About the Role
Provide construction knowledge, expertise, leadership, direction, supervision, and administration for planning, design, and execution of capital reinvestment projects, major maintenance, or ad-hoc project work in existing restaurants.
Responsibilities
- Manage the full lifecycle of NEXT reinvestment construction projects.
- Manage key stakeholder engagements with franchisees, crew, designers, QS's, contractors, and corporate departments.
- Coordinate and supervise all aspects of detailed design.
- Understand and challenge project costs to ensure best value for franchisees.
- Monitor and communicate project programs to ensure delivery.
- Work closely with supply chain and contractors to ensure project delivery.
- Obtain financial approval on project expenditure.
- Supervise, challenge, and report any variance to project expenditure.
- Undertake site inspections, site meetings, and defect identification inspections.
- Support the engagement of Principle Designers to ensure compliance with H&S regulations.
- Assist with ensuring compliance with McDonald’s standards, policies, and specifications.
Requirements
- 7 years construction project management, commercial, or retail fitout background.
- RICS/CIOB/APM qualification.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Experience leading project teams to deliver high-quality construction projects on time and to budget.
- Experience developing a direct project manager report(s).
- Clear strength in financial cost management.
- Ability to quickly build and maintain excellent relationships and influence key decision makers.
- Experience managing multi-discipline professional teams.
- Organized, analytical, and proactive approach to problem-solving.
- Ability to work to strict deadlines.
- Inquisitive and willing to learn new skills.
- Ability to assimilate information quickly.
- Confident to operate with a high degree of autonomy.
- Strong communication skills.
- Computer Literate - Sophisticated Excel & PowerPoint.
- Comfortable with and experienced in working in a fast-paced and changing working environment.
- Able to deal with challenging or complicated situations.
- Able to work with energy and passion and encourage the same in others.
- Curious, collaborative, and committed to continuous improvement.
Skills
- Construction project management
- Commercial fitout
- Retail fitout
- Stakeholder engagement
- Project cost management
- Project program management
- Financial cost management
- Relationship building
- Influencing
- Team leadership
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Project Management software (desirable)
Experience Level
- 7 years
Education Level
- RICS/CIOB/APM
About the Company
- McDonalds has operated in the UK since 1974, with over 1500 restaurants across the UK and Ireland serving nearly four million customers daily.
- McDonalds is one of the UK's largest private sector employers, with over 170,000 employees.
- Global vision is to build a better McDonalds.
- UK and Ireland vision is to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.
- Culture shapes everything McDonalds thinks and does, influencing interactions with each other, customers, franchisees, and suppliers.
- Culture motivates and inspires attracting and retaining great talent, creating positive, energizing, exceptional working environments.
- Values drive culture and shape beliefs, priorities, and actions.
- Values include Serve, Inclusion, Integrity, Community, and Family.
- McDonalds embraces diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive culture.
- Recognizes responsibility as a large employer to be active in communities, helping develop skills and drive aspirations.
Equal Opportunity
- We do not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind.
