Job Description:The Assistant Project Manager - Interior Design supports the planning, design coordination, execution, and closeout of high-rise residential projects, with a primary focus on interior design implementation. This role ensures design intent is executed accurately and aligned with budget, schedule, and company standards.
What Will You Do?- Assist in initiation, planning, execution, and closeout of high-rise residential projects.
- Coordinate designers, consultants, engineers, subcontractors, and vendors.
- Develop and maintain interior project schedules and monitor critical path items.
- Assist with budgeting, cost estimating, and value engineering for interior scopes.
- Manage RFIs, submittals, change orders, and subcontractor invoices.
- Lead finish palettes, material selections, and FF&E specifications.
- Review reflected ceiling plans, lighting plans, elevations, and interior details.
- Oversee FF&E procurement and installation.
- Conduct field verifications and maintain punch lists.
- Ensure compliance with ADA and building codes.
- Support quality control and resolve field design issues.
- Participate in post-project reviews.
Interior Design & Technical Oversight
- Lead and coordinate finish palettes, materials selections, and FFE&F specification for residential units amenities, and common areas
- Review and manager construction drawings including reflected ceilings plans, lighting plans, electrical plans, and interior elevations.
- Ensure interior design documentation aligns with architectural drawings and construction requirements.
- Oversee procurement, bidding, and installation of FF&E packages
- Review shop drawings and submittals for compliance with design intent
- Conduct field verifications to ensure finishes and installations meet design specifications
- Ensure compliance with building codes, ADA requirements, and applicable regulations
- Stay current with residential market trends, materials, and high-rise design standards
Pre-Construction & Budget Management
- Assist with quantity take-offs and bid packages for interior scopes
- Perform cost analysis of material selections and recommend value-engineering solutions
- Maintain project cost databases and track interior budget performance
- Prequalify vendors and subcontractors for finish trades
- Draft and administer subcontracts related to interior scopes
Field Engineering & Quality Control
- Support overall quality control for interior finishes and detailing
- Conduct site walks to verify installations align with drawings and specifications
What You Bring- Minimum 3 years of Project Engineer experience
- Experience in ground up high rise construction.
- Associate's degree or higher in Interior Design, Interior Architecture, Construction Management, or related field preferred
- Strong knowledge of construction methods, detailing, and building codes
- Proficiency in MS Project, MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Windows
- Ability to guide, direct, and coordinate a department with five or more employees
- Demonstrated ability to effectively run a department in an efficient manner
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret prints, architectural drawings, financial and job cost reports
- Excellent knowledge of the industry and trends impacting the business
- Excellent customer service orientation and excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Develop and maintain punch lists for residential units and amenity spaces
- Assist in preparing project-specific safety plans and conducting site safety reviews
- Troubleshoot field conditions and coordinate design solutions with consultants
Salary Range:$120,000-$140,000
How To Apply:Please apply through the link on the job posting and attach your resume and any other required documents.
We thank all applicants for your interest in the Onni Group. Note that only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.
