Interior Designer Associate

Goodwyn Mills Cawood LLC•Birmingham, AL

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) is one of the largest privately held architecture and engineering firms in the Southeast, with offices located throughout Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. GMC has an opening for an Interior Designer Associate to support on-going commercial architectural projects (Educational, Hospitality, Healthcare and Municipal facilities) in Birmingham, AL. GMC is a regional firm with national experience, operating from 24 offices across the Southeastern United States. The company emphasizes community, collaboration, creativity, and hard work to make a difference. GMC takes pride in serving communities through transformative work, including designing schools, parks, hospitals, and other commercial developments, as well as providing clean water, safe streets, and restoring resilient environments. Their projects are guided by the principle that communities are built by people, not companies, and they strive to serve with quality, integrity, creativity, and care. As a comprehensive multi-disciplined firm, GMC offers services in architecture, interior design, civil engineering, environmental services, landscape architecture, planning, transportation engineering, geotechnical engineering, electrical engineering, surveying, and disaster recovery.

Requirements

Minimum 3+ years of interior design experience
Bachelor's Degree (BA) from four-year college or university in Interior Design
Computer skills required: (Microsoft Office Suite; Revit; Rendering software minimum)
Expertise in layout, color, lighting, materials selection and installations
Experience with Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite or other design programs
Knowledge of industry best practices, ADA Codes, building materials and construction details
Strong communication and writing skills.
Sharp eye for quality assurance and an attention to detail
Ability to balance multiple projects and meet deadlines.
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
Ability to adapt with changing business needs.

Responsibilities

Attends client planning meetings; presents plans and information to customer for review and approvals.
Schedule and assign tasks to other internal teams in a clear manner, process scopes of work or contracts in coordination with sales, and report on project statuses and budgets.
Conducts field measurements.
Inventories existing product and produces as built drawings/specifications.
Develops and presents block and space plans and gains customer approvals.
Develops plotting, printing, color boards, etc.
Develops construction documents and specifications on finishes and furniture.
Review design and content changes to ensure they meet GMC standards.
Document control, contract scope review and maintaining records of the project for both current and future use
Overseeing installing the design elements and furniture
Assists with punch list review with project managers.
Assists in the writing and presentation of design proposals and contracts.
Maintains detailed and extensive project documentation, including records of all key decisions, phone conversations, approvals and signoffs, and notes from all project planning meetings.
Manages adherence to project schedule, project budget, design task completions and quality of design work.
Communicates effectively with internal and external clients.