Furniture Designer

Job Title: Furniture Designer Location: Lexington MA 02420 Onsite Requirements: AutoCAD for furniture layouts and design Interior Design experience in a corporate environment Experience with design and layout of furnishings. Job Description: Reporting to the Lead Architect and Director of Engineering, the Furniture Designer provides leadership, coordination, and delivery of the Facilities Furniture Program within Client Facility Services Department (FSD). The Furniture Program includes delivery of individual furniture requests via work order and project design activity both in house and using external design services. 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's 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. Must Have: Generate coded furniture drawings and specifications for vendor. Review vendor quotes for accuracy - 3 years. Interior Design experience - 3 years Perform space reviews, furniture selection, and design/layouts - 3 years. Experience: Handle cost estimates, invoicing questions, change orders etc with furniture vendors - 3 years. Program/Project Management OR Analysis Oversee furniture installations for new projects, renovations, and replacements - 3 years. Soft Skills: Strong customer service skills and communication Software: Adobe software (Acrobat, InDesign) - 3 years AutoCAD - 3 years Software Tools: MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, and Excel) - 3 years