Construction Project Manager

Construction Project Manager

The role is field based with flexibility to work from store, home or one of our Store Support Centres (Coventry, London or Manchester) and we have nationwide coverage.

There’s more to our Property team than bricks and mortar. We decide where the next Sainsbury’s should be, what size outlet that should be and then create something that lasts for decades. From location planning undertaking market analysis, we manage the lifestyle of each physical asset all the way through to redevelopment or sale. That’s broader than most retailers and means decisions concerning hundreds of £millions. Which also means we have to be highly commercial, focused on outcomes, comfortable with ambiguity and happy to act at pace. We work smarter, very flexibly and we’re trusted to get on with it. So get ready to make things happen here.

As a Project Manager your main focus will be to provide an effective Project Management service tailored to the individual customer focussed investments. You’ll be responsible for delivery of projects safely, on time, at best commercial value and great quality for our customers and colleagues whilst ensuring compliance with all legal and statutory requirements.

To be successful in this role, you’ll have extensive experience in project management, preferably with commercial focus. You’ll need to have excellent communication and influencing skills with ability to successfully manage multiple internal and external stakeholders.

More about the role:

• Responsible for the delivery of Customer focused investment proposals to time, cost, quality and Health & Safety parameters, and compliant to all legal, statutory and local authority requirements.

• Control of capital throughout an investment proposal, ensuring the change control process is adhered to, the cost is rigorously challenged and financial authority is not exceeded.

• Responsible for preparation of all contract and project documentation to be signed off with relevant stakeholders prior to final sign off by the Head of Construction.

• To act as project specific communicator. The job holder is the key decision maker on specific projects, and will provide a single point of contact to influence and support delivery between internal and external teams.

• To effectively deliver the scope of the project from multi store rollout to major new store to meet the company requirements and specifications.

• To sign off projects upon completion and to agree (and challenge) the final account. The job holder has continued accountability post handover through aftercare phase, and will also be measured against compliance to format proposition and operational requirements until final close down of the project.

More about you:

Good level of experience in commercially focussed project management

Excellent forward planning and organisational skills

Excellent communication skills with ability to impact and influence

Strong stakeholder management skills with ability to manage & motivate cross functional

Able to manage time effectively in the face of conflicting priorities and timescales

Sound knowledge and understanding various project management methodologies / Professional qualification in Project Management – desirable

Able to demonstrate the application of complex construction and project management theory (normally gained through higher education) in developing solutions with good knowledge of design specifications, fit out and design costs, construction, technical standards, CDM and Health and Safety legislation – desirable

Benefits

We believe in doing the right thing so there’s a lot to look forward to, including flexible working to help you create a real work/life balance. The perks aren’t bad either.

Financial benefits include two discount cards for 10% off at all our brands (increasing to 15% once a month), performance-related bonus, Sainsbury’s pensions, life cover, Sharesave scheme and Share Purchase Plan, season ticket loan, health cash plans and banking discounts.

To make life and work easier, there’s also a holiday buying scheme, leave when you’re welcoming a new addition to the family, colleague networks, cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Gympass and a Wellbeing centre.

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