Facilities Interior Designer/Space Planner

General Motors•Warren, MI

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a member of the Infrastructure & Corporate Citizenship – Facilities Space Planning Team, the Interior Design/Space Planning role focuses on supporting the workplace and facility systems in a wide range of facilities that GM has around the world. You will work with an industry leading team that designs, builds/constructs, and maintains facilities and building assets for vast operating functions. Doing so in a safe, compliant, cost-efficient manner utilizing advanced technology to support social & ecological sustainability. We create the future and not just plan for it.

Requirements

Develop interior design concepts aligned to workplace guideline (look/feel, materials, color, lighting) for workplaces aligned to brand, ergonomics, and comfort.
Own and apply interior design standards, finish palettes, and guidelines across sites and projects.
Translate program requirements and workplace strategy into interior layouts for workspaces, collaboration areas, amenity spaces, and support zones.
Select and coordinate interior finishes, fixtures, furniture, graphics, and specialty elements (e.g., display areas, cafés, training spaces).
Produce/design-review drawings, renderings, and specifications for interiors packages.
Support test fits and reconfiguration studies where interior solutions impact seating, adjacencies, or amenity layouts.
Recommend furniture/finish solutions, support bids, evaluate vendor proposals, and provide direction to dealers/manufacturers.
Review shop drawings, submittals, and mock-ups for compliance with design intent and standards.
Conduct site walks during construction to verify installation of finishes, furniture, signage, and lighting against design.
Support punch-lists and quality checks for interior elements before Day-1.
Shape the user experience of space (wayfinding, branding, environmental graphics, feature areas, cafés/kitchenettes, training centers, etc.).
Gather feedback on interior performance (comfort, usability, aesthetic quality) and feed lessons learned into future standards and projects.
Lead supplier discussions & furniture procurement process
Oversee and lead furniture interior projects (reconfigurations, additions)
Confirm that proposed plans are safe, functional, aesthetically appropriate and meet all public health, safety, state and local code requirements.
Develop scope and preliminary design development
Coordinate creation of furniture installation documentation
Confirm integration to building infrastructure in conjunction with engineering staff including electrical, lighting, plumbing, HVAC
Create custom millwork details
Interface with CAFM Service Center to obtain architectural documentation & submit as built documentation to CAFM for updating master files
Develop conceptual test fit designs
Provide 2D and 3D preliminary concept studies
Create furniture installation schedule
Conduct furniture installation project meetings
Document and integrate project lessons learned into Workplace Design Guidelines
Conduct formal bid process for materials and services, per purchasing guidelines
Act as a client representative in the administration of bids
Define performance criteria and facilitate bid meetings with potential vendors
Evaluate product offerings and advise recommended solution with suppliers
Specification and acquisition implementation relative to interior finishes/furniture/FF&E
Conduct field verification as required
Create adjacency schematics
Manage surplus furniture inventory (propose, manage, move, coordinate removal & installation)
Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at unbiased analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.
Strategic and Project Planning - Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
Customer Satisfaction - Meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect. Collaboration with supplier partners to ensure services rendered reflect latest specifications and design guides.
Delivering High Quality Outcomes – Engineering high quality, sustainable systems and processes that sustain future business productivity in multiple types of business units. Ensures that the facility management team is positioned to succeed amid changing business trends.
Innovation Management - Bringing the creative ideas of others to market; has good judgment about which creative ideas and suggestions will work; has a sense about managing the creative process of others; can facilitate effective brainstorming; can project how potential ideas may play out in the marketplace.

Responsibilities

Responsible for daily interface and coordination of all facilities related activities for their respective building(s) and/or business unit to ensure high quality and timely delivery of building maintenance and housekeeping services
Maintain open communication between the tenant and Sustainable Workplaces
Drives strategic and analytical planning to optimize building and facility services guided by industry benchmark standards including: space utilization (move service center, furniture/ergonomics), energy efficiency, Service Agreement deliverables, and On-Demand activities.
Responsible to ensure the Service Provider is delivering efficient and timely execution of all facility services in the areas of Maintenance, Housekeeping, Roads & Grounds services, as well as diving continuous improvements and sharing lessons learned
Drives successful planning and execution Global Manufacturing System (GMS) principles and elements
Responsible for supporting the workspace transformation projects by actively engaging with the Space Planning team in the change management process for group moves including: move process checklist, customer orientation, and occupancy surveys.
Ensuring issue and resolution of daily tenant needs and longer-term projects by pulling in the required resources such as Engineering, Resource Management, Communications, Real Estate, Food and Administration Services
Responsible for meeting our GM Global Safety standards, including but not limited to: Speak up for Safety, Global Call to Action, Safety Observation Tours, employee safety concerns, incident investigation, safety module compliance, and sentinel events.
Develop interior design concepts aligned to workplace guideline (look/feel, materials, color, lighting) for workplaces aligned to brand, ergonomics, and comfort.
Own and apply interior design standards, finish palettes, and guidelines across sites and projects.
Translate program requirements and workplace strategy into interior layouts for workspaces, collaboration areas, amenity spaces, and support zones.
Select and coordinate interior finishes, fixtures, furniture, graphics, and specialty elements (e.g., display areas, cafés, training spaces).
Produce/design-review drawings, renderings, and specifications for interiors packages.
Support test fits and reconfiguration studies where interior solutions impact seating, adjacencies, or amenity layouts.
Recommend furniture/finish solutions, support bids, evaluate vendor proposals, and provide direction to dealers/manufacturers.
Review shop drawings, submittations, and mock-ups for compliance with design intent and standards.
Conduct site walks during construction to verify installation of finishes, furniture, signage, and lighting against design.
Support punch-lists and quality checks for interior elements before Day-1.
Shape the user experience of space (wayfinding, branding, environmental graphics, feature areas, cafés/kitchenettes, training centers, etc.).
Gather feedback on interior performance (comfort, usability, aesthetic quality) and feed lessons learned into future standards and projects.
Lead supplier discussions & furniture procurement process
Oversee and lead furniture interior projects (reconfigurations, additions)
Confirm that proposed plans are safe, functional, aesthetically appropriate and meet all public health, safety, state and local code requirements.
Develop scope and preliminary design development
Coordinate creation of furniture installation documentation
Confirm integration to building infrastructure in conjunction with engineering staff including electrical, lighting, plumbing, HVAC
Create custom millwork details
Interface with CAFM Service Center to obtain architectural documentation & submit as built documentation to CAFM for updating master files
Develop conceptual test fit designs
Provide 2D and 3D preliminary concept studies
Create furniture installation schedule
Conduct furniture installation project meetings
Document and integrate project lessons learned into Workplace Design Guidelines
Conduct formal bid process for materials and services, per purchasing guidelines
Act as a client representative in the administration of bids
Define performance criteria and facilitate bid meetings with potential vendors
Evaluate product offerings and advise recommended solution with suppliers
Specification and acquisition implementation relative to interior finishes/furniture/FF&E
Conduct field verification as required
Create adjacency schematics
Manage surplus furniture inventory (propose, manage, move, coordinate removal & installation)