Interior Designer

Veterans Health Administration • Orlando, FL

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The Interior Designer plans and implements complete interior designs for the Environmental Management Service (EMS) at the Orlando VA Healthcare System and its satellite locations. The role supports EMS’s mission by managing growing project demands and helping ensure facilities are functional and safe through coordinating, monitoring, planning, and designing improvements.

The position provides interior design plans, consultation, advice, specifications, and designs for spaces involved in new construction and renovation. It influences projects from conception through activation, applying knowledge of facility use requirements and furnishing availability, and develops appropriate color schemes. The designer also addresses signage and wayfinding, reviews design choices with maintenance and operations, monitors contractor performance, and evaluates program compliance with applicable VA, OSHA, Joint Commission, ADA, and other requirements.

Work schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST. This is not a virtual position.

Requirements

• Be a U.S. citizen.
• Meet the Interior Design Series 1008 individual occupational requirement through major study in interior design or a qualifying related field that included or was supplemented by at least 30 semester hours in interior design, interior architecture, or interior environmental design, or pass the NCIDQ examination.
• Meet the GS-11 specialized-experience requirement: one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-09, or qualify through the stated education or combination-of-education-and-experience provisions.
• For the education-only pathway at this grade, have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.M.
• Current federal employees and certain former federal employees must meet the stated time-in-grade requirement: 52 weeks at GS-09 for a GS-11 position.
• Complete the required application steps, questionnaire, and online assessment.
• For males born after December 31, 1959, meet Selective Service registration requirements.
• Complete a background/security investigation and online onboarding, and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Participate in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Serve the required one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Develop project schedules to ensure build-out dates meet project expectations.
• Design complex signage and wayfinding systems, building and room numbering systems, exterior signage and monuments, temporary signage systems, and Braille requirements.
• Review design considerations with maintenance and operations to promote efficient, cost-effective selections for equipment, finishes, lighting, and mechanical systems.
• Provide technical guidance and monitor contractor performance and authorizations related to interior design matters.
• Evaluate the interior design program for compliance with VA requirements, OSHA standards, Joint Commission standards, regulations concerning provisions for people with disabilities, and ADA- and VA-compliant signage requirements.
• Conduct or ensure market research for procurement actions, including outreach to socioeconomic goal-category businesses, with emphasis on SDVOSBs and VOSBs and including other small businesses, disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) businesses, woman-owned small businesses, and HUBZone businesses.
• Serve as a technical representative for design and finish specification matters.
• Review Architect/Engineer submittals for compliance with VA regulations and facility design criteria.
• Provide plans, consultation, advice, specifications, and designs for spaces in new construction and renovation projects.
• Influence new-construction design from conception through activation based on knowledge of use requirements and available furnishings.
• Ensure appropriate color schemes are developed for renovation and new-construction projects.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.
• VA may credit newly appointed federal employees for job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service when determining annual-leave accrual, subject to prior request and approval.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree