Healthcare Designer

To further build and develop our furniture planning team, Alfred Williams & Company is seeking a talented Healthcare Designer to join our team. This key role, focused in our Charlotte, NC market, requires the candidate to reside in Wilmington, NC. We are looking for a professional who is passionate about healthcare design and eager to contribute to innovative solutions that enhance patient care environments. If you are a creative, detail-oriented designer with experience in the healthcare sector, we invite you to become a part of our dynamic team.

Personal and Interpersonal Skills:

• Self-starter who is highly motivated, flexible, and able to multi-task
• Professional manner, dress, and verbal/written communication skills
• Works well in a cross-functional team environment, exhibiting exceptional communication skills
• Able to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines on multiple projects simultaneously
• Able to meet with end users include planning, design, and construction teams along with onsite clinical staff, to discuss solutions and options that best fit their need and function.
• Willing to work in clinical and healthcare environments.

Responsibilities and Technical Skills:

• Skilled and efficient in inputting furniture layouts and space plans into AutoCAD via CAP and CET
• Proficient in the use of software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Development of color and material presentations, both electronic and physical
• Advanced knowledge of AWC's product offerings and product positioning
• Communicate with vendors to determine pricing, discounts, etc.
• Set up and maintain project files per design and company standards
• Field verification and measurement of site conditions
• Experience in space planning, typical development, and systems furniture layout
• Product take-off, specification of systems and conventional products
• Compile detailed inventory of existing product (stored or on-site) & record information with minimal assistance
• Development of installation drawings
• Basic understanding of Building Codes, ADA requirements, and Electrical/Data requirements applied to a project
• Check all drawings and specifications for 100% accuracy
• Assist to define the scope of a project, assess customer needs and program design applications.
• Active and thoughtful participation in client interactions and programming sessions