Location: Lexington, MA
Description:
The Judge group has a new opportunity for an Interior Designer. In this role, you will be reporting to the Lead Architect and Director of Engineering, the Furniture Designer provides leadership, coordination, and delivery of the Facilities Furniture Program. The Furniture Program includes delivery of individual furniture requests via work order and project design activity both in house and using external design services.
The successful candidate will work with our Lead Furniture Designer and serve as a primary point-of-contact between the customer/end user, the in-house FSD team and external furniture vendors. The Furniture Designer will manage day-to-day design and administrative tasks for in-house furniture design development, selection, procurement, and installation.
Key attributes for this position are outstanding communication skills; excellent organizational skills; a thorough understanding of furniture design, contract furnishings, procurement, and
construction/installation processes; an initiative to improve processes, and an excellent work ethic.
Specific Responsibilities:
• Handle customer inquiries and requests with a
high degree of accuracy, efficiency, and courtesy.
• Perform space reviews, furniture selection, and
design/layouts working with customer, furniture vendors and Planning/Design
team.
• Generate coded furniture drawings and
specifications for vendor. Review vendor quotations for accuracy.
• Oversee furniture installations in new
construction projects, renovations, and cyclical replacements.
• Create punch lists as needed and ensure project
completion.
• Coordinate with Facility shops including
Utility, Carpentry, Electrical, Security, Information Services, and additional
appropriate departments as needed to support changes in furnishings.
• Maintain inventory of FFE at an offsite storage
facility.
• Handle cost estimating, invoicing questions,
change orders, with blanket furniture vendor to better serve the customer.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor degree in Architecture/ Interior Design
or relevant professional experience.
• Minimum three-five years of experience in
Interior Design including furniture design/installation management.
• Demonstrated performance managing multiple,
simultaneous, facility design projects is required.
• AutoCAD and/or REVIT experience required.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.
• Self-starter with strong organization skills and
attention to details, comfortable working with minimal direction; adaptable to
changing organizational requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication
skills; strong interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate with others in
diplomatic, tactful manner.
Preferred Skills:
• Familiarity with the DoD Unified Facilities
Criteria (UFC) standards of design and construction is desirable.
• Familiarity with GSA pricing and contracts is
preferred.
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