Senior Interior Architect - Restaurant Design & Expansion

Waterstone Human Capital; Utah; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Waterstone Human Capital client is a fast-casual restaurant group expanding across multiple Western states. The Interior Project Designer will lead design projects from concept through documentation, balancing brand vision, budgets, and construction realities to create scalable guest environments.

Responsibilities include developing test-fits, site plans, elevations, and layouts, coordinating with architects and engineers, and managing schedules and deliverables to drive operational excellence

Qualifications

• 8+ years in architecture, interior architecture, restaurant, hospitality, or retail design.

Responsibilities

• Lead restaurant design projects from initial concept through construction documentation.
• Create and refine test-fits, site plans, floor plans, elevations, and layouts.
• Develop restaurant environments that support guest experience and operational excellence.
• Coordinate with architects, engineers, consultants, and internal stakeholders.
• Support entitlement, zoning, design review, and permitting processes.
• Review construction documents, RFIs, submittals, and design packages.
• Refine finishes, lighting, signage, millwork, and interior environments.
• Manage design schedules, deliverables, and consultant coordination.
• Continuously improve and evolve the restaurant prototype to support future growth.

Skills

Revit

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Adobe Creative Suite

BIM 360

Procore

Construction documentation

Project coordination

Communication skills

Tools

Bluebeam

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

Waterstone Human Capital client is a fast-casual restaurant group expanding across multiple Western states. The Interior Project Designer will lead design projects from concept through documentation, balancing brand vision, budgets, and construction realities to create scalable guest environments.

Responsibilities include developing test-fits, site plans, elevations, and layouts, coordinating with architects and engineers, and managing schedules and deliverables to drive operational excellence