Interiors - Technical Coordinator

Description

• Meets with municipal building department and other governing agency officials to coordinate approvals or variances.
• May participate in business development meetings with team leaders to target specified project, client or market opportunities.
• Participates in review of project costs and budgets, adherence to schedule.
• Responsible for technical resolution and coordination for a defined portion of a project.
• Incorporates Integrated Sustainable Design solutions into projects.
• Fosters and maintains a collaborative professional working relationship with the Project Leadership Team.
• Attends on-site visits, field reviews and project meetings. Prepares and coordinates the review of contractor’s schedules, submission of shop drawings and samples.
• Receives project direction from the Project Architect and Technical direction from the Technical Principal.
• Supervises preparation of technical drawings by other less senior staff.
• Monitors the design process from conceptual phase through construction administration, ensuring the design idea is consistent and properly executed.
• Ensures that construction detail documentation conforms to quality assurance, quality control and best practice standards.
• Performs as team leader on certain projects.
• Sets the overall strategy for producing the documents and identifies the sheets planned for each stage of the work. This includes defining how data will be organized into files and which elements will be incorporated in a Building Information Model (BIM).
• Assists the Specification Writer in product research, consulting with manufacturers, evaluating and selecting project related materials.
• Prepares meeting minutes of consultant coordination meetings.
• Provides support to all team members for specific market, discipline, or other areas of expertise.
• Responsible for ensuring the overall design intent of the project established by the Project Designer is incorporated into the detailed documentation.
• Works on developing a positive relationship of trust with client Leadership.
• Mentors and directs the work of less experienced staff, participates in professional development reviews and “Lessons Learned” sessions.
• Writes reports and memos to consultants and vendors to issue changes and track resolutions.
• Involved with specification set-up and drawing coordination, research and appropriate use of HOK Standards.
• Participates in team meetings to help resolve project issues, coordination with other disciplines, schedule adherence, technical issues.
• Regularly communicates with client representative to verify design requirements and specifications, progress reviews and delivery of final presentation.
• Checks completed reports, plans, estimates and calculations for accuracy.
• Takes personal responsibility for fostering a green workplace through sustainable work practices.
• Sets up project team software parameters and manages standards.
• Assists in planning and conducting work making minor adaptations and modifications to complete working drawing set(s).
• Provides technical support and project communications to team as required.
• Performs product research. May be responsible for or assist Project Manager and or Project Architect in writing specifications.
• Coordinates use and tracks shared electronic documentation and files with project team, clients and consultants.
• Responsible for communication with other disciplines, vendors, and contractors to ensure incorporation of all information into project requirements and provides support as necessary.
• May prepare 2D and 3D presentation/design drawings and builds models for client/project team review.
• Fosters a commitment to external and internal client service.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or interior design required
• 10 plus years’ experience preferred
• LEED credential required within 12 months of employment.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance