Shop Drawing Coordinator

The Big Picture

The Senior Drafter - Shop Drawing Specialist (Joinery for Middle East Projects) will play a key role in transforming design concepts into precise, production-ready shop drawings. You’ll be responsible for leading the technical detailing of bespoke joinery elements ensuring accuracy, feasibility, and seamless coordination with production and site execution teams. This role demands a hands-on expert who’s ready to get their hands dirty while building and mentoring a new team from the ground up.

What you can expect as a Shop Drawing Specialist at Illumine-i :

• You’ll be preparing detailed shop drawings for custom joinery works, for interior elements, ensuring compliance with design intent and manufacturing standards.
• You’ll be collaborating with designers, architects, engineers, and production teams to translate design concepts into accurate and buildable drawings.
• You’ll be reviewing architectural drawings and site conditions to identify discrepancies, propose solutions, and ensure alignment with production feasibility.
• You’ll be coordinating with suppliers and workshop teams to finalize material specifications, finishes, and fabrication details.
• You’ll be building and training a team of draftsmen and junior detailers, instilling best practices in drawing standards, accuracy, and efficiency.
• You’ll be actively involved in setting up drawing templates, libraries, and standards for joinery detailing from scratch.
• You’ll ensure quality control of all shop drawings before submission and follow up through the approval process.
• You’ll be working closely with the project management and site teams to clarify design details and resolve drawing-related issues during execution.
• You’ll be supporting continuous improvement initiatives in the joinery drawing and coordination process, leveraging your hands-on expertise to optimize workflows.

Essential Qualifications include :

Great to have :