Senior Interior Designer

BSBG (Brewer Smith Brewer Group); Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Brewer Smith Brewer Group (BSBG) is seeking a senior architectural professional to support the Lead Architect in design development and project coordination. The role involves producing mood boards, 3D renderings and coordinating sub-consultants to ensure timely, compliant deliverables from concept through to completion.

Responsibilities include updating briefs with clients, ensuring local authority submissions, and maintaining project quality systems and documentation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years’ working experience in an Architectural Practice.
• Degree in Architecture or Interior Design from a recognized international university.

Responsibilities

• Aiding the Lead Architect with all aspects of design development.
• Shared responsibility for writing, agreeing and updating the brief with the Client/ end user.
• Production of mood boards to aid in identifying the interior style.
• Production of sample boards highlighting main materials, accent details and finishes.
• Production of high quality interior 3D renderings.
• Design development of projects from concept to completion.
• All local authority compliance and code compliance.
• All technical detailing of a project.
• Meeting the brief from an operational, functional and design perspective.
• Writing and collating the interiors control book or specification.
• Coordination of all sub consultant packages.
• Review of all drawing packages prior to issue.

Education

Degree in Architecture or Interior Design

Job description

Responsible for implementing the project plan and ensuring all items of project deliverables are delivered on time.

Responsibilities

• Aiding the Lead Architect with all aspects of design development.
• Shared responsibility for writing, agreeing and updating the brief with the Client/ end user.
• Responsible for the production of mood boards to aid in identifying the interior style.
• Responsible for production of the sample boards highlighting main materials, accent details and finishes.
• Responsible for the production of high quality interior 3D renderings.
• Responsible for the design development of projects from concept to completion.
• Responsible for all local authority compliance and code compliance.
• Responsible for all technical detailing of a project.
• Responsible for meeting the brief from an operational, functional and design perspective.
• Responsible for writing and collating the interiors control book or specification.
• Coordination of all sub consultant packages.
• Review of all drawing packages prior to issue.

Documentation

• Ensure Job Captains A3 folder is up to date.
• Track the issuance of all drawings, specifications etc. Ensuring correct procedures are in order.
• Write cover letters for each formal issue.
• Monitor and ensure smooth progress for all local authority submissions.

Quality assurance

• Ensure that Quality System Procedures (QSP) and operational standards are understood, adhered to and maintained by Job Captains
• The 5 rules of drafting to be maintained and checked on a regular basis, with a report to be issued following each check and circulated to Senior Management
• Ensure Job Captains are fully conversant with the relevant standards and approved relevant local authority regulations
• Ensure Job Captains meet agreed deadlines for documentation issue
• If slippage is likely to occur notify the relevant lead and agree a recovery programme
• Ensure that Job Captains correctly prepare the local authority submissions in accordance with the relevant local authority requirements
• Responsible for meeting with local authorities and expediently processing submissions. Any problems must be alerted to Senior Management
• Coordinate design team meetings with the relevant sub consultants. Meetings must be minuted with actions and pending dates.
• Ensure construction drawings are fully coordinated with sub-consultants prior to submissions.
• Ensure all sub-consultants review and agree to programme of deliverables.
• Track drawing issues to sub-consultants and their issue of information to BSBG
• Ensure the sub-consultant’s scope of work is complete at each stage in order for Lead to certify payment.
• Responsible for ensuring Sub consultants have applied for NOC’s.

Management

• Responsible for the management of the project deliverables.
• Responsible for communicating all aspects of project deliverables to Job Captains and Architects and to Senior Management.
• Motivation of project team.
• Assist Lead with overall project management.
• Ensure soft and hard project files are maintained to BSBG standards.
• End of year appraisals and interviews of Job Captains and Architects.
• Must provide ideas and project implementations to enable work to become more efficient, better coordinated.

Resources

• Must constantly review resources available against those required for successful project implementation.
• Review Job Captains drawing schedules and approve.
• Ensure reference material from suppliers is updated and handed to the Librarian.

Planning

• Ensure necessary time is allowed for each stage of deliverables utilising experience on previous projects.
• Ensure the Lead is updated on progress and programme.
• MS Project programme must be produced and updated following each packaged delivery of information

Communication

• Ensure to have a constant communication with assigned project teams.
• Responsibility for all project based written correspondence.
• Minutes for all formal meetings
• File notes for all informal discussions/ meetings.

Ensure constant liaison with the following:

• Client
• Sub-consultant
• Contractor
• Supplier
• Manufacturer
• Statutory Authority

Post Contract Coordination

• Ensure constant communication with the post contract team and advise on site related issues.
• Review and advise on specialist sub-contractors design and shop drawings.
• Liaise with post contract team to ensure any alterations or amendments on site are as per local authority regulations.
• Ensure issuance of relevant ‘For Construction’ drawings and documents at the appropriate time to the site team and Contractor.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years’ working experience in an Architectural Practice
• Degree in Architecture or Interior Design from a recognized international university.