Interior Designer

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Department of Veterans Affairs in Cleveland, OH is seeking an Interior Designer within the Engineering Service at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. Responsibilities include programming, design analysis, space planning, and producing drawings to enhance safety and welfare in interior environments.

Applicants should be prepared to coordinate mechanical, electrical, and structural disciplines, manage projects, and participate in on-site construction activities.

Qualifications

• Identifying, researching, and solving problems related to interior environment function and quality.
• Programming, design analysis, space planning and aesthetics using interior design knowledge.
• Preparing drawings and documents to protect health, safety, and welfare in interior spaces.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and integrate MEP and structural disciplines within interior context.
• Manage projects, develop cost estimates, review bid proposals and construction documents.
• Conduct on-site visits, post-occupancy evaluations, and establish standards for space management.

Skills

Interior design

Space planning

Building codes

Project coordination

AutoCAD

Education

PhD in interior design or related field

NCIDQ examination

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Employee will serve as an Interior Designer within Engineering Service located at the Louis Stokes Cleveland, OH, Veterans Healthcare System.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE:

• Identifying, researching, and creatively solving problems pertaining to the function and quality of the interior environment.
• Performing services relative to interior spaces, including programming, design analysis, space planning and aesthetics, using specialized knowledge of interior construction, building systems and components, building codes, equipment, materials, and furnishings.
• Preparing drawings and documents relative to the design of interior spaces in order to enhance and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
• Coordinating and integrating the mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering disciplines within the interior context.
• Managing projects, developing cost estimates, evaluating bid proposals, reviewing construction documents, participating in on-site construction visits, conducting pre- and post-occupancy evaluations, developing standards for efficient space management, etc.
• In addition to the above, the hiring official prefers experience using AutoCAD.

OR

SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related with a major study -- interior design or other field that included or was supplemented by at least 30 semester hours in interior design, interior architecture, or interior environmental design; or passage of the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) examination.

OR

COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate-level education (in excess of 2 years) and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. Both education and experience must be related to the position, as described above.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.