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CAPITAL PLANNING (UA-UART-IUBLA)

Capital Planning and Facilities (CPF) works to ensure that IU campuses are beautiful, functional, and sustainable supporting excellence in teaching, learning, research, and community engagement across the entire university. A unit within CPF, Facility Operations maintains our physical campus to support research, teaching, and learning at Indiana University Bloomington. As a unit of Capital Planning and Facilities, Facility Operations provides wide-ranging services all with the goal of creating a beautiful, well-functioning campus.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Leads the planning, design, and execution of interior environments across a range of project types and scales.
• Responsible for developing design solutions that integratespace planning, furnishings, finishes, and building systems while aligning with budget, schedule, regulatory requirements, and university standards.
• Works collaboratively with Engineering, Trades, vendors, and campus partners to ensure successful project delivery, while exercising independent judgment and problem-solving throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead the design and delivery of basic and complex interior projects, from initial concept through completion, including space planning, finish selection, furniture integration, and detailed specifications.
• Independently analyze project requirements, constraints, and opportunities to develop design solutions that balance functionality, aesthetics, cost, and long-term performance.
• Prepares and presents design concepts, plans, specifications, cost estimates, and budget recommendations to project stakeholders.
• Coordinates and manage project implementation, working closely with Engineering, Trades, contractors, vendors, and other campus partners to ensure quality, schedule, and budget objectives are met.
• Monitors project progress, resolve field conditions and installation issues, and adjust design solutions as needed to maintain project goals.
• Serves as a primary point of coordination for interior scope, facilitating communication and problem-solving across disciplines and stakeholder groups.
• Provides guidance and support to junior staff, interns, or team members, and contribute to a collaborative and knowledge-sharing team environment.
• Participates in the development and refinement of internal standards, workflows, and processes to improve project delivery and operational efficiency.
• Builds and maintains relationships with vendors, manufacturers, and industry partners to support informed design decisions and awareness of emerging trends.
• Contributes to broader team and departmental initiatives, providing input that supports consistency, quality, and continuous improvement across projects.

General Responsibilities

• Plans and designs basic and complex interior spaces including design conception, plan drawing, establishing specifications, analyzing available space, determining office equipment and layout, and assessing traffic flow.
• Performs all of the above within budget limits, adhering to pertinent regulations and building codes.
• Develops and presents proposals, plans and specifications, cost estimates, and budget recommendations.
• Oversees project implementation, including engaging Engineering, Trades, and Facility Operations staff and/or independent contractors as needed, and orders necessary equipment and supplies.
• Reviews and monitors projects in progress to ensure budget control, timely completion, and the compliance of contractors with established standards; assists contractors and craftspeople in resolving problems during installation; and develops and proposes solutions and prepares revised design alterations or modifications as appropriate.
• Maintains contracts with vendors, manufacturing representatives, contractors, and craftspeople to evaluate projects and ensure awareness of trends in the design field.
• Maintains design library and resources files.
• May provide guidance to Interior Design Assistants and lower-level Interior Designers.
• May make procedural and process recommendations to supervisor for improved operational efficiency.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

Required: Bachelor's degree in interior design, architecture, or related field.

Required: 2 years in interior design, architecture, or related field.

Required: Pass National Council for Interior Design (NCIDQ) Qualification Upon Date of Hire.

Preferred: LEED AP Upon Date of Hire.

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
• Proficiency with AutoCAD systems is required; REVIT proficiency is a plus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc) is required.
• Knowledge of common business furniture systems is required.

This role regularly requires the ability to effectively communicate. This role frequently requires the ability to handle equipment. This role frequently requires the ability to remain stationary and ascend/descend ladders/stairs. This role requires the ability to move objects weighing up to 25 pounds. The role requires the ability to detect items in close proximity as well as far away; discern between colors; detect objects in peripheral space of self; discern items in detail; and to have good depth perception. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Bloomington, Indiana. This is an in-person position.

$67,000 to $69,000 annually

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IUBenefit Programs Brochure.

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Engineering, Trades & Facility

Job Family: Interior Design

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