Space Planner/Architect/Furniture Specialist

GAP Solutions Inc; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GAP Solutions Inc. in Rockville, MD, is seeking a senior space planning professional to lead space planning, workplace strategy, and interior design across offices, labs, and technology environments.

The role requires coordinating with architects, engineers, facility staff, IT, and vendors to deliver feasible, cost-effective solutions. The successful candidate will develop furniture standards, create BIM/CAD drawings, review field conditions, and manage projects from concept to closeout.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Facilities Planning, or related discipline.
• 17–19 years of professional experience in space planning, workplace strategy, interior design, or facility planning.
• Experience supporting administrative, healthcare, research laboratory, and technology environments.
• Expertise in workplace planning, furniture systems, facility utilization, CAD, space-management systems, communication, and project coordination.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Government credentials and facility access.

Responsibilities

• Develop space allocation plans for offices, labs, clinical and support spaces and perform utilization reviews.
• Provide three design alternatives for architectural, engineering, or interior projects as directed.
• Prepare and update CAD floor plans, blocking, stacking, test fits, and as-built docs; verify field conditions.
• Coordinate with architects, engineers, project managers, facility teams, IT, AV, MEP, and vendors.
• Develop furniture standards, BOMs, budgets, procurement and installation plans, inventories, and reuse strategies.
• Support moves, occupancy, workplace transitions, stakeholder engagement, and mitigation of operational impacts.
• Prepare executive presentations and reconcile space, furniture, drawing, occupancy, and asset records in ARCHIBUS.
• Contribute to space-planning studies, relocation plans, and CAD drawings and reports.

Skills

Space planning

Workplace strategy

Interior design

CAD

ARCHIBUS

Project coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Facilities Planning, or related discipline

Tools

ARCHIBUS

AutoCAD

Job description

Position Objective Provide senior space planning, workplace strategy, interior design, furniture, CAD, utilization, and facility-planning expertise.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop space allocation plans for offices, laboratories, clinical, technology, and support spaces and perform utilization reviews, occupancy studies, and feasibility analyses.

• Develop conceptual, preliminary, and final alternatives and provide at least three solutions for architectural, engineering, or interior-related work products when directed.

• Prepare and update CAD floor plans, blocking and stacking plans, test fits, furniture layouts, space allocations, and as-built documentation; validate field conditions.

• Coordinate with architects, engineers, project managers, facility personnel, IT, AV, MEP, GSA, subcontractors, manufacturers, and vendors.

• Develop furniture standards, specifications, Bills of Materials, budgets, procurement and installation plans, inventories, reuse strategies, and lifecycle recommendations.

• Support moves, occupancy, workplace transitions, stakeholder engagement, schedules, and operational-impact mitigation.

• Prepare executive presentations and strategic recommendations and reconcile space, furniture, drawing, occupancy, and asset records with ARCHIBUS.

• Contribute to space-planning studies, relocation plans, furniture layouts, CAD drawings, reports, briefings, and closeout products.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Facilities Planning, or a related discipline.

• Minimum 17-19 years of professional experience in space planning, workplace strategy, interior design, or facility planning.

• Experience supporting administrative, healthcare, research laboratory, and technology environments.

• Expertise in workplace planning, furniture systems, facility utilization, CAD, space-management systems, communication, and project coordination.

• Ability to obtain and maintain Government credentials and facility access.

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensed Interior Designer or comparable credential.

• Extensive direct NIAID OWS strategic facilities-planning experience.

• Experience with demountable walls, systems furniture, design-intent documents, reuse analysis, ARCHIBUS, and large federal consolidations.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required by this position.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

GAP Solutions provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Applicants who need an accommodation may contact [e-mail] and reference the requisition number for the position of interest.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.