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Welcome to Tomorrow

We believe that effective leaders don't simply seek "jobs"; they seek organizations with a compelling story, exceptional leaders, and room for continued growth. As you scroll through this page, you will gain a better understanding of Mortenson's narrative, where the company has been, and where it is going.

Design Phase Manager

Mortenson

Mortenson is a well established, global commercial construction enterprise differentiated by its true devotion to progressive work, sustainability, and constant innovation, offering a broad portfolio of integrated services to its customers. Despite its large enterprise size, Mortenson's leadership team maintains and encourages an entrepreneurial spirit, empowering its 3,000+ employees to consistently ideate on areas of innovation and opportunity.  In 2016, that spirit led to the creation of a ground-breaking division within the enterprise called "Digital Integration".  The Digital Integration function brings low-voltage technology design and implementation in-house, seamlessly integrating these unique and inventive services into the organization's traditional end-to-end general contracting offering. The Digital Integration team is led by Jason Jennings, a seasoned and pedigreed General Manager, and the fast-paced growth of the function has more recently been influenced by Senior Design Phase Manager, and low-voltage expert, Travis Pakonen. The Digital Integration function at Mortenson is redefining the way building owners, CIOs, and real estate developers realize the value of technology design executed real-time during new construction projects which requires the team to attract and retain high level talent as the business continues to grow.

A Foundation you can build on

Getting a sense of the foundation that has been built prior to your arrival offers a lens through which you can see where your career may go.

Mortenson Construction

Mortenson is a top-20 US based builder, developer, and provider of energy and engineering construction, headquartered in Golden Valley, MN, that has grown immensely over its rich 65+ year history. As a true leader in the industry, thriving in building innovation and employee engagement, the organization is inspired by a compelling purpose to build for the future in designing the "art of the possible" and bringing cutting-edge smart structures to life. 

History

Founded in 1954, Mortenson Construction is a U.S.-based, private, family-owned construction company. From humble beginnings, son of a Swedish immigrant, M.A. "Mort" Mortenson set out to build something special and was committed to working around the clock, and employing his wife to wear many hats, to get this business off the ground initially.  As the future generations of family continued to invest in the business over the decades, the passion, hard work, and dedication ultimately grew the business to where it is today. With a vision of reinventing how the industry ultimately works holistically, Mortenson continues to progress by challenging what exists today with what could be tomorrow.

Commercial Construction

Mortenson is arguably the most innovative commercial construction company that exists today. With a focus on investing in thinking differently and driving sustainability, Mortenson continues to be the thought-leader in construction and sets the bar high for quality commercial work across industries as it reinvents the design and construction processes, eliminating waste and executing on the most integrated projects with customers. Currently, the organization is defining the art of the possible with service offerings in smart building technology capabilities, virtual reality, 4D modeling, integrated solar solutions, and low voltage design. The strong commitment to R&D has Mortenson Construction well-positioned to continue to be the most successful and competitive in the marketplace.

Scale

Given a vast North America footprint, along with a Canadian and Chinese presence, Mortenson has roughly 3,000 employees and generates roughly $4 billion in annual revenue. Locally, Mortenson operates out of headquarter facilities in Golden Valley, MN, with additional locations in Chicago, Denver, Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Portland, and Seattle.

Mortenson - What We Value Most

Intrapreneurship

Mortenson empowers its employees to truly think differently and be supported in fresh, unique, innovative ideation. The organization thrives on differing perspectives and providing the endless opportunity to build new service offerings, business units, divisions within the broader company. 

Partnership

Those within Mortenson appreciate long-term partnerships. With an opportunity to build strong, valuable, genuine partnerships internally and externally, the teams at Mortenson capitalize on the chance to positively impact the industry through exceptional relationships. 

Authenticity

The exceptional talent within Mortenson's walls offers true transparency. The organization is full of individuals who are real, honest, kind, and authentic. No doubt, anyone can feel right at home with their welcoming arms. 

What You Will Be A Part Of

As a member of the fast-growing Digital Integration team at Mortenson Construction, you will position the organization for its future, which requires an understanding of those around you, what they collectively stand for, and how they positively impact the world around them.

US Bank Stadium - 3D/4D/VR
Sports + Entertainment - Pledge to Climate
Testimonial - Critical Partnerships
Top Workplace
Virtual Reality Construction Design
Technology Tool Innovation
Project Management - Bluebeam

The Company You’ll Keep

Who you’ll work with is often more important than the work itself. Get to know the leadership team you will be engaging with and supporting in this role.

