Senior Workplace Design Specialist

About the role

We are seeking a design-driven, highly technical Senior Workplace Design Specialist to join our team. In this role, you will lead complex design scopes, guide design strategy, and serve as a vital technical, product, and process resource for the broader team, with a specialized focus on GSA, public sector, and government contract projects. Representing a top-tier U.S. commercial furniture dealer handling premier brands like Haworth, Steelcase, Kimball, and Teknion, you will translate intricate client requirements into highly sophisticated, compliant, and high-performance commercial and federal workplace environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Advanced Visuals & Plans: Lead the development of detailed CET drawings, complex furniture plans, product specifications, high-quality 3D visuals, and presentation materials.
• GSA & Code Alignment: Lead detailed space planning efforts, integrating complex systems furniture, architectural plans, site conditions, commercial codes (ADA, LEED, WELL), and specific government procurement requirements.
• Documentation & Installation Packages: Produce and oversee detailed installation drawings and contract-aligned specification packages, ensuring absolute accuracy, constructability, and alignment with project intent.
• Accuracy & Field Coordination: Conduct field verifications, inventories, and onsite measurements. Identify and resolve discrepancies between plans, specifications, field conditions, and installation requirements.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner strategically with Account Executives, VP of Sales, clients, manufacturer representatives, and internal teams to shape project vision and solve complex design challenges.
• Client Representation: Represent the design function confidently and professionally in client-facing meetings, government presentations, and complex coordination discussions.
• Project Oversight: Provide proactive, regular updates to Design Managers, Team Leads, and Sales leadership while helping steer project direction, risks, and priorities.
• Mentorship: Mentor Designer I and Designer II team members through drawing reviews, technical guidance, product knowledge, and process coaching.
• Quality Control: Drive and contribute to design standards, workflow improvements, internal reporting, and quality control practices to ensure all deliverables are flawless before release.
• Market Insight: Stay ahead of product innovations, workplace ergonomics, manufacturer resources, and sustainability considerations, sharing insights across the team.

Qualifications

• Education: Preferred Bachelor's degree from a FIDER or CIDA-accredited design program or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience: 5+ years of progressive industry experience, including responsibility for complex commercial interiors, furniture dealership projects, workplace design solutions, or GSA/government contract projects.
• Software Expertise: Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD (complex drawing production, specifications, and revisions) and high comfort/familiarity with CET Designer (Configura) or ProjectSpec.
• Product & Sector Knowledge: Advanced expertise in systems furniture, ancillary solutions, finish selections, and a strong knowledge of GSA requirements and government project processes.
• Mindset & Soft Skills: Excellent organization, judgment, communication, and problem-solving skills. Works with significant autonomy and acts as a senior technical and process resource for project teams.

What We Offer

• Competitive Pay and Benefits.
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge design technology.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, supportive team that values work-life balance.
• Play a key role in design operations—your impact on company growth will be evident.
• Join a culture that values your contributions and equips you with the tools to succeed.
• Be part of an innovative team that continuously learns and adapts.

Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Preferred Skills

• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Client-facing communication
• Problem-solving and adaptability
• AutoCAD proficiency
• CET Designer (Configura) or ProjectSpec
• Systems furniture architecture (Haworth, Steelcase, etc.)
• GSA and government contract compliance
• Space planning and 3D rendering
• Technical documentation and installation packages
• Mentorship and leadership
• High autonomy and judgment
• Strategic collaboration