Job Type : Full-time, Salaried position; 37.5 hours/week, non-fixed hybrid
Location : Uxbridge, Ontario
Salary Range: $40 - $46 per hour

Position Status: This position is to fill a current vacancy

Bennett Design Associates is an award-winning Interior Design firm and industry leader in Workplace Strategy. As one of Toronto’s largest fully independent Interior Design firms, we design intelligent spaces that fuel business, unite team members and engage the best of corporate Canada.

Join us in creating intelligent design that fuels business, inspires people shapes a greener world.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Proposal Management & Business Development Support

The Senior Designer/Project Lead Designer assumes a leadership role in projects varying in size, quantity and complexity based on skill and experience. This role continues to be a champion of Bennett Design interior design project processes – Discover, Plan, Implement, Monitor and Close, including Pure Design™ – with the high level of detail and documentation that our firm is known for. This role is critical in developing other team members through training, coaching and providing ongoing learning opportunities.

All Team Project Work

Design and execute interior design projects varying in complexity from proposal through concept and development, construction phase and close out

Coordinate Engineering groups (mechanical, electrical, communications and structural)

Individual Project Work

Source finishes, equipment and requesting quotes from manufacturers and suppliers

Responsible for preparing and issuing off renderings, initial and final

Generate drawing packages

Coordinate with outside consultants, architects, engineers and trade partners





Participate in client meetings and design presentations

Contract Management

Assist with assigning project work according to plan

Perform subcontractor coordination

Complete photo shoots

Manage construction schedules, deliverables and milestones as per contract

Assist with additional service requests (ASRs)

Assist with the preparation of all change notices and instructions, shop drawing reviews, deficient reviews and reporting

Documentation and Process Quality Assurance

Review design development, construction documents and shop drawings for content accuracy and overall design integrity

Maintain compliance with Building Code

Ensure work is consistent with regulations, procedures, plans, drawings and specifications

Practice Risk Management as it relates to managing design projects

People Management

Audit the work of project team members for accuracy, consistency and quality

Mentor junior/intermediate designers and assist in developing a culture for qualified advancement, recognition and reward for exceptional work

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS

Post-secondary diploma or degree in Interior Design from a recognized accredited College or University

National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ)

Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO)



membership in good standing

Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) membership

Proficient in building code requirements, laws, standards and regulations as it relates to project work, with the ability to interpret and apply

Proficient in the interior design process from Discovery to Project Close Out phases

Adept in various products and materials and their use and application for project work

Proficient in building systems

Familiar with project monitoring, budgeting and tendering

Familiar with various types of engineering and how to coordinate efforts

Experience

Minimum five (5) years’ experience in interior design

Proficient in AutoCAD and/or SketchUp/Vray and all Microsoft Office applications

Ability to successfully prepare a schedule for Design projects

Accountable to deadlines and deliverables

Ability to incorporate a workplace strategy approach to projects

Organize and schedule tasks effectively and can effectively handle several tasks and problems at once

Open to different and new ways of doing things and has a willingness to modify one’s preferred way of doing things

Ability to anticipate and recognize problems and gather information and notifies the Team Lead/Senior Team Lead of problems in a timely manner

Adapt well to changing priorities, deadlines and directions

Exercise a professional approach with others using all appropriate tools of communication

POSITION DETAILS

Travel Requirements: In this role you are required to occasionally travel to the client site for site visits, site measures, and deficiency walk-throughs. Travel includes to and from job sites through

📌 Project Lead Designer (Uxbridge)
🏢 Bennett Design Associates
📍 Uxbridge