Designer - Healthcare Interiors - Junior

At Gensler, we design for people. We leverage our global perspective and local presence to innovate at every scale. Fueled by passion and entrepreneurial spirit, our people bring new ideas to solve challenging problems.  Our depth of expertise spans disciplines and we strive to make the everyday places people occupy more inspiring, more resilient, and more impactful. 

Your Role 

As a Gensler Designer – Interiors, in Chicago, as part of our healthcare team, your job is to combine creativity and technical knowledge with business skills and understanding to produce functionally beautiful spaces for clients. We are collaborative and client focused, with a commitment to design experience, sustainability and social purpose. Join our incredible team and leverage the power of informed and purposeful user-centered design to unlock design solutions and strategies that are defining the next chapter in the healthcare industry. 

What You Will Do 

• Collaborate with the project team, client, vendors, contractors, and consultants for a variety of healthcare projects (medical office buildings, hospitals, outpatient clinics, surgery centers, community health centers, etc.) 
• Support documentation coordination with consultants (structural, MEP, lighting, AV, acoustical, accessibility, building envelope, life safety, etc.) 
• Participate in the selection and documentation of furniture, fabrics, equipment (FF&E), color palettes, and decorative lighting 
• Generate finish plans, RCPs, lighting plans, specifications, material selections, and millwork drawings and details 
• Support the team’s resolution of complex technical and design issues to produce innovative, technical, constructible solutions  
• Produce drawings, specifications and construction administration tasks 
• Responsible for delivery of documents with design intent and top-notch technical quality 
• Contribute to the maintenance and oversight of the project manual and specifications 
• Conduct on-site observations and document site reviews 
• Process submittals/substitution requests during construction and address RFIs 
• Interface with building and permitting officials during the permitting and construction phases of the project 
• Actively participate and contribute to the financial performance of project 
• Review and contribute to proposals and contracts with the Project Manager 
• Establish and maintain ongoing, productive client relationships 
• Collaborate with, mentor and support team members 
• Contribute to office activities, initiatives and learning programs 

Your Qualifications  

• 3+ years of related experience on interior healthcare projects, from feasibility studies, pre-design, space programming, master planning to schematic design, design development and construction documents 
• Experience delivering healthcare spaces is required 
• Understanding of healthcare regulations and codes (FGI, FBC and NFPA) 
• Expertise with building codes, standards and building structures - able to lead and guide our teams and clients with confidence