Lead - Interior Design

Lead - Interior Design - Goa / Mumbai

About the Role

Develop and build lasting, maintenance-free, beautiful residential interiors and spaces using industry best practices. Ensure world class quality, materials and built within prescribed timelines and budgets. This position will entail leading the inhouse design managers. In addition, this position requires architecture design development, technical review, and value engineering for all projects to develop and coordinate interior design / engineering drawings, technical documentation, and construction documents.

Responsibilities

• Follow, review and suggest improvements where required for the current internal design protocols cohesively with architecture and interior design process, techniques, documentation standards and communication matrices to ensure simple, sensible best practices and procedures.
• Ensures timely completion of all design / engineering activities basis project schedule.
• In house development of initial feasibility master planning, plotting and plans for select clients / projects.
• Leads production of drawings and details with external consultants for the concept design, schematic design, design development and construction documents for architectural and assist in interior design, structural, MEP, landscape and other specialized verticals.
• Leads, reviews the production of high quality sales related documentation i.e. concept notes, sketches, sales plan, 3D renders / video walkthroughs and other sales and marketing related requirements.
• Actively ensure best quality through cost and time saving measures at all levels for the design, procurement and construction stages of the project.
• Technical review, vetting and value engineering of materials, specifications, products, design / construction details, BOQs and shop drawings from consultants and vendors.
• Actively seek new design, materials, and construction methods. Independently evaluate, select, and apply best practices to be followed in house.
• Regular site visits and evaluate quality of construction and execution basis drawing and actual construction.
• Cost efficient and timely closure of all snags post initial handover.
• Knowledge of technical standards, regulatory frameworks, and health & safety.
• Assist design managers in timely closure and coordination of indents to the procurement teams and track delivery to site basis construction schedule.
• Assist and coordinate with the design and project managers for project related scope. Onboard, lead, drive and coordinate with various internal teams and external consultants for all design / construction / procurement / sales related activities.
• Assist in hire, drive, manage the internal design management teams through coaching, goal setting, feedback, training, and review of performance for the design managers on a monthly basis.
• Assist with interviewing and hiring contractors for project.
• Reviewing construction contracts for general contractors.
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures.
• Plan and prioritize, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands.
• Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change.
• Manage own career development by staying abreast of any technical and industry changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Interior Design / Architecture.
• Prior work experience: 10+ years of experience in real estate, design management, hotel / turnkey execution; 2-4 years of experience in building and leading teams.

Required Skills

• Judgement & decision making.
• Risk management.
• Industry & business awareness.
• Emotional maturity.
• Coaching & development of others.
• Team management and review.
• Internal and external stakeholder management.
• Technical knowledge and detail-oriented.
• Problem-solving and solution-driven.
• Time management.
• Should have worked in fast paced organizations.
• Visualization skills and creative mind-set.

Preferred Skills

• Core Competencies: Architecture, MEP, Landscape and Structural Design.
• Specifications.
• Cost, Quality, and Time Estimates.
• Project Management.
• Design and Construction Documents.
• Software: AutoCAD, Sketchup, MS Projects, Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
• Revit, Archicad, Photoshop, Coral Draw, Adobe Illustrator are beneficial but not required.