Furniture/Interior Designer
The Judge Group Inc.

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.

Contact: cbeasty@judge.com

This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com

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