F&B Fit-Out Project Manager

Role overview

Planning and design coordination

• Develop project programmes, milestones, critical paths, and opening timelines; coordinate delivery against scope, budget, quality, and schedule.
• Identify risks and delays, implement recovery plans, and report progress, key decisions, and outstanding actions.
• Coordinate design and technical consultants; review architectural, interior, MEP, kitchen, lighting, signage, and technical drawings, submissions, changes, and shop drawings.
• Resolve design clashes and construction challenges while maintaining approved brand intent and operational needs.

Kitchen and construction delivery

• Coordinate commercial kitchen layouts, equipment, utilities, ventilation, drainage, gas, electrical loads, and operational flows with culinary, operations, and consultants.
• Manage site execution, inspections, progress meetings, workmanship, materials, finishes, contractor resources, and prompt resolution of site issues.
• Ensure food preparation, storage, back-of-house, and service areas meet applicable food safety and authority requirements.

Contractors, costs, and approvals

• Manage contractors, subcontractors, consultants, and suppliers; support tendering, technical evaluation, procurement, installation, and project close-out.
• Prepare and review BOQs covering civil, architectural, MEP, kitchen, joinery, and fit-out work; support tender comparisons and commercial evaluation.
• Monitor budgets, quotations, variations, committed costs, and forecast final costs; identify value engineering without compromising quality or functionality.
• Coordinate landlord requirements, NOCs, permits, inspections, and approvals with mall teams, developers, consultants, and authorities.

Quality, handover, and openings

• Inspect work, identify defects, coordinate rectification and mock-ups, and verify compliance with approved drawings and standards.
• Coordinate commissioning of MEP, kitchen, fire, and life-safety systems; manage snagging, final inspections, handover records, and transition to Operations and Maintenance.
• Coordinate opening readiness across departments, including equipment, furniture, signage, IT/POS, checklists, soft openings, and resolution of project defects.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5–7 years of project management experience, including significant restaurant, hospitality, or F&B fit-out delivery.
• Strong knowledge of restaurant construction, commercial kitchens, MEP systems, fit-out methods, and technical coordination.
• Good knowledge of UAE authority requirements, landlord fit-out processes, and construction regulations.
• Proven contractor, consultant, supplier, budget, and construction programme management; able to manage multiple projects and opening deadlines.
• Strong problem-solving, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred experience and tools

• Experience in malls, mixed-use developments, and high-street locations is preferred.
• MS Project, AutoCAD, or equivalent project management and drawing review platforms are preferred.