Project Specifier - Contract Office Furniture

Job Title: Project Specifier

Basic Function:
Provides design services to dealership customers, including space planning, typical development, working/installation drawings, specification and site-to-plan review. Create renderings ad presentations to display solutions to customers. Works closely with dealership sales, order entry and installation groups, as well as customers, to ensure accurate plans and specifications, conformance to client’s requirements, customer satisfaction and high quality project implementation. May also be required to travel to site to verify site conditions and take inventory

Specific Responsibilities and Duties:
Design Process

• Develops product specifications; double-checks specifications against plans; gets specifications order-entry ready using an electronic specification program
• Develops and presents block and space plans; gains customer approvals
• Develops finished working drawings for specification and installation; validates plans against construction, electrical engineering and A&D drawing sets; gains customer approvals
• Manages changes and revisions
• Conducts in-depth programming and products program report; interviews customer/end users, researches workplace requirements, analyze space/furniture needs
• Attends client planning meetings; presents plans and information to customer for review and approvals
• Reviews site; conducts field measurements and plan-to-site adherence checks
• Inventories existing product; produces as-built drawings/specifications
• Conducts field and punch-list review with project managers and/or installation group

Departmental Practices

• Does plotting, printing, color boards, etc. for client and dealership transmittals
• Assists in writing and presentation of design proposals and contracts to customers
• Maintains detailed and extensive project documentation, including records of all key decisions, phone conversations, approvals and sign-offs, and notes from all project planning meetings
• Manages adherence to project schedule, internal dealership budget, customer’s project budget, design task completions and quality of design work
• Communicates regularly to customer and dealership re: design project status
• Estimates design project time; maintains detailed time sheets; manages actual time against project estimates

Coordination/Planning

• Participates in pre-installation meetings with installation group/leads; collects and transmits installation/project work order information to order entry and operations group
• Ensures complete and accurate transmittal of project planning data to order entry/management, project management and installation groups

Organizational Interfaces
- Conducts responsible interfaces with: dealership sales, project management, customer service/project coordinator and operations/installation groups

Contract Furniture/Design Industry Knowledge

• Has strong knowledge of interior design field and current practices
• Understands workplace environment issues (ergonomics, technology integration, teaming, alternative office, etc.)
• Has a working knowledge of applicable building codes, ADA regulations, etc.
• Understands contract furniture processes, including order preparation, project management, order management and delivery/installation

Salary: $44,000.00-$65,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Overtime pay

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday