Lead Interior Fit-Out Design & Coordination

Nationwide Middle East Properties LLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide Middle East Properties LLC seeks an experienced Fit-Out Design Manager to lead design development, coordination, and delivery of interior fit-outs across commercial, residential, retail, and mixed-use properties in Abu Dhabi. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, ensure buildability, and manage technical interfaces through to handover.

Responsibilities include reviewing drawings, resolving clashes, securing approvals, and aligning with project specs, BOQ reviews, and value

Qualifications

• 5+ years in interior fit-out design, technical coordination, or design management.
• Experience coordinating architectural, interior, structural, civil, and MEP drawings.
• Ability to review and coordinate shop drawings and specifications.
• Strong understanding of Abu Dhabi fit-out approvals and guidelines.
• Fluent reading/marking architectural, MEP & joinery drawings and specs.

Responsibilities

• Lead fit-out design development, space planning, and technical detailing, ensuring design intent, functionality and buildability.
• Review and coordinate drawings across architectural, interior, structural, civil and MEP, identifying clashes.
• Oversee preparation, technical review, and approval of construction drawings, shop drawings, and joinery details.
• Drive multidisciplinary coordination with consultants, contractors, suppliers and stakeholders to resolve RFIs and manage revisions.
• Evaluate materials, finishes, construction methodologies, and site conditions for compliance and constructability.
• Support cost optimization and value engineering through BOQ reviews and design variation control.
• Manage design deliverables, submission schedules, quality compliance, and interfaces to meet contract standards.
• Oversee inspections, testing coordination and project handover to ensure design intent is achieved.

Skills

Design coordination

Technical detailing

Quality control

Cross-discipline collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, or related discipline

Tools

AutoCAD

MS Project

Primavera

SketchUp

Bluebeam

InDesign

Job description

Nationwide Middle East Properties LLC seeks an experienced Fit-Out Design Manager to lead design development, coordination, and delivery of interior fit-outs across commercial, residential, retail, and mixed-use properties in Abu Dhabi. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, ensure buildability, and manage technical interfaces through to handover.

Responsibilities include reviewing drawings, resolving clashes, securing approvals, and aligning with project specs, BOQ reviews, and value