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Senior Property Project Manager

About the Role

Lead the development and be accountable for the project management of new store projects, extensions and re-fits from Site Initiation through to Handover to the operations team, ensuring compliance with relevant Health & Safety standards and according to the defined SSP standards. 
 

What you'll be Doing:

  • Lead the development projects of new stores, extensions and re-fits from Site Initiation through to Handover to the retail team using the SSP Development Milestone Process. 
  • Manage the following project stages: 
  • Site Initiation: Initial Survey, Budget and brief with Business Development team 
  • Site Assessment: Outline project specification, Budget, Draft Program 
  • Design: Direct Survey, Drawings, Retail Layout 
  • Tender: Supervise the Quantity Surveyors and select appropriate contractors 
  •  Construction: Supervise the External Consultants 
  • Store Fit-out: Supervise the Purchase of directly procured equipment 
  • Act as the principal customer contact for internal and external parties in represent the company in its legal obligations in respect of its contractual commitments. 
  • Consult property, Business Development and Marketing / Brand Teams 
  • Develop, monitor and control the budget for the projects 
  •  Define the budget per project according to the brief provided by the Business Development team 
  • Update the costs on a weekly basis
  •  Report costs on milestones as defined in the Development Process 
  • Check and sign-off Final Accounts (developed by QS) 
  • Organize and run Value Engineering workshops with the contractor and consultant base, with the objective of reducing development costs by at least 5% per annum 
  • Select and appoint the Design team, the Main Contractor and Sub-contractors and build them into the design team 
  • Be responsible for the successful delivery of new stores, extensions and re-fits in respect of the program, the budget, Health & Safety standards and according to the SSP standards and Current Legislation 1. Implement the SSP Development Process and Project management tools 2. Update the project status on a regular basis (status reflects reality) 3. Integrate all tools in the work 4. Exercise quality control 5. Provide due diligence in order to ensure that projects comply with legislation 6. Attend site meetings and report progress and risks to the business. 
  • Construction Health & Safety - Proactively manage Construction health & safety, ensuring that all aspects of legislation are satisfied for all projects.

 

To be successful in this role you will need:

  • Ideally a relevant building qualification. 
  •  Preferably 15 years ‘client or consultancy side’ Project Management experience in a retail/catering environment. 
  • Capable of controlling programme and budget constraints. 
  • Ability to manage multiple Projects simultaneously. 
  • Strong management and organisation skills. 
  • Computer literate – word /excel /outlook/ MS Project

 

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