Job Title (Click to sort) Interior Design Department/Discipline...

Job Description Dewberry is seeking an Interior Design Department/Discipline Manager for its Fairfax, VA office... The Interior Design Department/Discipline Manager is a full-time position, responsible for promoting design leadership and integrating best practices into the work of the discipline area. The manager will provide appropriate resources to perform assigned work, forecast staffing/resource needs based upon project plans, and integrate the quality management system into work efforts. Duties include assisting Project & Client Managers by providing a design team to help achieve project goals and partnering with market segment leaders in the development of new clients. Manager and direct reports will also participate in direct sales efforts. Direct reports work from multiple office locations and Department/Discipline Manager is responsible for ensuring consistency of quality, approach, and practices within the discipline area. Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century. Responsibilities Supervisory Responsibilities: • Growing, mentoring, and developing the staff within discipline area to allow each person to achieve their maximum potential. • Annual evaluations for each direct report. • Providing technical guidance/leadership for discipline area. • Organizing staff in a way to allow career advancement, professional development, quality client service, and operational efficiencies to meet business and project financial goals. • Taking a very active role in recruitment of staff in discipline area including networking, interviewing and hiring. Direct Responsibilities/Duties: • Technical and Quality oversight of all project work for discipline area. • Establishing/improving standards for discipline area. • Adherence to project design schedule. • Notification to Project/Client Managers if established project design schedule cannot be met, preferably at least 2 weeks prior. • Adherence to discipline project budget. Review and provide updates on project budgets at milestone dates. Reviewing discipline budgets weekly. • Attention to project scope during the project to identify potential additional services. • Identify staff performing design of the project and approve timesheets. • Provide general updates of projects (status in the process, tasks to complete, percentage complete currently, etc.) • Identify milestone dates when each discipline should provide information, at each phase, to allow sufficient time to perform good design coordination. • Provide 'on-the-spot' advice and decisions, technical and cost estimates. • Coordination with all of the disciplines involved, including outside consultants. • Work schedule for discipline showing: • Project assignments, priorities, and Workload/Capacity forecasts • Simply put – Discipline Managers control all production resources and all commitments must come from Discipline Manager. Conversely – accountability for our deliverables comes from Discipline Manager. • Take active role in developing annual sales goals commensurate with projected growth and championing/executing strategy to grow ID practice area. • Coordinate with ID Leaders throughout the company to promote One Dewberry Interior Design practice area. Supervision Received: • Receives general direction of key objectives from Supervisor. Goal attainment reviewed annually. Annual Performance Goals: • Utilization goal: • 80% Direct Labor on projects related to your subject matter expertise • 20% Indirect Labor • Focus on promoting design quality that is consistent with company sustainability goals. • Provide support to regional business development activities by sharing intelligence, participating in interviews, and coaching staff. Required Skills & Required Experience • Accomplished (15+ years’ experience) registered Interior Designer, familiar with AIA and similar services and construction contracts; self-motivated with highly developed verbal, written and interpersonal skills. • Market facing and proven ability to promote Dewberry and Interior Design Practice through contact with current/potential clients and verbal, graphic or written presentations. • Driven to expand practice area and recruit quality hires. • Experience in staff management/department management. • Experience in the design of various commercial-grade interior spaces (including furniture procurement), familiarity with public bidding procedures, and an understanding of document preparation utilizing a BIM/Revit platform. • Well organized. • Good conceptual understanding of design processes, programming, and cost budgeting. Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employee’s. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities. Must have a valid driver’s license, good driving record and ability to pass a driving record background check. • At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization. • Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation. • Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law. Notice to Third Party Recruiters: Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information. Need help finding the right job? 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