Job Description

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. 

Job Description

The Design Manager is responsible for the execution of design strategies by developing, adapting, and implementing design standards for restaurants. This role requires developing expertise in architecture, engineering, and interior design while ensuring compliance with state and local regulations, company brand standards, and industry best practices.

Your Impact and Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with the Property Development team, outsourced architects, and consultants to produce construction documents for new and franchised restaurant locations
• Ensures construction documents align with company’s design objectives, architectural standards, and quality standards while maintaining brand integrity
• Provides creative direction to architects for custom or unique site conditions, including overall site planning and interior layouts for conversions of existing buildings and non-traditional projects
• Develops innovative design solutions for space planning, construction details, material selection, and branded storefronts
• Serves as a subject matter expert, supporting current technical needs and requirements to the overall development program assuring best in class designs
• Communicates design solutions using company-specified presentation formats and industry standard design tools such as AutoCAD, Bluebeam, SketchUp, Photoshop, and InDesign
• Reports on project progress and integrates analytics, lessons learned, and best practices to continuously refine design standards

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing and reviewing construction plans and specifications for retail or restaurant projects
• 3+ years of experience in architectural and site plan design, cost and quality control, material and equipment installation, bidding practices, and assessing material and labor costs
• 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 15%
• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, civil engineering, construction management or related

Additional Information

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

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Local area, Gangs, Flexible hours,

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