Job Captain/Technical Coordinator

Our team members are collaborative, creative, professional, expert and entrepreneurial. Joining our team requires skill, daring, leadership, teaming, humour and a love of interiors. We are presently searching for a Design Manager/Technical Coordinator for our London office. The individual, while working under general supervision of a Senior Technical Coordinator and/or Architect or Project Manager, provides design support primarily in project administration, design development and construction documents.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Creates construction documents (CDs)
• Manages client relationship for small and medium sized projects from initiation through completion, including work performed by internal and external resources
• Review CDs to ensure compliance with firm standards, mechanical, building systems, building regulations and accessibility requirements
• For smaller projects may oversee all CD production and review
• Coordinates with Senior technical staff and design staff to provide technical solutions for design dilemmas
• Manages project through construction phase
• Manages overall client relationship from initial assessment of client needs, through design concept presentations and final delivery of project. Ensure positive relationships resulting in additional business or referred work
• Coordinates engineer’s and consultant’s work to ensure compliance with design solution and timely submission of documents
• Carry out or assist in field surveys
• Ensures adherence to set budget and immediately informs Senior Technical Coordinator/Architect/PM and/or client of any potential variances to the budget
• May mentor the work of Junior and Immediate Designers
• Oversee tasks and provide feedback on work product

• Conducts client interviews to determine technical requirements for the design

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an architecture, interior architecture, or interior design programme
• 6+ years’ experience in corporate interior design projects
• Experience working on projects in the UK and/or EU.
• Advanced Revit abilities
• Must have a right to work in the UK

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Advanced interior architecture detailing skills
• Extensive knowledge of the range of design principles and aesthetics
• Extensive documentation and field observational skills
• Extensive knowledge of CDs and procedures
• Extensive knowledge of building systems, regulations and accessibility requirements
• Working knowledge of space planning methodology