Remote - IL (United States) · Remote
Full-time
Mid level
3 months ago
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Salary undisclosed
Join the Worldwide Grocery Real Estate & Store Development (WWGRD) team as a Sr. Construction Manager. We are looking for people who want to join our ambitious and driven team in the pursuit of excellence for industrial project management. You will be part of a team that is developing best in class industrial facilities for Amazon and Whole Foods Market, shaping the future of retail industrial spaces! This role will support innovation and expansive growth through cross-functional project oversight. The Sr. Construction Manager ensures overall construction execution of new and existing industrial facilities including all-temp distribution centers, fresh food production facilities, bakehouses and new retail concepts. Monitors finish details, MEP, and shell coordination to ensure work is executed with a high level of craftsmanship, maximizing space for product capacity and providing an excellent experience for end users. Fosters a positive team environment through a culture of accountability and shared fate. The right person for this job is an entrepreneurial self-starter with an owner’s perspective. Must have a service mindset and a professional demeanor, with the ability to communicate effectively with business partners at every level. Must be able to work independently in a collaborative, creative, ever-changing and ambiguous environment. Key job responsibilities - Responsible for ensuring overall project quality expectations are achieved throughout Design Development Coordination, FF&E, Construction, and Commissioning. - Expert ability to organize and monitor concurrent projects, ensuring execution with a high level of quality, service and communication and in accordance with deadlines. - Look around corners to identify risks and proactively solve to mitigate project impact. - Effectively influence and communicate with internal and external business partners. Problem solves creatively and successfully negotiate tradeoffs among stakeholders as required to meet project goals. - Participate in the design development process to ensure documents meet constructability and cost requirements, influencing cross-functional collaboration to improve speed to market and simplify means and methods. - Ensure responsibility of scope is clear and informs field coordination to improve speed to market and cost controls - Provide contractor accountability, improved cost performance, and management of schedule- including lead times for permitting, OFI equipment and jurisdictional inspection protocol. Ensures equipment delivery schedules are well coordinated with GC critical path. - Establish effective relationships along with an understanding of municipalities entitlement/permit process and schedules. - Travel to job sites up to 50% of the time depending on current project load.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, mechanical, operations, supply chain, business administration, or equivalent STEM field - 7+ years of project management, real estate development, architecture/design experience
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