Senior Interior Designer

Marcon Construction; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in Metro Vancouver seeks a talented Interior Designer to enhance spaces for Seniors Housing and other projects. The role involves collaborating with various stakeholders, executing design projects, and ensuring quality standards. The ideal candidate will have 5-7 years of experience, a degree in Interior Design, and proficiency in AutoCAD. The company offers a competitive salary, bonuses, and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Pay for performance bonus programs

Excellent family health benefits

RSP matching

Employee recognition programs

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of industry experience in executing projects.
• Experience in designing for Senior living is a strong asset.
• Proficient with AutoCAD and creating drawing sets.

Responsibilities

• Assist in defining product and provide recommendations.
• Responsible for executing day-to-day interior design activities.
• Lead coordination with Development and Construction teams.

Skills

Interior Design

Communication

Organization

Problem Solving

Education

Interior Design degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Sketchup

Photoshop

Job description

You enhance spaces to create inspired environments that combine aesthetics, functionality, and quality. Based in our Vancouver office, with regular travel to project sites and occasional visits to the Langley corporate office, you will report directly to the Vice President, Interior Design and Senior Vice President, Developments.

You are highly collaborative and will work on a focused asset class of Seniors Housing , as well as some small opportunities within the market condominiums, rental apartments, hotels, and commercial spaces. You are very comfortable executing all aspects of interior design for a project with occasional support from your department head. You also feel comfortable and are highly confident in liaising as the Interior design project lead with other departments, consultants and project investors during the design development, coordination and construction phases. You have experience and a high level of work autonomy during the design development process, creating visions, pulling materials, and presenting them to your peers and company stake holders.

You pride yourself on a keen eye for detail and a desire to deliver quality projects while thriving in a fast pace high-energy environment!

About Us

Many people will spend their lives in a Marcon home, so we have to build it right, every time. Founded in 1985, Marcon is an established real estate company specializing in acquiring, developing, building and managing properties across Metro Vancouver. A focus on quality and craft is what the business was built on, giving us a trusted name in the construction community. These principles have remained a focus as we've expanded into the real estate development and operations space, managing our own projects from conception through to execution, completion, and more recently ongoing management.

We have a commitment to providing elevated experiences at every touch point between our people, our buildings, and our communities. None of this is possible without a hardworking team, working together, to make it all happen. That's why we're looking for people who are eager to join an intelligent and motivated team to create something bigger than themselves and build communities that will impact a neighbourhood in infinite ways.

Key areas of focus

• Assist in defining the product and provide recommendations on key themes, memory points and amenities.
• Work directly with the VP, Interior Design to ensure department work aligns with our company and stake holders vision and aesthetics.
• Review, markup and optimize space plans for units, amenities and presentation centers including specialty 'pop-up' spaces - mentored by VP, Interior Design
• Develop interior specifications for units and amenities - mentored by VP, Interior Design
• Responsible for executing the day-to-day interior design-oriented activities of development projects as assigned.
• Very comfortable in the development of construction document packages and selecting specifications for all product types, including, conducting market research to determine established standards within specific markets, specifying finishes, plumbing, lighting, and appliance packages within established budgets and negotiating and securing costs from suppliers.
• Work closely with stake holders to develop engaging and successful interior environments which fit the senior living real estate goals.
• Experience designing : Condominium, rental units and large expanse of common areas.
• Lead coordination with Development and Construction teams to ensure drawings are up to date and being executed as per design intent through entire construction administration and build phase.
• Very comfortable in creating the visualization of conceptual designs for internal review.
• Ability to update date drawings independently and well as manage an ID technician.

About You

• You are a talented, creative, and energetic professional with passion for Interior Design
• You have accumulated at least 5-7 years of industry experience executing projects from initial concept through construction and delivery.
• Experience in designing for Senior living is a strong asset
• A great 'team player with no ego' describes you best, thriving in a high-performance environment, working collaboratively with both internal and external colleagues.
• The opportunity to solve a multitude of challenges as they arise excites and drives you.
• Organization is a natural strength.
• You pride yourself on your highly professional and effective communication through clear spoken and written skills. You feel comfortable and confident to 'speak up' during coordination meetings.
• You have strong experience of construction administration processes.
• Proven capabilities in multi-tasking, problem solving and prioritizing workloads.
• You have an Interior Design degree with a focus on technical production work (an asset)
• You are proficient with AutoCAD and create drawing sets with ease
• You may also have some experience with other design and drafting tools such as Sketchup, Photoshop, 3D
• Your Efficiency with Microsoft Office suite : Word and Excel are a must
• Access to a vehicle important for site visits

What We Offer

Marcon is committed to building an inclusive, inspired, high performance team culture, where our Core Values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Passion, and Excellence guide how we show up every day. If you are at the top of your game or want to find an environment to push you to it and if you want to find like-minded teams that strive for innovation and continuous improvement, we want to hear from you! Our competitive compensation package has been designed to reward our employees' skills, competencies and performance that align with our culture. The compensation range for this role is $80,000 to $110,000 annually, depending on candidate experience and qualifications. Coupled with this base salary, we offer pay for performance bonus programs, excellent family health benefits, RSP matching, employee recognition programs and plenty of opportunity to socialize, have fun and build genuine relationships.

If you are an enthusiastic and hard-working individual who is interested in being a part of our team, then we want to hear from you!

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