Job Details:Reporting Line : Quantity Survey ManagerContract duration: 6 monthsOffice Location: Tatu City, NairobiStart Date: ImmediatelyRole Overview:The Clerk of Works will be responsible for executing and coordinating the delivery of interior fit-out works. This role requires active, hands-on approach to overseeing site activities, managing trade coordination, resolving technical issues, and making progress to ensure high-quality execution of interior works. The position works closely with design and site teams to support the timely and cost-effective completion of interior projects.Responsibilities:Hands-On Delivery & Site Coordination Lead and coordinate day-to-day interior fit-out activities on site for the residential house project.Manage the sequencing and integration of trades including partitions, ceilings, joinery, tiling, flooring, decorative finishes, and MEP interfaces.Provide technical direction to contractors and subcontractors, ensuring works follow the agreed programme and meet quality expectations.Oversee installation of fixtures, fittings, equipment, appliances, sanitary ware, bespoke joinery, cabinetry, and specialist interior elements. Prepare short-term work plans to maintain momentum and ensure site readiness for upcoming trades.Maintain detailed daily site logs documenting progress, workforce, material usage, and emerging issues.Technical Execution & Problem Solving Resolve design, detailing, construction, and buildability issues directly on site, producing sketches, clarifications, or technical notes as required.Coordinate closely with the design team to refine installation details for joinery, stonework, bathrooms, kitchens, lighting, and high-spec residential finishes.Develop or contribute to method statements, construction sequencing plans, and installation strategies for interior components.Verify field measurements and “as-built” conditions, ensuring all dimensions and levels align with design requirements before installation.Produce installation sketches or detail instructions for contractors where design gaps or clashes exist.Materials, Samples, and Mock-Up Management Coordinate procurement and delivery of interior materials, ensuring correct quantities, specifications, and timely arrival.Review and present physical samples and mock-ups for client or design team approval, ensuring alignment with design intent and quality expectations.Manage proper storage, handling, protection, and on-site quality of all interior finishes and specialist materials (timber, stone, metals, fabrics, etc.).Liaise directly with suppliers, manufacturers, and specialist subcontractors for joinery, kitchen systems, wardrobes, lighting systems, and custom elements.Track and maintain a material and finishes register, ensuring all selections and approvals are documented.Quality Assurance & Residential-Specific DeliverablesPrepare quality checklists for key residential spaces including kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, wardrobes, staircases, and living areas.Conduct progressive inspections, identify defects, and manage close-out until works meet the required standard.Document all progress and concealed works through structured photographic records.Prepare and manage snag lists/punch lists leading up to handover, ensuring smooth completion.Verify compliance with installation guidelines, building regulations, fire safety provisions, and manufacturer requirements.Coordination, Reporting & Client Interface Manage RFIs, design clarifications, and client instructions through a structured register.Coordinate with all trades to ensure seamless interface between interior architecture and MEP systems.Provide regular progress updates, reports, and issue logs to the client or Quantity Survey manager.Support homeowner walkthroughs, prepare action lists, and track resolution of outstanding items.Handover & Close-OutCoordinate testing and commissioning activities related to interior elements (e.g., lighting controls, appliances, joinery-integrated services).Assist in preparing as-built information, warranties, certificates, and O&M manuals.Deliver a final completion report summarizing works, quality status, and outstanding actions.Provide a care and maintenance guide for finishes and installed components.RequirementsDiploma or undergraduate degree in relevant subjects include building studies, construction, surveying or engineeringMinimum 7 years’ experience in delivering high-quality interior finishing works.Proven experience in commercial and/or residential interior fit-out projects, with strong knowledge of finishing standards and installation processes.
Job Details:
Reporting Line : Quantity Survey Manager
Contract duration: 6 months
Office Location: Tatu City, Nairobi
Start Date: Immediately
Role Overview:
The Clerk of Works will be responsible for executing and coordinating the delivery of interior fit-out works. This role requires active, hands-on approach to overseeing site activities, managing trade coordination, resolving technical issues, and making progress to ensure high-quality execution of interior works. The position works closely with design and site teams to support the timely and cost-effective completion of interior projects.
Responsibilities:
Hands-On Delivery & Site Coordination
- Lead and coordinate day-to-day interior fit-out activities on site for the residential house project.
- Manage the sequencing and integration of trades including partitions, ceilings, joinery, tiling, flooring, decorative finishes, and MEP interfaces.
- Provide technical direction to contractors and subcontractors, ensuring works follow the agreed programme and meet quality expectations.
- Oversee installation of fixtures, fittings, equipment, appliances, sanitary ware, bespoke joinery, cabinetry, and specialist interior elements.
- Prepare short-term work plans to maintain momentum and ensure site readiness for upcoming trades.
- Maintain detailed daily site logs documenting progress, workforce, material usage, and emerging issues.
Technical Execution & Problem Solving
- Resolve design, detailing, construction, and buildability issues directly on site, producing sketches, clarifications, or technical notes as required.
- Coordinate closely with the design team to refine installation details for joinery, stonework, bathrooms, kitchens, lighting, and high-spec residential finishes.
- Develop or contribute to method statements, construction sequencing plans, and installation strategies for interior components.
- Verify field measurements and “as-built” conditions, ensuring all dimensions and levels align with design requirements before installation.
- Produce installation sketches or detail instructions for contractors where design gaps or clashes exist.
Materials, Samples, and Mock-Up Management
- Coordinate procurement and delivery of interior materials, ensuring correct quantities, specifications, and timely arrival.
- Review and present physical samples and mock-ups for client or design team approval, ensuring alignment with design intent and quality expectations.
- Manage proper storage, handling, protection, and on-site quality of all interior finishes and specialist materials (timber, stone, metals, fabrics, etc.).
- Liaise directly with suppliers, manufacturers, and specialist subcontractors for joinery, kitchen systems, wardrobes, lighting systems, and custom elements.
- Track and maintain a material and finishes register, ensuring all selections and approvals are documented.
Quality Assurance & Residential-Specific Deliverables
- Prepare quality checklists for key residential spaces including kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, wardrobes, staircases, and living areas.
- Conduct progressive inspections, identify defects, and manage close-out until works meet the required standard.
- Document all progress and concealed works through structured photographic records.
- Prepare and manage snag lists/punch lists leading up to handover, ensuring smooth completion.
- Verify compliance with installation guidelines, building regulations, fire safety provisions, and manufacturer requirements.
Coordination, Reporting & Client Interface
- Manage RFIs, design clarifications, and client instructions through a structured register.
- Coordinate with all trades to ensure seamless interface between interior architecture and MEP systems.
- Provide regular progress updates, reports, and issue logs to the client or Quantity Survey manager.
- Support homeowner walkthroughs, prepare action lists, and track resolution of outstanding items.
Handover & Close-Out
- Coordinate testing and commissioning activities related to interior elements (e.g., lighting controls, appliances, joinery-integrated services).
- Assist in preparing as-built information, warranties, certificates, and O&M manuals.
- Deliver a final completion report summarizing works, quality status, and outstanding actions.
- Provide a care and maintenance guide for finishes and installed components.
Requirements
- Diploma or undergraduate degree in relevant subjects include building studies, construction, surveying or engineering
- Minimum 7 years’ experience in delivering high-quality interior finishing works.
- Proven experience in commercial and/or residential interior fit-out projects, with strong knowledge of finishing standards and installation processes.
Tatu City is a 5,000-acre new city on Nairobi’s doorstep with homes, schools, businesses, a shopping district, a medical clinic, nature areas and recreation for more than 250,000 residents and tens of thousands of day visitors. Tatu City’s schools educate thousands of students daily, and a range of homes suits all incomes and businesses that thrive in the country’s first operational Special Economic Zone. Located 30 minutes from Westlands, Tatu City represents a new way of living and thinking for all Kenyans in a live, work and play environment that is free from traffic congestion and long-distance commuting.Tatu City is a development by Rendeavour, Africa’s largest new city builder with 30,000 acres of visionary projects in growth trajectories across Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tatu City is a 5,000-acre new city on Nairobi’s doorstep with homes, schools, businesses, a shopping district, a medical clinic, nature areas and recreation for more than 250,000 residents and tens of thousands of day visitors. Tatu City’s schools educate thousands of students daily, and a range of homes suits all incomes and businesses that thrive in the country’s first operational Special Economic Zone. Located 30 minutes from Westlands, Tatu City represents a new way of living and thinking for all Kenyans in a live, work and play environment that is free from traffic congestion and long-distance commuting.
Tatu City is a development by Rendeavour, Africa’s largest new city builder with 30,000 acres of visionary projects in growth trajectories across Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
