Interior Design Project Manager | Workplace Interiors
Corgan
- Houston, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop competitive fee structures reflecting defined scope of services for project pursuits
- Establish and manage project schedules
- Oversee the completion of projects on time and within fee budget
- Anticipate, understand and manage client expectations
- Provide leadership to staff by identifying project studio team members’ roles and responsibilities, leveraging their strengths, providing stretch opportunities, and offering mentorship
- Lead and encourage open dialogue with project team regarding design and technical ideation and facilitate appropriate solutions
- Motivate the project team to meet project goals through encouragement and/or course correction
- Oversee the selection of materials, furnishings, fixtures, and equipment
- Oversee administration of construction phase procedures and documentation (shop drawings/submittals, requests for information, and addenda/clarifications)
- Oversee development and presentation of appropriate technical solutions to project stakeholders
- Drive the coordination of internal staff, external consultants and other stakeholders to achieve a cohesive and collaborative project team.
- Attend and conduct presentations
- Actively explore and recognize new business opportunities through professional networks
- Drive each project team to seek innovation in design solutions in an ongoing spirit of curiosity, continuous improvement, and increased project performance
- Develop effective project directives, outlines, projections, schedules, and strategies over the course of the project
- Oversee development and communication of appropriate project phasing
- Manage all facets of project production resulting in a thorough set of documents
- Identify solutions and effectively resolve technical challenges
- Understand and apply appropriate industry standards and construction practices
- Oversees, and is responsible for, the identification, understanding and documentation of regulatory agencies’ requirements, as well as recognizing and resolving code-related design issues
- Oversee quality assurance processes and quality control of project documents
- Demonstrate, share, and appropriately apply, new methodologies, practices, codes, and products
- This role is an in-office position
- Degree from a CIDA accredited Interior Design program or equivalent
- 10+ years of experience in workplace design perferred
- Professional registration
- Strong leadership skills to manage internal design teams, delegate tasks, and maintain accountability
- Ability to manage client expectations, lead presentations, and maintain clear, professional communication
- Display strong design portfolio showing strengths in conceptual design, space planning skills and detailing
- Demonstrated skills in developing design schemes and coordinating design teams
- High commitment to QA/QC
- Revit proficiency and technical excellence
- Thorough understanding of how a drawing set goes together
- Acumen for how things are built and constructability, and the ability to apply that knowledge to support the project design and budget
- Knows how to research and document codes for specific projects
- Experience managing a variety of consultants and contractors
- Interest in sustainable design
- Effective organizational and communication skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Flexible attitude
- Proficiency or experience with managing overall project fees and schedules
- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage client and team relationships including overall work plan development and sub-consultant coordination efforts
- Successful record of pursuing new projects through business development, marketing, and client satisfaction
- Confident presentation ability
- Potential travel opportunities