furniture specialist.

Cella by Randstad Digital is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Furniture Specialist to join our client's People Places & Spaces (PP&S) team on a contract basis. In this role, you will contribute to innovative and inspiring workplace environments that reflect our brand and culture across corporate locations and retail networks. Your focus will span the end-to-end delivery of furniture, signage, and artwork solutions—from initial concept, programming, selection, and specification to procurement and final installation oversight. Your passion for the finished product, keen eye for detail, and desire to curate a thoughtful workplace experience will be instrumental in shaping the future of our environments.

The PP&S team leads real estate strategy, workplace optimization, spatial design, construction, project management, facilities management, and health & safety across a robust multi-million square foot portfolio.
• Contract Duration: 2 years
• Work Location: Calgary, AB / Hybrid
• This role will involve site visits

Advantages
• Large-Scale Portfolio Exposure: Managing a massive 1.5 million square foot portfolio gives you a high-profile resume builder and experience handling complex, enterprise-level facilities.

• Cutting-Edge Human-Centric Design: This role goes beyond basic layout design by actively focusing on modern workplace trends like neurodiversity considerations, universal accessibility, and wellness standards.
• End-to-End Ownership: You won't just be drawing plans; you will get to own the full lifecycle of the projects—from the initial creative concept and budgeting all the way to final installation and quality assurance.
• Cross-Functional Networking: Because this role acts as a primary technical resource collaborating with engineering, IT, and external vendors, it provides unparalleled professional exposure to cross-functional industry leaders.

Responsibilities
• Furniture Management: Coordinate the technical specification, budget estimation, procurement, and disposition of all furniture assets. Optimize asset reuse across the portfolio by leveraging current inventory on-site and in storage.
• Procurement & Lead-Time Oversight: Manage the end-to-end ordering process, including vendor quotes, purchase orders, and tracking long-lead items to secure project timelines.
• Systems Furniture Expertise: Act as the primary technical resource for systems furniture workstations, ensuring all layouts integrate seamlessly with electrical, data, building infrastructure, and technology.
• Ancillary Program Oversight: Oversee the selection, procurement, placement, and installation of signage, accessories, and artwork to enhance spatial navigation and brand experience.
• Standards Maintenance: Apply established brand standards and specifications while staying informed of furniture industry trends to ensure cost-effective, modern, and visually consistent environments.
• Quality Assurance & Installation: Conduct regular site visits to ensure furniture and signage installations adhere to corporate standards, building codes, and safety regulations.
• Logistics & Move Coordination: Monitor complex project timelines and delivery schedules, often in occupied environments, without disrupting ongoing business operations.
• Drawing Documentation: Develop and maintain technical drawings of furniture for integration into our IWMS system. Maintain a standard library of furniture symbols and ensure drawing compliance.
• Evacuation Plans: Prepare evacuation floor plans, ensuring strict adherence to safety compliance regulations.
• Vendor Management: Partner closely with external vendors to ensure accuracy in furniture drawings, specifications, and quotations alignment.

Qualifications
Distinctive Skill Requirements:
• Conceptual Translation: Ability to transform business objectives into furniture and ancillary solutions that support the changing nature of work, enhancing culture, wayfinding, and accessibility.
• Human-Centric Design Application: Expertise in integrating empathy-led design principles—such as universal accessibility, neurodiversity considerations, and wellness standards—into technical drawings.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Ability to proactively engage with key stakeholders and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver on project objectives while effectively communicating decisions.
• Visual Communication: Ability to create 2D furniture plans and 3D renderings to help stakeholders visualize applications before procurement.
• FF&E Budgeting: Proficiency in cost-estimating and value engineering furniture packages to meet project budgets without compromising design intent.
• Software Proficiency: Precise drawing production utilizing AutoCAD and Revit to produce furniture, signage, and artwork plans.

Qualifications:
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Interior Design, Facility Management, or a related field.
• Experience: 3–5 years of experience in workplace design, with specific experience in contract furniture specification and large-scale systems furniture projects.
• Knowledge Base: Comprehensive knowledge of the contract furniture market, furniture construction, materials, product lifecycles, signage fabrication processes, building codes, and safety regulations.

Summary
If you are a design or facilities professional with experience in corporate or retail spaces who is looking to make a tangible impact on modern corporate spaces, we want to hear from you! Apply today by submitting your resume and portfolio for immediate consideration.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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