Facilities Project Designer
Facilities Project Designer
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Job Description
The Facility Project Designer plays a critical role in supporting design initiatives and ensuring brand compliance across 177 Toyota dealerships in the southeastern region. This position is in charge of assisting in the development of efficient brand-aligned environments including showrooms service drives parts departments and customer lounges that enhance both operational flow and the overall customer experience. The ideal candidate brings a robust foundation in architectural design or facility planning coupled with solid project management and communication skills is a detail orientated self-starter and proficient in design software to visualize layouts and maintain accurate site and floor plans.
Responsibilities:
- Plan organize and execute the brand compliance process for Toyota Dealer facilities.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure consistent administrative processes utilizing CRM to document project notes.
- Create conceptual and detailed designs for dealership renovations upgrades new builds and facility improvements.
- Coordinate the ongoing maintenance of Southeast Toyotas Image II facility website ensuring content remains current accurate and relevant.
- Travel to dealerships to assist with conducting in-person dealership facility assessments to validate existing conditions and identify design opportunities or constraints. Occasionally develop on-the-spot design solutions to address site-specific challenges during multi-day visits (24 days).
- Review and critique design development and construction documents provided by the dealers architect.
- Maintain and update dealership floor and site plans in AutoCAD ensuring alignment with Toyotas facility standards and revise dealership records including the Toyota Dealership Agreements (TDA) as needed following dealer property acquisitions.
- Assist with processing monthly Toyota dealership expense submissions by reviewing invoices and payment applications validating supporting documentation (e.g. photos) and organizing data using Excel.
- Collaborate with field operations and fixed ops teams to ensure facility designs align with business needs.
- Tasked with managing the exterior sign program for Toyota Dealerships in the southeast region.
- Stay current with design trends in automotive retail including digital showroom integrations EV infrastructure planning and customer experience enhancements.
- Other duties as deemed necessary
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Architecture Interior Design Facility Planning or a related field or 35 years of experience in facility design or architectural support preferably in automotive retail or commercial environments.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and 3D modeling software (e.g. Revit SketchUp Rhino).
- Familiarity with project workflows construction documents and design approval processes.
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment.
- Collaborative team-oriented mindset with strong communication and presentation skills comfortable presenting to executive-level management regularly.
- Solid administrative and customer service skills ensuring smooth operations and positive interactions with internal and external partners.
- Exemplary time management and prioritization skills and ability to maintain focus and efficiency under pressure.
- Knowledge of dealership throughput modeling and service capacity planning a plus.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 Suite (PowerPoint Excel).
- Overnight travel required and willingness to travel 25%-50% as needed to support business operations.
- Willingness to support extended hours during dealer site visits including evening visits to verify exterior signage functionality and visibility.
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This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties responsibilities or aspects of the job described and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of JM Family. All work arrangements are subject to associate performance business need and manager discretion and may be revised as necessary.
JM FAMILY IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
JM Family Enterprises Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to recruiting hiring retaining and promoting qualified associates without regard to age race religion color gender sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression mental or physical disability national origin marital status citizenship military status genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state provincial or local law.
DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS
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Employment Type
Full-Time
