Physical Security Design Manager

Exante360, Inc. is a technology design and consulting company specializing in information and communications technology and security systems. The Physical Security Design Manager will manage mission-critical data center security design projects across the full project lifecycle, coordinating stakeholders, schedules, budgets, deliverables, quality assurance, construction administration, and closeout.

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:

• 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