Interior Designer/System Furniture Project Manager

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The Building People, LLC, has a position open for an experienced Interior Designer with a focus on Office Furniture Systems and Project Management with Top Secret Clearance. The role requires providing a federal client with professional on-site interior facility design, furniture package solutions, and project management services across a variety of small to large-scale interior space design and optimization projects. Projects may include space upgrades or modification/reconfiguration of spaces to meet the mission needs of clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Effectively manage an assigned portfolio of projects while addressing challenges related:
• Space acquisition, budgeting and cost management, Scheduling, estimating,
• Construction, space reconfiguration, tenant outfitting
• project administration, program management, logistics, furniture
• Building upkeep and general management of client facilities.

Required Experience & Skills

• A minimum of five years’ experience in commercial interior space design for large facility or building projects (new and renovations), management of multiple interior space designs, and space optimization projects.
• At least two years of project management experience in the building construction sector
• Experience working with systems furniture.
• Understanding of construction methodology and terminology
• Understanding of space design, IT/Electrical drops, AV interface, and other MEP, considerations as it relates to Interior space design and layout
• Experience with Computer Aided Design (CAD) is required, recent AutoCAD experience is desired.
• Experience creating government estimates, tracking funds, and writing scope documents
• Experience with the major systems furniture lines such as Knoll, Haworth, Steelcase, Herman Miller, and UNICOR.
• Knowledge and experience with standalone office furniture, chair design and conference rooms design and construction
• Ability to pass a “suitability” background investigation and ability to gain a MINIMUM OF TOP SECRET CLEARANCES (with eligibility for SCI access) required.
• Ability to pass a DHS “suitability” background investigation is a requirement

Experience & Skills

• Experience tracking funding and space requirements
• Ability to work independently and in groups.
• Experience managing complex new construction or major renovation commercial/government building projects with experience managing simultaneous construction and/or building projects.
• Experience interfacing with GSA, suppliers, and trades.
• Possess experience in space and move management, tracking of outfitting, facility planning, and occupancy plans.

Education

• An architecture, engineering, or construction management bachelor’s degree (civil, mechanical, electrical or architectural, etc.) from an accredited University recognized by the U.S. Department of Education