DLR Group

Employee-owned architecture and engineering firm

Intermediate Interior Designer

Interior DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeOverland Park, KS, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A minimum of 6 years of professional experience in interior design.
An undergraduate degree in Interior Design is required.
Professional certification is required or must be in progress.
Comprehensive technical knowledge, communication, collaboration, and organizational skills are required.
Proficiency in Revit and knowledge of Bluebeam, with strong proficiency in architecture, engineering, interiors, planning software, are required.
Expertise in design techniques, tools, and sustainable principles for producing precise technical plans is required.
Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and attention to detail are required.
Excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills, with the ability to multitask, are required.
The candidate should actively seek to enhance knowledge and contribute to marketing and business development efforts.
A current portfolio or work samples in PDF format must be submitted for consideration.

Responsibilities

Develop creative and technically sound solutions to design challenges, ensuring design excellence.
Integrate quality assurance and quality control processes and company standards, coordinating with Project Managers.
Maintain project schedules and ensure timely delivery of project documents.
Demonstrate conceptual design and space-planning skills and detail constructable design ideas.
Apply appropriate products, materials, and furniture, fixtures, and equipment aligned with sustainability goals, and create graphic presentations.
Attend site walks and Construction Administration meetings and share lessons learned to improve project coordination.
Lead collaboration within the project team, generating and communicating design ideas and solutions.
Ensure building information modeling standards are applied, oversee quality assurance and quality control procedures, and resolve clash detection issues.
Manage time effectively and align construction and material costs with project budgets.
Develop material and finish palettes, create 3D renderings, and prepare presentation drawings.
Coordinate the design and technical development of interior aspects of projects with the integrated design team, delivering work that meets project scope, schedule, budget, and fee requirements.
Assist the project manager with scheduling, developing work plans, creating cartoon sets, and ensuring quality assurance and quality control throughout the project.
Lead interior design efforts, client interactions, and presentations.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group has an opening for an Intermediate Interior Designer to support the growth of our Kansas City office!

Position Summary

As an Interior Designer at DLR Group, you will play a versatile role in our Interiors team, with responsibilities that vary across projects. You will be involved in developing comprehensive material and finish palettes, creating 3D renderings, and preparing presentation drawings. You'll also coordinate the design and technical development of interior aspects of projects, working closely with the integrated design team to deliver high-quality work that meets project scope, schedule, budget, and fee requirements.

In addition, you may assist the project manager with scheduling, developing work plans, creating cartoon sets, and ensuring QA/QC throughout the project. You'll often take the lead on interior design efforts, client interactions, and presentations. Our Interiors team is committed to upholding and promoting our company's core values in every aspect of their work. This role offers an opportunity to grow your skills and make a meaningful impact on a variety of projects.

If you are a collaborative thought leader with a strategic mindset this might be the position for you. DLR Group is 100% employee owned and as such you’ll enjoy the opportunity to have ownership in the Firm. We rely on all our employee-owners to apply their financial acumen to grow the Firm profitably.

What you will do

Develop creative and technically sound solutions to design challenges, ensuring design excellence
Integrate quality assurance/control processes and company standards, coordinating with Project Managers
Maintain project schedules and ensure timely delivery of project documents
Demonstrate strong conceptual design, space planning, and ability to detail constructable design ideas
Apply appropriate products, materials, and FF&E aligned with sustainability goals, and create graphic presentations
Attend site walks and Construction Administration meetings, sharing lessons learned to improve project coordination
Lead collaboration within the project team, generating and communicating design ideas and solutions
Ensure BIM standards are applied, oversee QA/QC procedures, and resolve clash detection issues
Manage time effectively and align construction/material costs with project budgets

Required Qualifications:

Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in interior design
Undergraduate Degree in Interior Design required
Professional certification required, or in progress
Comprehensive technical knowledge with strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
Proficient in Revit and knowledgeable in Bluebeam with strong proficiency in A/E/I/P software
Expertise in design techniques, tools, and sustainable principles for producing precise technical plans
Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and attention to detail
Excellent written, verbal, and graphic communication skills with the ability to multitask
Actively seeks to enhance knowledge and contributes to marketing and business development efforts

*TO BE CONSIDERED, PLEASE SUBMIT CURRENT PORTFOLIO/WORK SAMPLES IN PDF FORMAT*

#LI-MIS

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

About the Company

DLR Group

Employee-owned architecture and engineering firm

DLR Group is an integrated design firm providing architecture, engineering, interior design, and planning services for sectors including healthcare, education, workplace, and civic infrastructure. Its offerings extend to specialty services such as landscape architecture, lighting design, acoustics, and audiovisual systems. What sets DLR Group apart is its 100% employee-ownership model, aligning every team member's incentives with client outcomes. The goal is to elevate the human experience through design that strengthens resilient communities.

Company size: 1-10
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Minneapolis, MN
Founded: 1966

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