Senior Living Interiors Project Captain

HKS INC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HKS Inc. is seeking a seasoned interior design/architecture professional in Chicago to lead project teams, drive design development, and coordinate with clients and consultants.

This role emphasizes delivering QA/QC compliant documents and innovative interior concepts aligned with client vision and architectural concepts. The ideal candidate will have NCIDQ certification or architectural licensure, strong BIM and visualization skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Accredited professional degree in Interior Design or Architecture.
• Typically 6+ years of experience; multi-family and hospitality experience preferred.
• NCIDQ certification or architectural license strongly preferred.
• Sustainable design accreditation strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates team efforts to facilitate effective execution of project design and the delivery of implementation documents.
• Works with PIC/PM in defining project work plans and developing and managing the production schedule, including effectively defining and meeting deadlines.
• Collaborates in developing solutions to technical and design detail problems with minimal guidance.
• Utilizes creative thinking to achieve innovative solutions.
• Contributes to supervising the preparation of documents by project team, including verifying implementation documents conform to QA/QC and HKS standards, best practice and quality expectations.
• Assists with the development of interiors concepts based on client vision, desire and architectural concept.
• May assist with technical resolution and coordination for a defined portion of a project.
• Prepares client presentations and may present design concepts and drawings.
• Coordinates with PM, clients, public agencies, consultants and contractors to incorporate engineering systems, to respond to requests for information, clarifications and modifications and to obtain approvals and adjust scope of services.
• Communicates with other disciplines, product representatives, furniture dealers, fabricators and contractors to incorporate all information into project requirements.
• Exercises skills of persuasion and negotiation on critical issues.
• Performs product research; assists project designers with materials and systems evaluation to make proper selections.
• Develops code analysis and confirms code and zoning requirements for assigned segment of project are met.
• Participates in the selection and presentation of furniture, furniture systems, fabrics, equipment (FF&E), color palettes and lighting.
• Coordinates with project team on review and approval of final interior and exterior programming, design development documents, construction documents, furnishings selections and purchases, RFIs and submittals.
• May lead team meetings to discuss project and technical issues.
• May attend on-site visits, field reviews, project meetings and coordination meetings and documents these visits as appropriate.
• May lead consultant team work sessions and prepare meeting minutes for coordination meetings.

Skills

Presentation skills

Collaboration

Organization

Communication

Deadline management

Education

Accredited professional degree in Interior Design or Architecture

NCIDQ certification

Architectural license

Sustainable design accreditation

Tools

Revit

Bluebeam

Rhino

Grasshopper

Photoshop

InDesign

Dynamo

Twinmotion

Enscape

Yulio

VR/virtual reality tools

Illustrator

Navisworks

MS Office

Job description

HKS Inc. is seeking a seasoned interior design/architecture professional in Chicago to lead project teams, drive design development, and coordinate with clients and consultants.

This role emphasizes delivering QA/QC compliant documents and innovative interior concepts aligned with client vision and architectural concepts. The ideal candidate will have NCIDQ certification or architectural licensure, strong BIM and visualization skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced