and document control across a concurrent multi-project portfolio.
This is not a general administrative role. The successful candidate will handle drawing sets, specifications, submittals, RFIs, and compliance trackers directly, and will be trusted to keep multi-discipline review cycles on schedule without prompting.
Core Responsibilities
Document Control
- Maintain project document structures, file naming conventions, and revision control across SharePoint and project management platforms
- Log, distribute, and track drawing sets, specifications, submittals, RFIs, and design review comments; confirm receipt and closure
- Issue and archive transmittals; maintain current-revision registers so teams are never working from superseded documents
- Control access permissions and confidentiality requirements on tenant-sensitive documentation
Project Coordination
- Track design review cycles against stage-gate milestones; flag slipping deliverables before they become schedule impacts
- Maintain compliance and deviation logs (OPR vs. BOD), RFI logs, and bid comparison matrices under the direction of the VP
- Assemble review packages for internal and tenant distribution, including consolidated comment logs and response tracking
- Coordinate multi-discipline and multi-time-zone reviews
Meetings, Workshops, and Follow-Up
- Build agendas, capture minutes, and maintain action item registers with owners and due dates
- Drive follow-up to closure; escalate stalled items rather than letting them sit
- Coordinate logistics for design workshops, kickoffs, and knowledge-transfer sessions, including materials preparation
Resource and Vendor Support
- Support bid processes: RFP distribution, bidder Q&A logs, proposal intake, and comparison workbook population
- Onboard consultants and vendors to document platforms and naming standards
- Maintain contact registers, consultant scopes, and design team org charts across projects
- Track candidate pipelines and interview scheduling for design and engineering hires
Standards Governance
- Maintain and version-control company design standards, checklists, and templates
- Ensure current standards are published, indexed, and accessible to project teams
Executive Support
- Manage a heavily loaded calendar across multiple time zones, including travel booking and itinerary management
- Prepare presentation materials, expense reports, and correspondence