Construction Project Manager
Are you a construction project management specialist in the South East? Do you aspire to have involvement with transformational projects across a portfolio of 16 household name hospitality brands? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to develop your career with us as an experienced Construction Project Manager.
Awarded ‘Best Sustainable Pub Company’ in 2023, here at Mitchells & Butlers we have a portfolio of over 1600 pubs, bars and restaurants across the UK, including the stylish All Bar One brand, legendary Miller & Carter steakhouses, and the iconic Toby Carvery and Harvester Restaurants.
We are Mitchells & Butlers, the heart of hospitality, and we set the industry standard. With our recent exciting acquisition of Ego Restaurants, along with a new brand developing as we speak, the opportunities to get involved in fresh projects is imminent, and this is a truly exciting time to join us and further develop your career in an environment where you can learn and grow professionally within an established team. If you’re as passionate about construction and hospitality combined as we are, we want to hear from you!
We are actively recruiting for an experienced and proven Construction Project Manager to join us on a permanent contract basis, who will be responsible for supporting the Mitchells & Butlers property strategy and investment plan, covering a geographical base covering the South East, with nationwide travel as and when the role requires. You will be recruited to deliver projects across our Restaurants division which currently includes brands such as Toby Carvery, Harvester & Stonehouse Pizza Carvery.
You will be a subject matter expert, managing multiple construction and refurbishment projects of individual M&B premises with individual annual projects ranging in value from £100K to £1mil. Whilst predominantly South East this role is fully mobile with nationwide travel, therefore full flexibility regarding travel is a pre-requisite. Working within an established team of Construction Project Management professionals, you will be reporting into Head of Building Development within Restaurants.
You’ll be well rewarded…
- Company Car or car allowance
- Annual Company Bonus
- Pension Plan
- 26 days paid annual leave, plus the opportunity to buy up to 2.5 weeks more!
- Private medical plan, which provides family cover
- Flexible working – to work around the other important things in life
- Love eating out? You'll love it even more with a massive 33% discount across all our brands, and we’ve extended our discount to your friends & family who receive 20% off Mon-Thurs!
- And of course, much more!
The Opportunity – Construction Project Manager
- Successfully project managing a blend of an estimated acquisition, conversion, growth, remodel and local profit driver plans for your geographical region on an annual basis.
- You will successfully project manage including and not limited to a blend of growth, refurbishment and profit driver plans for your allocated remit.
- You will assist with the delivery of your aligned projects and programme safely, to the approved budget, to the correct quality and to the agreed programme
- You will draw on your expertise to propose cost-effective design solutions to maximise returns, whilst maintaining brand standards to drive market share in a competitive hospitality marketplace
- You will be building successful key stakeholder partnerships across your brand, division and/or the business, this is a vital part of the role and will determine your success in role
- You will also liaise externally with Statutory authorities and internally across multiple departments in the organisation
- You will draw on your experience and ability to positively influence external consultants, contractors and suppliers in order to deliver a high-quality product safely, within budget and on time
What you’ll need to bring to the Construction Project Manager role:-
- Proven record of delivering multi-disciplinary projects at an extremely fast pace
- Previous experience delivering with similar project sizes, budgets, types and volumes
- Sound and proven experience within a construction Project Management role, ideally within the leisure/retail/hospitality sector
- A sound knowledge of legal and statutory requirements associated with leisure retail construction Projects
- A full UK Driving License, with a flexible approach to travel to our sites nationally and also to our Head Office in Birmingham as and when required.
- A Professional Qualification is desirable but not essential
- A high degree of self-motivation and a learning mindset
- Clear and concise methods of communication and presentation
- Strong drive for problem solving and continuous improvement
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent or competing projects
If this sounds like a great opportunity and you are looking to further develop your career, apply now!
Closing Date - 11.59pm on 31st July 2024.