Travis Pakonen

Senior Design Phase Manager (Direct Manager)

Travis is a seasoned low-voltage technology subject matter expert, and talented leader, with 20 years of experience supporting unique low voltage project initiatives across varying industry verticals. Travis recently joined Mortenson, adding extensive institutional knowledge and experience in LV system discovery, design, and build. He is RCDD certified providing detailed counsel and guidance to prospective customers in all phases of a project. His immediate ability to support net-new business development opportunities at Mortenson is driving continued growth for the Digital Integration division.  As a leader, Travis is communicative, thoughtful, present, and engaged. He truly takes care of his people and is a strong believer in investing in learning and development opportunities for continued growth. Travis is the direct hiring leader and this DPM position will report to him.

Jason Jennings

General Manager, Digital Integration

Leading the charge of the Digital Integration division at Mortenson is Jason Jennings, an exceptionally talented and pedigreed leader who is laser focused on driving the growth of the team and the Digital Integration portfolio of business. He is a strong brand builder and a consultative P&L owner with a track record of success helping enterprise corporations capitalize on new business ideas and growth. With foundational experience mainly in notable consumer driven organizations including Target, General Mills, and 3M, Jason brings fresh perspective and innovative thinking to Mortenson, necessary characteristics for leading a ground-breaking initiative like building the Digital Integration function. He is a forward-thinking visionary leader who encourages his team to consider the "art of the possible", and challenges his cross-functional peers to support customers in new and unique ways. Jason is an incredibly highly respected senior leader on Mortenson's innovation team.

Logan Gerken

Vice President, General Manager, Sports + Entertainment

Kevin Dalager

Director of Operations

Dan Wacker

Director of Preconstruction

A Day in the Life

Due to recent growth, Travis, Jason and the broader Digital Integration team seek to add a Design Phase Engineer to the team to support net new client-partnerships. The work you’ll do in this role will be an integral part of driving the enterprise technology servicing offering across industries. Your expertise will directly impact the strategic growth and continued progress of low-voltage technologies from design to build within Mortenson. Using your skills and areas of expertise, you will have the opportunity to significantly expand this critical business. In an effort to allow Travis to continue to excel in front-end discovery and the growth of the portfolio of opportunities, this DPE industry expert will collaborate with Travis and broader team after new business opportunities are secured and drive the continuation of discovery, creative design and ideation process with client and internal teams, and oversee the execution and quality of the implementation and customer experience post-implementation. In addition, as this team continues to grow, they seek for an individual who has long runway, is driven by curiosity, and can learn from industry experts, like Travis and others, to grow in their own career and leadership capacity within this organization. 

Responsibilities

  • Assist the owner in realizing “The Art of Possible” when it comes to LV technology and where it can benefit their business
  • Translate the owner's vision into a constructible design solution within the overall project scope, budget, and schedule
  • Act as primary point of contact with owners, architects, engineers, and low voltage / IT trade partners during the design phase

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  • Promote and facilitate open communication and issue resolution between team members
  • Provide direction and input on preferred construction means, methods, and materials for incorporation into the construction document
  • Provide direction and input when it comes to hardware and software of the low voltage systems.
  • Identify specific systems that make sense per customer requirements (i.e., Johnson Controls, Schneider etc.)
  • Provide input which supports overall project constructability and logistics
  • Obtain, review, and coordinate information from design assist trade partners
  • Incorporate low voltage and IT trade partner recommendations and preferences into design documents where appropriate
  • Assist the estimating team in translating the low voltage and IT design solution into technical and financial cost documentation
  • Coordinate the efforts of multiple design entities contracted with Mortenson
  • Coordinate, review, and submit design documents to the owner

Requirements

  • General understanding of multiple low voltage or IT systems and how they can be integrated to work together with capability to learn more. Systems may include, but are not limited to: DAS, Wi-Fi, GPON, CCTV, access control and the cabling infrastructure to support these systems.
  • Detail orientation sufficient to organize and handle multiple project tasks
  • Risk management skills

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  • Microsoft Office, project and pertinent web application skills at an intermediate level
  • Positive professional attitude, and strong customer service skills
  • Interpret and communicate Mortenson policies effectively
  • Resolve cross-cultural conflict in a culturally appropriate manner
  • Open to change based on diverse input and feedback
  • Effectively work with those of diverse backgrounds and organizational levels
  • Adaptive, effective communication and active listening skills
  • Knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and inclusive behaviors
  • Strong cross-cultural relationship building and influencing at all organizational levels
  • Track record of including diverse team members when assigning challenging and high-profile tasks
  • Minimum 5 years of related field experience
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What You Bring to the Table

Technology Expertise

You will be called upon as a low-voltage subject matter expert to instill confidence in this very talented design/build team and empower the internal teams and client-partners to drive and support innovation.

Forward Thinking

You, along with the Digital Integration leadership team, will contribute to building the technology services offering to the customer-partnerships at Mortenson .

Design Counsel

With immense opportunities in the pipeline, you will directly support customer-partners in the design process solving highly complex challenges in the technology construction process.

We believe this opportunity has the potential to be your next best thing. What do you think?