Space Planner / Architect / Furniture Specialist (52600)

GAP SOLUTIONS INC • Rockville, MD

10d • $175,000 - $187,500 • Onsite

About The Position

Provide senior space planning, workplace strategy, interior design, furniture, CAD, utilization, and facility-planning expertise. Develop space allocation plans for offices, laboratories, clinical, technology, and support spaces and perform utilization reviews, occupancy studies, and feasibility analyses. Develop conceptual, preliminary, and final alternatives and provide at least three solutions for architectural, engineering, or interior-related work products when directed. Prepare and update CAD floor plans, blocking and stacking plans, test fits, furniture layouts, space allocations, and as-built documentation; validate field conditions. Coordinate with architects, engineers, project managers, facility personnel, IT, AV, MEP, GSA, subcontractors, manufacturers, and vendors. Develop furniture standards, specifications, Bills of Materials, budgets, procurement and installation plans, inventories, reuse strategies, and lifecycle recommendations. Support moves, occupancy, workplace transitions, stakeholder engagement, schedules, and operational-impact mitigation. Prepare executive presentations and strategic recommendations and reconcile space, furniture, drawing, occupancy, and asset records with ARCHIBUS. Contribute to space-planning studies, relocation plans, furniture layouts, CAD drawings, reports, briefings, and closeout products.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Facilities Planning, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 17-19 years of professional experience in space planning, workplace strategy, interior design, or facility planning.
• Experience supporting administrative, healthcare, research laboratory, and technology environments.
• Expertise in workplace planning, furniture systems, facility utilization, CAD, space-management systems, communication, and project coordination.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Government credentials and facility access.

Nice To Haves

• Licensed Interior Designer or comparable credential.
• Extensive direct NIAID OWS strategic facilities-planning experience.
• Experience with demountable walls, systems furniture, design-intent documents, reuse analysis, ARCHIBUS, and large federal consolidations.

Responsibilities

• Develop space allocation plans for offices, laboratories, clinical, technology, and support spaces and perform utilization reviews, occupancy studies, and feasibility analyses.
• Develop conceptual, preliminary, and final alternatives and provide at least three solutions for architectural, engineering, or interior-related work products when directed.
• Prepare and update CAD floor plans, blocking and stacking plans, test fits, furniture layouts, space allocations, and as-built documentation; validate field conditions.
• Coordinate with architects, engineers, project managers, facility personnel, IT, AV, MEP, GSA, subcontractors, manufacturers, and vendors.
• Develop furniture standards, specifications, Bills of Materials, budgets, procurement and installation plans, inventories, reuse strategies, and lifecycle recommendations.
• Support moves, occupancy, workplace transitions, stakeholder engagement, schedules, and operational-impact mitigation.
• Prepare executive presentations and strategic recommendations and reconcile space, furniture, drawing, occupancy, and asset records with ARCHIBUS.
• Contribute to space-planning studies, relocation plans, furniture layouts, CAD drawings, reports, briefings, and closeout products.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior