Site Manager
- Site Supervision & Operations: Manage daily on-site activities, ensuring work aligns with approved architectural drawings, specifications, and fast-track schedules.
- Subcontractor & Trade Coordination: Direct and coordinate diverse trade specialists.
- Quality Control & Workmanship: Inspect finishing details, high-spec joinery, and interior installations to meet client expectations and design standards.
- Progress Monitoring & Reporting: Track daily/weekly progress against the master construction program and report updates to the Manager.
- Stakeholder Communication: Liaise with interior designers, technical team, consultants, clients, and suppliers to resolve technical queries or on-site deviations.
- Resource & Material Management: Monitor on-site material deliveries, tool availability, and labor deployment to prevent bottlenecks.
1. Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in architecture, Civil Engineering or Interior Design.
2 Professional Experience
- Minimum of 5 to 7+ years of total experience in construction, with a strong focus (at least 3–5 years) specifically in high-end fit-out, interior decoration, and refurbishment projects.
- Proven track record in managing commercial, retail, hospitality, or luxury residential fit-out projects.
- Experience with fast-track delivery schedules and tight deadlines, which are highly common in commercial and retail environments.
3. Technical & Engineering Skills
- Drawing & Blueprint Literacy: Excellent ability to interpret architectural, structural, and interior design drawings, as well as MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) layouts and joinery details.
- Software Proficiency: Strong knowledge of AutoCAD, Microsoft Project (or similar scheduling software), and the MS Office Suite (especially Excel).
- Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of finishing materials, drywalls, ceilings, flooring, joinery works, and the sequential logic of interior finishes.
4. Management & Soft Skills
- Subcontractor Coordination: Strong capability to manage, schedule, and supervise multiple subcontractors, specialists, and direct labor simultaneously.
- Communication & Negotiation: Exceptional communication skills to act as the primary liaison between the client, consultants, project managers, and suppliers.
- Problem-Solving: Ability to identify design clashes on-site and proactively implement practical solutions under pressure.
- Reporting: Ability to generate comprehensive daily/weekly progress reports, track material submittals, and handle variations or quantity take-offs.