Setting Out Manager – Manufacturing & Joinery Projects

About the role

The Setting Out Manager will lead the coordination of internal and external clients and the setting‑out team to ensure smooth project manufacturing, high client satisfaction, and balanced quality‑cost performance. This senior position supports divisional performance, drives efficiency improvements, and aligns daily activities with strategic plans.

Key responsibilities

• Manage assigned projects, reviewing details and guiding the setting‑out team through material submissions, procurement, shop‑drawing development, prototyping and manufacturing delivery.
• Oversee project programmes, schedules and client expectations, ensuring timely shop‑drawing preparation and submittal.
• Coordinate with production departments, verify material specifications, and clear variations internally and with clients.
• Identify material requirements, lead procurement and planning to guarantee material arrival before production starts.
• Handle RFIs, source hardware accessories, and optimise sourcing where possible.
• Control the approval process for project drawings and issue cutting lists and loading lines to the factory.
• Collaborate with site teams for surveys or alternative setting‑out plans on fast‑track projects.
• Interpret contractual work requirements, follow up procurement, prepare project status reports and forecast cutting‑list issuance.

Required profile

• Minimum ten years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven track record in joinery setting‑out from site survey through shop‑drawing, cutting‑list creation, material take‑off, ordering and loading‑line preparation.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing procedures and common joinery materials such as timber, boards, veneers and laminates.

Required skills

• Joinery setting‑out
• Shop‑drawing preparation and submittal
• Material procurement and planning
• Cutting‑list and loading‑line issuance
• Material take‑off
• Knowledge of timber, boards, veneers, laminates
• Project scheduling and programme management
• RFI management and client communication