Interior Design Senior Job Captain

Description: Summary This position requires an independent thinker to lead a team with the project manager. You will be able to guide projects, using your experience and professional judgement to craft the final outcome. You will have the opportunity to develop a wide array of skills. You will have the opportunity to coordinate major aspects and components of projects with teams internal and external to the firm. Duties and Responsibilities Primary • Understand and ensure adherence to SERA's graphic standards across team members. • Ability to work independently on all phases of a project, including the independent construction contract administration on interior design projects. • Supervise, coordinate, plan and review the work of a small staff of designers. This includes the mentoring of ID staff on project teams. • Use the building code to develop floor plans and interior design elements. Provide code interpretations supporting the project objectives. • Lead interiors client presentations. • Familiarity and adherence to project contract requirements. • Provide leadership for the project assigned; create and organize work plans to execute assigned tasks. • Interact with client and other SERA resources to achieve project goals. • Carry out complex or unique assignments requiring the development of new or improved techniques and procedures. • Ability to design and execute portions of larger projects or entire smaller projects. • Research and select finishes appropriate for the project type and use. • Perform basic project management functions (schedules, staffing and budgets). • Independently coordinate MEP systems relating to interior work. Additional • Communicate and coordinate with other SERA management staff such as studio leaders (project staffing) and accounting (project budgets). • Be a resource to and/or for other SERA staff. • Be familiar with current trends in the A/E/C industry. • May participate in the management review of staff members. • Provide constructive feedback to facilitate continuous improvement. • Handle the health and welfare of the Revit model. • Develop, codify, and enforce the BIM Execution Plan on assigned projects. • Other duties as assigned. Requirements: Education and Experience • Requires a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited program. • Generally have 6+ years of experience. • NCIDQ required. • Proficiency in Autodesk Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office Suite, and Bluebeam required. • LEED AP Preferred. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities • Knowledge of Sketchup, SpecLink, Smartsheet, Deltek preferred. • Possesses knowledge of the OSSC/ADAAG and possesses the ability to achieve the intent of the code. • Possesses knowledge of other codes such as OMSC, OFC, NFPA, OSHA, FHA, ANSI, City of Portland, etc., and the USGBC LEED rating system and score card. • Ability to communicate through verbal, written, and graphic communication formats. • Advanced ability to determine the right tool for the task. • Advanced ability to prioritize and evaluate multiple important tasks. • Established critical thinking to identify strengths, weaknesses, or alternate solutions to a problem with limited supervision. • Established professional judgment and decision-making processes to determine the most appropriate course of action. • Ability to motivate and guide teams and projects to desired outcomes. • Ability to resolve conflict within project teams. • Ability to negotiate with and/or advocate for team members, consultants, clients, jurisdictions for the benefit of SERA and the project. SERA Architects Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 12/2022