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Job Description
Facilities Designer I
We are looking for an eager learner, self starter, and someone who is looking to gain a significant amount of experience within the design field, focused on higher education and the commercial environment. Being part of the Facilities team keeps you close to the users and decision makers on a wide variety of projects. Interacting with the trades shops and construction teams allows you to work collaboratively to find the right solutions to problems that affect the campus environment and need a lasting solution that is maintainable. This position interacts with a myriad of campus stakeholders to support the campus community and our mission to serve "...Christ and His Kingdom". Come work for a higher purpose, build relationships in this welcoming and friendly community, while also stretching and growing your design skills.
This position is a full time position (40-hours per week) with full benefits offered by the College- Medical, Dental, Vision, Matching 403B Retirement plan, fourteen paid holidays, and paid vacation and personal time.
Job Overview:
- The Designer coordinates the open space design, performs data and analysis on space utilization, facilities planning, and reviews and makes recommendations on improvements in support of efficient use of both indoor and outdoor college facilities initiatives. This position will provide basic design and furniture layout services, manage physical inventory systems, and assist with maintaining records related to project close-out and standards documents, including individual building space records.
- This position reports to the Assistant Director for Facilities- Planning and Design. This position will oversee student workers within the Planning and Design department.
- This position will be a full time- 40 hours per week position with full benefits offered by the College.
Duties and Responsibilities: - Reviews, evaluates, and provides recommendations for facility improvements, space assignments, and proposals utilizing best practices and established policies and procedures
- Analyzes, audits, and updates facility records to existing standards while researching emerging best practices for implementation
- Schedules logistics and secures resources and information to identify, assign, and acquire space for institutional use
- Reviews space requests; models test fits and facility options for massing, scale, and impact to facilities per the Campus Master Plan
- Investigates options for potential future development based on unit facility master plans and the overall Campus Master Plan
- Assists with interior finish and furniture selections. Maintains and assigns existing furniture from inventory for campus projects and requests. Coordinates the layouts, installation, and moves by working with in-house and outside teams.
- Maintains space assignment records and space allocation information across campus buildings
- Maintains signage standards for campus and support additional/new signage needs
- Oversees the work of the department student workers including the filing of digital and hard files for projects and historical documents
- Completes office support projects as needed
This job description is intended to represent key areas of responsibilities; specific assignments may vary from time to time, and other duties may be assigned. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree required; degree in architecture, interior design, planning or a related field, preferred
- AutoCAD and Adobe Design Suite proficiency required
- Self-motivated, ability to work with details and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Valid driver's license
Physical Requirements The employee is regularly required to sit, talk, or hear; frequently required to use repetitive hand motion, handle or feel, and to stand, walk, reach, bend or lift up to 10 pounds.
FLSA Status - Non-Exempt
As a Christ-centered community, Wheaton College faculty and staff must affirm the College's Statement of Faith as expressing their own theological convictions and agree to live by the moral standards in Wheaton's Community Covenant, modeling these commitments for the Christian formation of our students. Wheaton College faculty and staff also support the Christ-Centered Diversity Commitment which highlights our desire to treat all individuals as equal image-bearers of Jesus Christ through diversity, inclusion, justice and unity.Updated October, 2023