Designer, Fort Myers - Healthcare

Workscapes, Inc.•Fort Myers, FL

23h

About The Position

The Healthcare Designer provides design services to dealership customers, specializing in clinical and non-clinical healthcare environments as well as commercial areas. Work includes programming, space planning, development of typicals, color boards and digital presentations, working and installation drawings, specifications, and site-to-plan review. The designer works closely with dealership sales, project managers, order entry, installation groups, and customers to ensure accurate plans and specifications, compliance with client requirements, customer satisfaction, and high-quality project implementation. The role focuses primarily on healthcare projects, while also assisting with other projects as requested. The position involves programming healthcare spaces with Account Executives, interviewing customers and end users, researching workplace requirements, analyzing space and furniture needs, and presenting plans for customer review and approval. The designer develops plans, presentations, drawings, specifications, and color and finish selections; validates plans against construction, electrical engineering, and architectural design drawings; manages revisions; and supports project completion and punch-list review. The designer also estimates and tracks design time, maintains detailed project records, monitors schedules, budgets, task completion, and design quality, and communicates project status with team members. The position requires knowledge of commercial and healthcare interior design, healthcare workplace issues, applicable codes and standards, architectural and construction processes, contract furniture products, and dealership order, project management, delivery, and installation processes. Travel to sites for meetings or site verification is required. Working conditions are normal for an office environment, with computer use for most of the workday and appropriate rest periods.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in interior design or comparable experience.
At least three years of experience in commercial contract furniture industry design.
At least one year of experience in healthcare design.
Proficiency in AutoCAD, SPEC, and CET.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Valid driver's license and a driving record that meets the Company's insurance carrier requirements.
Ability to operate a computer for most of the workday with appropriate rest periods.

Nice To Haves

State of Florida Interior Design License.
NCIDQ Certification.
Experience with Herman Miller products is extremely helpful.

Responsibilities

Conduct programming of clinical and non-clinical areas with the Account Executive; interview customers and end users, research workplace requirements, analyze space and furniture needs, and produce program reports.
Attend client planning meetings as needed and present plans and information to customers for review and approval.
Collaborate with the sales department to recommend design solutions, provide value engineering, and evaluate orders and proposals for design feasibility.
Prepare sales presentation packages that may include sketches, renderings, drawings, cost estimates, and sample boards.
Develop and present block plans, space plans, and digital color and finish boards and selections.
Develop finished working drawings for specification and installation, validating plans against construction, electrical engineering, and architectural design drawings.
Obtain information and approvals from relevant departments and communicate with team members to support design decisions.
Develop product specifications, check them against plans, and prepare specifications for order entry using SPEC, AutoCAD, and CET.
Manage design changes and revisions.
Review punch lists with Project Managers and/or the installation group.
Estimate design project time, track time in the designated system, and manage actual time against estimates.
Maintain detailed project documentation, including key decisions, phone conversations, approvals and sign-offs, and notes from planning meetings.
Manage adherence to project schedules, internal dealership and customer budgets, design task completion, and design quality.
Regularly communicate design project status to team members and collaborate to resolve issues.
Perform plotting, printing, color-board production, and digital presentations for client and dealership transmittals.
Maintain knowledge of commercial and healthcare interior design and current practices, healthcare workplace issues, applicable codes and standards, architectural and construction processes, contract furniture lines, and furniture-related dealership processes.
Assist with special projects and perform additional tasks as assigned.
Serve as a healthcare product expert.
Travel to sites for meetings or site verification.