Facilities Designer

University of Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Houston is seeking a Planning professional to lead campus and project design efforts, ensuring alignment with the Master Plan and Campus Guidelines. You will manage scoping, budgeting, and scheduling, supervise consultants, and coordinate with in-house teams to deliver renovations and new construction.

The role emphasizes space planning, design concept development, and FF&E oversight, with education in interior design/architecture and a minimum of three years in related work.

Qualifications

• Education: Requires a formal degree in Interior Design, Architecture or closely related field.
• Experience: Minimum of three (3) years of directly job-related experience.
• Preferred: Planning or project manager role in higher education, commercial interior/architectural design, K-12, real estate or other commercial settings.
• Certification/Licensing: Registered Interior Designer, Engineer, or Architect in the State of TX.

Responsibilities

• Participates in project scoping, budgeting, and scheduling for projects ranging from renovations to new construction.
• Oversees feasibility and programming studies to ensure alignment with university mission and campus plans.
• Manages professional services of consultants and vendors for planning initiatives.
• Oversees FF&E selection, procurement, and installation for identified projects.
• Creates design concepts, space plans, and test fits for identified projects.
• Reviews schematic design, design development and construction documents from concept to completion.
• Coordinates with project planners, managers, facility managers and engineers on facility design.
• Evaluates campus space and makes enhancement recommendations including FF&E and planning.
• Tracks and documents project uses with management software; reports to stakeholders.
• Ensures projects comply with Master Plan and Campus Guidelines; assists in creation and management of these documents.
• Coordinates campus partner meetings and project handoffs to construction teams.
• Leads process improvements and collaborates with departmental staff to ensure project success.

Education

Interior Design or Architecture or closely related field

Job description

Department: Planning Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education

Provides expertise and leadership with respect to the development and implementation of campus and project design. Acts as the subject matter expert of project development, design implementation, and the management of project FF&E and confirms that the University’s Campus Guidelines and Master Plan are being met. Supports facility specific and campus wide planning practices that synthesize the goals and mission of academic planning for the university and component campuses.

• Participates in the development of project scoping, budgeting, and scheduling. Projects range from renovations to new construction.
• Oversees feasibility and/or programming studies to analyze all relevant factors of a project, ensuring projects meet the mission and vision of the university.
• Manages professional services of consultants and/or vendors for planning initiatives on identified projects.
• Oversees the FF&E selection, procurement, and installation for identified projects.
• Creates design concepts, space plans, and test fits for identified projects.
• Reviews and advises schematic design, design development and construction document drawings and specifications from concept to completion, recommending cost effective changes if applicable.
• Partners with project planners, project managers, facility managers and engineers on facility design.
• Evaluates space on campus and makes enhancement recommendations to potentially include FF&E and/or architectural planning.
• Tracks and documents projects uses project management information software.
• Communicates clearly and constantly with supervisor and appropriate stakeholders.
• Assures projects are in compliance with the university’s Master Plan and Campus Guidelines.
• Assists with the creation and management of the university’s Master Plan and Campus Guidelines.
• Coordinates regularly scheduled campus partner meetings to assist with planning of current and future projects.
• Monitors, coordinates and reports specific details to ensure a project is successfully planned and handed-off to the project management team for construction execution.
• Coordinates with in-house project managers, in-house or external estimators, consultants and contractors as needed to support project development.
• Leads professional experience to lead process improvement initiatives.
• Creates graphics and narratives for project visioning and other related planning purposes.
• Assists and/or collaborates with other departmental staff to ensure project success.
• Adheres to organizations key performance indicators (KPI's) metric baselines to achieve departmental success.
• Supports emergency response initiatives.

Department is willing to accept education in lieu of experience.

MQ: Education: Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized training program that is directly related to the type of work being performed. Degree Requirement: Interior Design, Architecture or closely related field.

Experience: Requires a minimum of three (3) years of directly job-related experience.

Preferred: Planning or project manager role in Higher Education, Commercial Interior/Architectural Design, K-12 School Districts, Real Estate or other commercial settings. Certification/Licensing: Registered Interior Designer, Engineer, or Architect in the State of TX.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.