Space PlanningInterior Design Lead

This position is contingent upon IDIQ contract award and subsequent task-order award(s) and requirements. It is intended to support SHELADIAs pursuit of the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) 2026 Worldwide A/E Support Services IDIQ. Employment assignments travel and project responsibilities will be based on the awarded contract and applicable task orders.

The program may support planning design construction facility rehabilitation system replacement security upgrades communications facilities and building maintenance at Foreign Service posts worldwide and OBO offices in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Services may include professional support services constructability reviews critical-path schedule and risk analyses and project-budget analyses.

The Space Planning/Interior Design Lead will direct programming workplace planning interior modernization and facility-upgrade assignments creating functional secure flexible accessible and mission-responsive environments for diplomatic personnel and operations.

• Lead space programming utilization studies workplace planning blocking and stacking test fits and interior-design assignments.
• Translate mission staffing workflow security accessibility technology and furniture requirements into coordinated space solutions.
• Develop interior concepts finish standards furniture requirements signage wayfinding and implementation plans.
• Assess existing spaces and develop modernization reconfiguration consolidation swing-space and phased-occupancy strategies.
• Coordinate architectural structural MEP fire protection IT acoustical technical-security and furniture requirements.
• Support occupied-facility renovations while maintaining mission continuity life safety security and ongoing operations.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and interviews with OBO clients facility managers security personnel and end users.
• Prepare and review plans specifications reports presentations cost inputs schedules furniture packages and scopes of work.
• Apply U.S. Government requirements while addressing host-country codes materials procurement constraints and construction practices.
• Provide quality-control reviews mentor design staff and support proposals interviews and client presentations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in interior design architecture space planning or a closely related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in space planning programming interior design workplace strategy or related services.
• NCIDQ certification architectural registration or another professional credential appropriate to the discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex programming space-planning and interior-modernization assignments.
• Strong knowledge of accessibility life-safety workplace furniture finish signage and wayfinding requirements.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design engineering security technology and furniture requirements.
• Proficiency with Revit AutoCAD BIM space-management visualization and presentation tools.
• Strong leadership communication stakeholder-management and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to exercise sound professional judgment in operationally sensitive diplomatically complex or high-security environments.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government personnel security clearance when required by the assigned work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in interior design architecture or a related field.
• Experience with diplomatic federal defense institutional workplace mission-critical or high-security facilities.
• Experience supporting phased renovations in active and occupied international facilities.
• LEED AP WELL AP EDAC or comparable sustainability wellness or evidence-based design credential.
• Experience coordinating U.S. standards with host-country laws codes authorities materials and construction practices.

Additional Information :

International and domestic travel is expected and may include short-notice trips to overseas diplomatic facilities and other project locations. Travel requirements may vary based on assigned projects task orders and client requirements.

Salary: $105000$160000 per year commensurate with experience and qualifications. 

Sheladia Associates Inc. has made the best effort to accurately represent the pay range for this position however base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience and any applicable cost of living data relevant to the position/candidate.

Other compensation: opportunities for annual increase and bonus and other types of bonuses.

Sheladia provides employees with the opportunity to work in a diverse multi-cultural environment with exposure to and collaboration with multiple disciplines on a variety of projects. You will work in a hands-on collaborative team environment. 

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Health Savings Account (HSA; with eligible medical plan enrollment)
Life insurance
Long-term disability
Medical insurance
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Vision insurance 

Our office building provides our employees with plenty of free on-site parking free access to a fitness center complete with locker rooms showers and towel service a yoga studio/meditation room lovely outdoor seating and dining area and next to a community park with walking paths and sports fields.

Sheladia Associates Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters/recruitment agencies or utilize any such agency or firm for our recruitment/talent acquisition needs. Please do not solicit candidates or services to any Sheladia employees.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract