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Plant Design Manager

Mariana Minerals· Project & Construction Management
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Houston, TX, San Francisco HQ$140k - $190kFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Experienced Plant Design Manager to lead design and BIM teams, develop design strategy and standards, and drive integrated 3D/2D plant modeling from concept through construction in a software-enabled minerals company.

Responsibilities

  • Provide day-to-day leadership for the design team – 3D modelers, 2D drafters, and BIM Managers – working across technical disciplines.
  • Manage outsourced design and drafting activities.
  • Recruit and develop designers across disciplines.
  • Develop and implement Mariana Minerals’ design strategy, including design standards, CAD/BIM standards, modeling conventions, and deliverable requirements.
  • Own Mariana’s design and BIM-related tools and tool development strategy in collaboration with Mariana’s software development team.
  • Plan and allocate design resources across projects, balancing workload, priorities, and schedule commitments.
  • Lead BIM Managers and designers in the development and governance of BIM execution plans, the common data environment (CDE), and information management processes.
  • Support the design team to develop multi-discipline 3D plant models (process, mechanical, piping, structural, civil, electrical, and instrumentation) and the production of associated 2D deliverables, including general arrangements, layouts, piping isometrics, and fabrication and construction drawings.

Qualifications

  • 10–15+ years of experience in plant design for industrial facilities in owner, EPC, or EPCM environments.
  • 5+ years of experience leading and line-managing design teams, including 3D modelers, 2D drafters, and BIM professionals.
  • Demonstrated experience developing and implementing design, CAD, and BIM strategies, standards, and procedures.
  • Advanced knowledge of 3D plant design and 2D drafting software, BIM coordination and clash detection tools, and common data environments.
  • Strong understanding of multi-discipline plant design deliverables, design review processes, and engineering workflows from concept through detail engineering and construction.
  • Familiarity with applicable industry codes and standards, as well as drafting and information management standards.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and people-management skills, with the ability to coach, motivate, and develop a team.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, first-principles-oriented environment, managing competing priorities under schedule pressure.
  • Strong competencies in accountability, organizational skills, problem-solving, self-motivation, and professionalism across internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Required:Plant design leadershipCAD/BIM strategy and standardsBIM execution planning and CDE governance

Benefits

  • - Offers Equity
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Mariana Minerals

We to the Future of Minerals, verify the mineral supply chain.

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies.

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