The Fit-Out Site Supervisor will oversee daily on-site renovation and interior fit-out activities across both corporate commercial office spaces and high-end residential properties. This role serves as the primary ground-level authority ensuring that general contractors, trade subcontractors, and material suppliers execute work in strict compliance with approved architectural/MEP drawings, project timelines, quality specifications, and building management guidelines.
Key Responsibilities
1. Daily Site Operations & Trade Coordination
- Maintain an active daily site presence across project locations to direct and supervise multi-trade activities (drywall/partitions, suspended ceilings, flooring, joinery/millwork, and painting).
- Coordinate MEP rough-ins and finishes (lighting, power, data cabling, plumbing, HVAC ducts, and fire alarm/sprinkler lines) prior to closing walls and ceilings.
- Manage logistics, daily material deliveries, site storage, waste removal, and equipment staging to avoid work interruptions.
- Enforce building management rules: work permits, delivery access, elevator bookings, and noise restriction hours for commercial office towers and residential communities.
2. Quality Assurance & Inspection
- Inspect incoming materials against approved submittals, samples, and Bill of Quantities (BOQ) specifications to prevent substandard substitutions.
- Verify setting-out dimensions, alignment, verticality, levels, and squareness before permanent fixtures and finishes are installed.
- Manage intermediate trade handovers to protect completed work (e.g., surface protection on finished marble, wood flooring, and custom cabinetry) from subsequent trade damage.
- Conduct continuous inspections, compile detailed snag lists (punch lists) with photo documentation, and drive zero-defect closeout before practical completion.
3. Schedule & Cost Oversight
- Monitor progress against the approved master program and 2-week lookahead schedules; identify potential delay risks early and recommend recovery actions.
- Perform on-site quantity verifications for work completed to validate interim payment claims and evaluate contractor Variation Orders (VOs) before approval.
- Assist in organizing testing and commissioning (T&C) for electrical circuits, plumbing pressure tests, and HVAC balancing.
4. Safety, Compliance & Reporting
- Enforce site Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) standards, ensuring all workers use mandatory PPE and follow safe hot-work and power-tool procedures.
- Prepare and submit daily site progress reports, including manpower counts, progress tracking, photographic evidence, and documented issues or site instructions.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Education: Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Management, or an equivalent technical trade qualification.
- Experience: Minimum 5 years of direct on-site supervision experience specifically in interior fit-outs and renovations (ground-up concrete core/shell experience alone is insufficient).
- Sector Expertise: Proven background handling both fast-track commercial office fit-outs (fire/safety compliance, IT/data cabling, acoustic partitions) and residential refurbishments (high-end joinery, bespoke finishes, luxury sanitaryware).
Technical Skills:
- Proficient in reading and interpreting architectural shop drawings, MEP coordination drawings, and joinery details.
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD/BIM viewers, MS Excel, and mobile punch-list/reporting applications.
- Familiarity with local building codes, civil defense regulations, and facility management handover protocols.
Core Competencies: Strong command of site labor management, conflict resolution, sharp eye for aesthetic detailing, and clear verbal and written communication.
