Senior Project Interior Designer (New York)

Senior Interior Designer

It's an exciting time at AtkinsRalis! We are rapidly growing in the US. Our company purpose is to build a better world for our planet and its people. We recognize the importance of making sure that our clients and employees, feel this purpose every day. AtkinsRalis is proud of our company culture that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our company ethos includes collaboration through the connection of people, data, and technology. We are a global firm, who leverages having employees located throughout the world, creating valuable partnerships and doing our part to make this planet and its people thrive. We need energetic, passionate, and eager professionals like you to join our team. There has never been a better time to be a part of AtkinsRalis! We are seeking a Senior Interior Designer to join our growing teams in New York, NY, Denver, CO, Houston, TX, Washington, DC, Austin, TX, Tampa, FL, and Miami, FL.

AtkinsRalis is one of the world's most respected design, engineering, and project management consultancies. AtkinsRalis has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years. AtkinsRalis has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy.

How Will You Contribute To The Team?

• Ability to define scope of project, with full responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating project assignments.
• Ability to conduct programming effort such as space planning, space layout, concept designs for interior layout, furnishings and equipment, and lighting design.
• Ability to create innovative design concepts that respond to client brief, and develop designs that are practical, safe and code compliant and meet the project goals and budget.
• Ability to make timely design and technical decisions in a collaborative manner with the architectural team.
• Responsible for selection of materials, furniture, finishes, fittings and fixtures including interior lighting. Estimates material requirements and preliminary costs.
• Ability to present oneself professionally to clients as well as maintain a 'seller-doer' approach. Prepare and conduct client presentations and routinely interface with stakeholders and keep all parties properly informed.
• Possess advanced knowledge of furniture systems and emerging trends and practices in architectural interiors products and trends.
• Ability to help build, develop & manage a growing interior design team.
• Lead development of designs and sketches into Revit-based construction documents
• Ability to produce a complete set of construction documents in BIM.
• Ability to mentor a project team to produce a complete set of design and construction documents.
• Ability to redline documents for production using BlueBeam or other similar software.
• Responsible for communication with other disciplines, sub-consultants, vendors and contractors to ensure incorporation of information in project documents.
• Ability to review and contribute needed information to a specification writer.
• Ability to create organized Exhibits in BlueBeam or PowerPoint for client and team review.
• Ability to direct & perform (if required) site and field work including site observations and investigations, existing facility inventory and generate field measured documentation.
• Provide Sr. Architects / Project Managers with status reports of progress on architectural interior documents.
• Ability to complete assignments efficiently, accurately and in a timely manner and self-perform quality control on work prior to publication.
• Communicate regularly with the team and stay within the hours budgeted for tasks assigned.
• Ability to maintain and coordinate project BIM model and strong knowledge in construction document standards and conventions.
• Ability to interact with regulatory agencies and achieve a consensus.
• Ability to work with product manufacturers, evaluate, obtain accurate cost information and select materials and finishes Accordingly.
• Ability to inspect architectural features in the field and assess critical existing conditions.
• Understanding of building materials and construction methods.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work on several projects or issues simultaneously.
• Ability to analyze information and propose effective solutions on own initiative.
• Ability to create basic and informative 3D building information in BIM or another format.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit, outgoing personality and a desire for career advancement.
• Performs such other duties as the Supervisor determine necessary to support the Architecture Practice.
• Support Construction Administration phase services such as responding to RFI, CO, reviewing shop drawings.
• Collaborating with client and contractors for design modifications
• Provide support to all team members for interior design related expertise.
• Mentor and direct work of less experienced staff during design development, construction documentation and construction administration phase.

What Will You Contribute?

AtkinsRalis realizes that health, mental and financial wellbeing, are all equally needed to achieve balance in life. We are pleased to offer a robust rewards package that help our employees have peace of mind in and outside of work. Our benefit offerings address all of the areas that are part of living a healthy life. We recognize that what is important to people, continues to change. Some of our other benefits to ensure our employees feel supported, include continuing to offer health and dental coverage for domestic partners and a full list below. Our culture is one of providing support and training for our employees to thrive. We offer learning and development programs, training, career pathing opportunities, and a tuition reimbursement plan. At AtkinsRalis, you will enjoy a robust rewards package which includes :

If this sounds like you and you would like to expand your career with us, apply today!

AtkinsRalis is an equal opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace.