Designation: Design & Estimation Manager (Modular furniture & Interior)

Role & responsibilities:

1. Design Management

- Review architectural, interior, furniture, and MEP drawings received from clients/designers.
- Develop and review modular furniture and interior design concepts based on project requirements.
- Prepare/review furniture layouts, detailed drawings, elevations, sections, and construction details.
- Ensure designs are practical for manufacturing, installation, transportation, and site conditions.
- Select suitable materials, hardware, finishes, accessories, and construction methods.
- Coordinate design revisions with clients, architects, consultants, and internal teams.
- Identify design conflicts, technical constraints, and constructability issues at an early stage.

1. Estimation & Costing

- Prepare detailed BOQs, quantity take-offs, material requirements, and cost estimates.
- Estimate quantities for plywood/MDF/particle board, laminates, veneers, acrylics, glass, hardware, profiles, upholstery, solid surfaces, etc.
- Calculate material consumption, wastage, labour, machine processing, hardware, finishing, packing, transportation, installation, and other project costs.
- Obtain and compare supplier/subcontractor rates.
- Maintain updated rate databases for materials, hardware, labour, and services.
- Prepare project-wise cost sheets and ensure estimation accuracy.
- Identify cost variations and major cost drivers.

1. Tender & Quotation Support

- Study RFQs, BOQs, drawings, specifications, and tender documents.
- Prepare technical and commercial inputs for quotations.
- Develop competitive pricing while protecting project margins.
- Prepare alternate specifications and value-engineering options where required.
- Highlight exclusions, assumptions, deviations,



and commercial risks in quotations.
- Support the sales/business-development team during technical discussions and negotiations.

1. Manufacturing & Production Coordination

- Coordinate with production, CNC, edge-banding, finishing, assembly, and installation teams.
- Ensure proposed designs are aligned with available machinery, manufacturing processes, and production capacity.
- Resolve technical queries related to drawings, materials, hardware, and construction.
- Support preparation/review of production drawings and cutting requirements.

1. Project & Site Coordination

- Coordinate with project managers, site engineers, designers, vendors, and installation teams.
- Conduct/participate in site measurements and technical inspections when required.
- Validate site dimensions against drawings before production.

1. Cost Control & Process Improvement

- Compare estimated cost versus actual project cost and identify variances.
- Maintain historical project costing data for future estimates.
- Develop standard costing templates and estimation methodologies.
- Improve estimation accuracy, turnaround time, and material optimization.

1. Team Management

- Lead and mentor designers, draftsmen, estimators, and junior estimation staff.
- Allocate estimation/design work according to project priorities.
- Review drawings, BOQs, and estimates prepared by team members.




- Establish quality and accuracy standards.

Job Specification:

Educational Qualification

- Diploma/Degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Furniture Design, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.

Experience
- 5-10 years of relevant experience in modular furniture, interior manufacturing, joinery, retail fit-outs, office furniture, residential interiors, hospitality projects, or similar industries.
- Minimum 2-3 years in a supervisory/managerial role preferred.
- Experience handling projects from design/BOQ stage through estimation and production coordination is highly desirable.

Technical Knowledge The candidate should have solid knowledge of:

- Modular kitchen and wardrobe systems
- Office furniture and workstation systems
- Residential and commercial furniture
- Custom-made furniture and joinery
- Interior fit-out materials and construction
- Plywood, MDF, HDF, particle board, laminates, veneers, acrylic, PVC, etc.
- Furniture hardware and accessories
- Hinges, drawer systems, channels, lift-up systems, connectors, fasteners, etc.
- Glass, aluminium, profiles, solid surfaces, metalwork and upholstery
- CNC, cutting, edge-banding, drilling, routing and assembly processes

Skills:

Essential:

- AutoCAD, 3ds Max
- MS Excel / Google Sheets
- PDF/drawing review tools

Preferred:

- SketchUp, 3D design/rendering software, Furniture design/CAD software
- ERP/MIS systems
- Advanced Excel, including formulas, costing templates and dashboards

Notice: Immediate Joiner preferred

Job Location: Bhubaneswar

Languages Known: English, Hindi (Mandatory), Odia (optional)

Salary: Best in the industry (Negotiable for deserving candidates)

Benefits: PF, Paid time off

📌 Design & Estimation Manager (Modular furniture & Interior) (Bhubaneswar)
🏢 Vizous Interio
📍 Bhubaneswar