Freelance Interior Designer - Full-time

SJS Executives, LLC (SJS), also doing business as SJS Industrial, is currently seeking a talented Freelance Interior Designer that is experienced with Navy construction processes supporting construction efforts at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The Interior Designer must possess at least the following key qualifications to be eligible for this job: • At least 4+ years experience in Interior Design • Previous experience with Navy projects, specifically Wet Well facilities. • Performs technical, administrative or professional work involving managing, administering, operating or supporting services and programs related to the operation and safety of Naval facilities • Designs building interior design environments to promote employee productivity, health and welfare, and/or health and welfare of the public • Preparing detailed AutoCAD designs, plans, sketches, perspectives, color schemes and any visual aids for proposed design presentations • Analyzing architectural drawings and developing AutoCAD Furniture, Fixture & Equipment (FF&E) plan layers, which have provided for systems and components of building codes, major equipment, materials, placeholder furnishings and traffic patterns • Produces procurement packages following including Statement of Work (SOW), technical specifications, attachments, documentation, drawings, independent government cost estimates, bid sheets and budgets to procure products, services and installation plans and schedules necessary to activate the major construction projects • Responsible for creating and maintaining collateral; SOW, specification writing, Independent Government Estimates (IGCE), schedules, financial control log, scaled drawings and market research related to procurement package creation, maintenance & tracking using Microsoft Office Suite & AutoCAD software • Maintain the Interior Design Resource Library that includes drawings, plans, specification procurement documents, project correspondence, and project binders relating to various design and construction projects • Assist in the management of all orders for activation including furnishings, accessories, art, signage, equipment, office supplies environmental management supplies • Performs other administrative duties as assigned; such as; administering day-in the-life scenarios, move plans, creating schedules and attending project meetings • Reviewing way-finding signage plans, furniture and artwork installation plans • Directing installation crews in their work without being supervised • Responsible for identifying and creating a punch list for installed items and working with furniture dealers, installers and other involved parties to coordinate completion of punch list items • Assisting with the creating and maintaining an activation project schedule and reporting the information to the activation team • Schedules and assists with overseeing of product vendor installations requiring coordination with other activation installations • Assist with identifying recommended changes and advise the activation team of the recommended changes, gaps and overlaps. The Interior Designer must possess at least the following key qualifications to be eligible for this job: • At least 4+ years experience in Interior Design • Previous experience with Navy projects, specifically Wet Well facilities. • Performs technical, administrative or professional work involving managing, administering, operating or supporting services and programs related to the operation and safety of Naval facilities • Designs building interior design environments to promote employee productivity, health and welfare, and/or health and welfare of the public • Preparing detailed AutoCAD designs, plans, sketches, perspectives, color schemes and any visual aids for proposed design presentations • Analyzing architectural drawings and developing AutoCAD Furniture, Fixture & Equipment (FF&E) plan layers, which have provided for systems and components of building codes, major equipment, materials, placeholder furnishings and traffic patterns • Produces procurement packages following including Statement of Work (SOW), technical specifications, attachments, documentation, drawings, independent government cost estimates, bid sheets and budgets to procure products, services and installation plans and schedules necessary to activate the major construction projects • Responsible for creating and maintaining collateral; SOW, specification writing, Independent Government Estimates (IGCE), schedules, financial control log, scaled drawings and market research related to procurement package creation, maintenance & tracking using Microsoft Office Suite & AutoCAD software • Maintain the Interior Design Resource Library that includes drawings, plans, specification procurement documents, project correspondence, and project binders relating to various design and construction projects • Assist in the management of all orders for activation including furnishings, accessories, art, signage, equipment, office supplies environmental management supplies • Performs other administrative duties as assigned; such as; administering day-in the-life scenarios, move plans, creating schedules and attending project meetings • Reviewing way-finding signage plans, furniture and artwork installation plans • Directing installation crews in their work without being supervised • Responsible for identifying and creating a punch list for installed items and working with furniture dealers, installers and other involved parties to coordinate completion of punch list items • Assisting with the creating and maintaining an activation project schedule and reporting the information to the activation team • Schedules and assists with overseeing of product vendor installations requiring coordination with other activation installations • Assist with identifying recommended changes and advise the activation team of the recommended changes, gaps and overlaps.