Interior Designer

Veterans Health Administration; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Reno, Nevada seeks an Interior Designer at the GS-11 level. The role emphasizes designing and altering interior spaces to meet functional and aesthetic needs, coordinating with mechanical, electrical, and structural disciplines, and managing projects through from concept to on-site evaluation.

Qualified applicants will have specialized experience or graduate education in interior design, with transcripts and NCIDQ optional documentation as described in the

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in designing and altering interior spaces to meet functional and aesthetic needs.
• Space planning, programming, design analysis, and coordination of mechanical/electrical/structural disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Identify and solve interior environment problems.
• Prepare drawings and documents for interior design projects to ensure health, safety, and welfare.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering aspects within interior contexts.
• Manage projects, evaluate proposals, and oversee on-site construction activities.

Skills

Interior design

Space planning

Building codes

Project management

Education

Graduate degree in interior design

Job description

This position is located in the Facilities Management Service within the VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System in Reno, Nevada.

To qualify for this position at the GS-11 grade level, you must meet one of the following requirements:

Specialized Experience:

At least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-9) in the Federal service that has given you the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of an Interior Designer, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is experience that required the performance of work concerned with the design and alteration of interior spaces to meet functional and aesthetic needs such as:

• (1) Identifying, researching, and creatively solving problems pertaining to the function and quality of the interior environment;
• (2) 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;
• (3) 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;
• (4) Coordinating and integrating the mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering disciplines within the interior context;
• (5) 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.

NOTE: Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must clearly indicate the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

~OR~ Education:

Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in 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 passed the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) examination. This education must have been obtained at an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the Interior Designer position.

Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation. If attempting to qualify based on passage of the NCIDQ exam, you must also submit a copy of your certification with your application. Certification cannot be credited without documentation.

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/.

~OR~ Combination:

An equivalent combination of successfully completed graduate level education (beyond the second year) and specialized experience, as described above, which may be used to meet the total requirements for this grade level. The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the Interior Designer position.

Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

Driver's License Requirement (Screen-out):

This position requires driving a government vehicle to perform the duties of the position, therefore, a current, valid state driver's license is required.

Note: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. If an interview is requested, you may be required to provide a copy of your current and valid state-issued driver's license.