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One Workplace · 4 hours ago

Furniture Project Manager

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$80K/yr - $95K/yr

2+ years exp

One Workplace is dedicated to redefining the contract furniture experience with a focus on great design and flawless execution. The Furniture Project Manager will manage moderate to large-scale projects from inception to completion, ensuring a high-quality experience for clients while coordinating resources and maintaining project timelines and budgets.

ConstructionInterior DesignProject Management

Responsibilities

Participates in RFP, or other client presentations as needed

Understands each project goal, and sets expectations with project team

Develops deep understanding of each project’s scope, and given the conditions surrounding it, knows the financial impacts to projects

Assists in establishing fees and producing professional, accurate quotations that protect the profit margin

Completes field surveys based on checklist

Develops work plan, schedules, and logistics, and organize deliveries based on overall project parameters, project schedule and scope, and customer goals

Participates in Owner/Architect/Contractor meetings

Serves as a main point of contact and coordinates with all third-party firms (Architecture & Design firms, contractors, cabling vendors, building managers, electricians, and other trades, client’s facility managers, and IT groups, movers, etc.)

Maintains detailed project documentation of key project decisions and customer/project requests/revisions

Provides timely and formal written communication throughout projects and disseminate all critical information to clients and project teams

Audits plans and specifications for accuracy, completeness, and correctness, and correct product application prior to order placement

Plans and supervises product delivery and installation, including performance of work, installation administration, and timeliness of task completion

Stays abreast of jobsite conditions and adjusts resources accordingly to still meet the project budget and timeline

Collaborates with the project team to seek a turnkey delivery of the space to the client

Conducts final walk through with required parties, develop and resolve open issues/punch list, and complete project close out documentation

Participates in any presentations planned for client’s first day of business

Documents projects as required to meet any final deliverables for client

Completes final documentation with the installer to ensure all fees are accurate, and any pending charges such as storage are ultimately communicated by the CEM to the client

Functions as the project’s expert on logistics so that the team meets the timeline and budget required

Acts as a partner to each person on the project team, providing guidance and collaborating as needed, even and especially when the situation is something that has never been encountered prior

Manages project hours to budgeted hours to ensure project profitability

Summarizes each project’s success and challenges, and engages with the team to apply best practices based on findings

Qualification

Interior construction knowledgeContract furniture managementProject managementBudget managementBlueprint readingOffice productivity softwareCommunicationProblem solvingTime managementTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's Degree from a four year college or university, 2-5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination or education and experience

Knowledge of interior construction, interior design, moves and relocations, truck, furniture manufacturing and shipping, and building management

Knowledge of current workplace issues

Knowledge of all aspects of contract furniture management, including; account management, project management, order preparation and management, installation, relocations, storage management and contract furniture administration

General understanding of furniture product utilization, including architectural integration with the ability to manage small to large projects

Very good product and technical knowledge, including applicable building codes, correct product applications, custom applications and pricing, price estimating and solicitation, and electricity and cabling requirements

Ability to read blueprints, conduct field verifications, site measurements and furniture/site surveys

Project estimation and budget management skills

Must be extremely organized, with good time management skills and the ability to work independently with minimal guidance

Must be able to analyze and problem solve, even with significant ambiguity

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Must be able to continually add to knowledge and skills arsenal and extrapolate everything learned to influence the best outcomes possible for each project

Proficient in office productivity applications (email, spreadsheets, presentations, docs, prefer Google apps), and PlanGrid or similar software

Experience in both working independently and closely in a team environment

Seeing, color perception, hearing/listening, clear speech, hand and finger dexterity, and ability to move distances within and between warehouses/offices, ability to get to project sites

Travels to project sites out of the immediate region, or state when needed

Regularly works with others face to face, over the phone and through email

Generally works in an office environment with moderate noise

Nature of work may require working off hours and significant time spent (50%) out of the office

Periodically works outside and may work around moving objects, dust and dirt