Vacant job

Do you have experience with laboratories and interior design, and would you like to contribute to the development of future research and laboratory environments within healthcare? We are now looking for an interior design consultant for a project where you will play a central role in the planning, ordering, and implementation of laboratory interiors at Karolinska University Hospital.

What we offer

• A key role in a major renovation project with significant impact on operations
• Close collaboration with clients, operations, suppliers, and contractors
• A varied assignment with responsibility from planning to final delivery
• The opportunity to contribute to functional, sustainable, and future-proof laboratory environments.

Naturally, you will also benefit from our general benefits offered by Karolinska University Hospital.

About the position

In this assignment, you will have a central role in a larger renovation project where you are responsible for ensuring functional, sustainable, and operation-adapted laboratory environments. You will work through the entire process – from planning and ordering to delivery, installation, and follow-up – in close collaboration with operations, clients, and suppliers.

The project involves the renovation of laboratory facilities in BioClinicum as well as the N- and L-houses at Karolinska University Hospital. The position is a fixed-term employment linked to the project's execution. The employment is initially for 12 months with the possibility of extension for an additional 6 months.

The assignment requires an understanding of the function and design of laboratory environments, as well as the ability to ensure that interior solutions meet the operation's needs regarding quality, ergonomics, sustainability, accessibility, and working environment. The role also includes responsibility for planning and following up on deliveries based on the project's budget, schedule, and quality requirements.

Your main tasks include:

• Conducting walkthroughs of designed drawings per room with the operations team
• Ensuring that articles and fittings correspond to the operation's needs
• Planning and coordinating the reuse of existing furniture together with new furniture
• Coordinating with the ventilated equipment to be installed
• Preparing order documents and executing orders according to budget and schedule
• Coordinating deliveries and installation work in the project's premises
• Following up that installation is carried out according to contract, drawings, and schedule
• Acting as a contact person between the client, operations, and suppliers
• Conducting receiving inspections and handling deviations and complaints
• Compiling delivery and installation status and ensuring the handover of documentation.

We are looking for you who

• Work in a structured, careful, and quality-conscious manner with a focus on follow-up and results
• Are self-initiating and take responsibility for driving the work forward
• Have good collaboration skills and build good relationships with various stakeholders
• Are flexible, solution-oriented, and handle changes and challenges in a constructive manner.

Great importance is placed on personal qualities.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Documented experience in ordering laboratory interiors
• Experience in coordinating suppliers, deliveries, and installation work in multiple locations or larger projects
• Experience with receiving inspections, deviation handling, and complaints
• Experience working in project form together with clients, contractors, and consultants
• Good knowledge of the Office package and experience working with drawings, order documents, and delivery documentation

Merits:

• Experience with laboratory projects in hospital or research environments
• Experience working as a client representative in larger construction or renovation projects
• Experience working with Dalux software

About the recruitment process

Selection and interviews will begin after the vacation period, during week 33.

In connection with your application, you need to attach a CV. Instead of a cover letter, we ask you to answer selection questions and briefly motivate why you are suitable for the role. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

We warmly welcome your application - Together we are Karolinska!

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If you are or have previously been employed by Region Stockholm, we will take internal references from your current or former manager if you become a candidate for employment.

For permanent positions, a probationary period may be applied.

About Karolinska University Hospital

We at Karolinska University Hospital are proud to be one of the world's leading university hospitals. In addition to our special responsibility for highly specialized care in the Stockholm region, our main task is to train future healthcare professionals and conduct world-leading research together with Karolinska Institutet, while continuing our work to develop care for the benefit of the patient. We work within a number of different areas and professions.

You can read more about our mission within care, research, and education here.

Our vision - We shall cure and alleviate tomorrow what no one can cure and alleviate today.

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