Job Description

Are you looking for a Challenge? Looking for an innovative organization and the opportunity to learn and grow professionally? We can help! We are seeking an Interior Designer to support the Veteran community in the San Francisco, California area. This position is open to all candidates, including Locum or Traveling professionals.

Position Highlights:

• Logistics:
  • Contract Type: 1 base year with 4, 1-year option periods
  • Location: San Francisco, California
• Requirements :
  • Authorization to work in the U.S. permanently, without sponsorship.
  • A bachelor's degree in Interior Design / Interior Architecture or a related field (or equivalent experience)
  • Professional experience at an architecture or interior design firm.
  • Knowledge of interior design principles and practices is required.
  • Ability to draft detailed plans and specifications that meet client requirements.
  • Previous experience with the VA is a plus
• Benefits:
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) match
  • Paid sick leave
  • Paid vacation
  • 11 federal paid holidays

I've never heard of Terrestris. Why should I join the team?

In 2025, Terrestris was ranked 185 out of the top 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America by Inc. We hit this mark because, at Terrestris, we form strong client and team relationships through transparency and strive to create an environment where our team can let their excellence shine through. By finding, developing, and incorporating new ideas, we provide memorable services. Rooted in the USMC values of honor, courage, and commitment, Terrestris seeks to deliver extraordinary value to the American people by helping the Government become more efficient and effective.

What does a typical day look like for the Interior Designer?

You will:

• Work is completed on-site, and the employee primarily performs Interior Design Program Support. Alternately performs Requirements Development and Construction Representative Services. Expect 2,000 annual hours.
  • Interior Design Program Support – Tasks are consistent with the 1008 Federal Job Series. Identifying, researching, and creatively solving problems about the function and quality of the interior environment. Performing services relative to interior spaces, including programming, design analysis, space planning, and aesthetics, using specialized knowledge of interior construction, building systems and components, building codes, equipment, materials, and furnishings. Preparing drawings and documents relative to the design of interior spaces to enhance and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. Coordinating and integrating the mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering disciplines within the interior context. Managing projects, developing cost estimates, evaluating bid proposals, reviewing construction documents, participating in on-site construction visits, conducting pre- and post-occupancy evaluations, developing standards for efficient space management, etc.
  • Requirements Development – This performance will require data collection, including the retrieval of historical documentation, physical verification of existing conditions, review and response to Requests for Information (RFIs), Building Service Equipment (BSE) specifications, and Cost Estimating via RS Means or similar. It does not include capital planning actions such as creation of entries in the Strategic Capital Investment Plan (SCIP) or use of the Space and Equipment Planning System (SEPS).
  • Construction Representative Services – Tasks are consistent with requirements in the 0809 Federal Job Series. Specific responsibilities include creation of Construction Daily Logs, Construction Safety rounding (OSHA 30 Construction Safety level), Project oversight utilizing construction documents (drawings and specifications), review of schedule compliance, review of submittals as related to jobsite materials, coordination of utility outages, preliminary review of invoicing as related to work completion, drafting and posting of compliance documentation such as Infection Control Risk Assessments (ICRA) and Preconstruction Risk Assessments (PCRA), review and oversight of work requiring an Activity Hazard analysis, and troubleshooting of construction site issues resulting in adjacent impacts.

What qualifications do you look for?

You might be the professional we're looking for if you have:

• Authorization to work in the U.S. permanently, without sponsorship.
• A bachelor's degree in Interior Design or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Professional experience at an architecture or interior design firm.
• Previous experience with the VA is a plus
• Knowledge of interior design principles and practices is required.
• Ability to draft detailed plans and specifications that meet client requirements.

If selected, candidates will need to complete credentialing and onboarding requirements consistent with VA medical staff processes.

What kind of benefits does Terrestris Offer?

We offer outstanding benefits, including health, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week regularly are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category.

Terrestris is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

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