Project Technical Designer - Real Estate

PROJECT TECHNICAL DESIGNER

The Ideal Candidate is!

We're looking for a passionate technical designer who thrives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative studio environment-and brings energy, curiosity, and creativity to every phase of the design process. At Vocon, you won't just design-you'll engage. Our team works directly with clients, consultants, and contractors, gaining hands-on exposure and meaningful involvement from concept through completion. Within our Real Estate team, you'll help transform spaces through building repositioning projects, including dynamic lobby renovations, thoughtfully designed business-ready suites, prebuilds, and innovative amenity spaces. If you're excited by the opportunity to shape experience-driven environments and collaborate closely with stakeholders, this is your chance to make an impact.

Overview

As a mid-level design professional, you will contribute to project delivery across multiple phases, including design development and technical execution. This role requires a strong foundation in architecture and interior design, and the ability to work independently on small- to medium-scale projects or to support larger initiatives under senior leadership. You will be responsible for design documentation, consultant coordination, and project execution, ensuring high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading and owning the technical execution of small and medium-sized projects of limited complexity.
• Responsible for actively and regularly partnering with design and management leaders to execute the project, coordinate resources and integrate inputs from project inception to completion.
• Participate as a leading member of the project team in all aspects of project scope - informing the workplan, supporting design, complying with jurisdictional requirements, leading and producing content for all phases of documentation, overseeing construction administration services and coordinating with outside consultants.
• Responsible for specific technical design aspects of an assigned project, including investigation, evaluation and recommendation of design solutions.
• Responsible for ensuring that the production of construction documents is in concert with design intent.
• Conduct code analyses and act as a point of contact with jurisdictions.
• Perform submittal reviews during construction, maintain RFI and submittal logs.
• Assist in managing client expectations.
• Coordinates communication between the project team, subcontractors, and other disciplines.
• Conducts on-site observations and prepares architect's field reports.
• Responsible for document coordination and design detailing.
• Coordinates project teams and team assignments to complete interior design and/or architectural projects
• Use of advanced techniques and modification/extension of theories, precepts, and practices.
• Performs work requiring judgment in evaluation, selection, and adaptation/ modification of standard techniques, procedures, and criteria.

Capabilities

• Fundamental competency in fulfilling Key Responsibilities for the Project Technical Designer job category.
• Specialized strength in technical execution, knowledge of the full design process, competent in all conventional aspects of interior design and/or architecture.
• Flexibility to focus on a single client with a variety of project types or multiple, concurrent projects in various stages of development.
• Ability to communicate technical and integration issues and direction quickly.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, consultants, contractors and staff.
• Strong interpersonal skills with all levels of management and staff.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Experience in all phases of interior design, architecture and engineering, including substantial and varied experience in project planning.
• Experience in all project phases, from strategic planning and programming through construction and post-occupancy phases.
• Experience in construction document preparation and field operations.
• Knowledge of building materials, building codes, specifications, construction techniques, interior and/or architectural detailing.
• Experience with building codes, ADA requirements, zoning and generally knowledgeable in jurisdictional processes.
• Sufficient knowledge of engineering disciplines to coordinate work.
• Competent in business writing and communication skills.
• Proficiency in REVIT, Bluebeam, Newforma, AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Microsoft Office and other applicable programs.
• Possess BIM modeling skills.

Requirements

• Degree in architecture or interior design from an accredited university.
• Design professional with (typically) no less than five years of relevant experience in commercial interior design and/or architecture.

Salary Description

75,000-97,000