Designer, Jacksonville - Healthcare

Workscapes•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

The Healthcare Designer provides design services to dealership customers, primarily for clinical and non-clinical healthcare environments, while also supporting commercial projects as requested. The role covers 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 management, order entry, installation teams, and customers to produce accurate plans and specifications, meet client requirements, support customer satisfaction, and enable high-quality project implementation. The designer collaborates with account executives and customers throughout the design process, develops and presents design solutions and project materials, prepares specifications and installation documents, and coordinates revisions and punch-list reviews. The position also manages project time, documentation, schedules, budgets, task completion, and design quality, while communicating project status and resolving issues with the team. The role requires knowledge of commercial and healthcare interior design, relevant codes and standards, contract furniture products and processes, and the construction process. Travel to project sites for meetings or site verification is required. The work is primarily in a normal office environment and involves computer use for most of the workday with appropriate rest periods.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in interior design or comparable experience.
Minimum of three years of experience in commercial contract furniture industry design.
Minimum of 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 company insurance carrier requirements.

Nice To Haves

Florida Interior Design License (preferred).
NCIDQ Certification (preferred).
Experience with Herman Miller products is extremely helpful.

Responsibilities

Conduct in-depth 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 sales to recommend design solutions, provide value engineering, and evaluate orders and proposals for design feasibility.
Prepare sales presentation materials, which may include sketches, renderings, drawings, cost estimates, and sample boards.
Develop and present block plans, space plans, digital color and finish boards, and selections.
Develop finished working drawings for specification and installation, and validate plans against construction, electrical engineering, and A&D drawing sets.
Obtain information and approvals needed to make design decisions through ongoing communication with team members.
Develop product specifications, verify specifications 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 project estimates.
Maintain detailed project documentation, including key decisions, phone conversations, approvals and sign-offs, and notes from planning meetings.
Manage adherence to project schedules, dealership and customer budgets, design task completion, and design quality.
Regularly communicate project status to team members and collaborate to resolve issues throughout projects.
Perform plotting, printing, color-board preparation, 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 design and construction processes, dealership contract furniture lines, and contract furniture 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.
Operate and lead in accordance with the company’s core values and Guiding Principles.