New Store Construction Manager - Wegmans Food Markets : Job Details

At Wegmans, our Construction team oversees all construction, estimating and quality for our incredible store and facility projects, providing a world class grocery shopping experience for all of our customers. In this role, as a Construction Project Manager, you will help drive the innovation and success of our new store projects, in both new and existing markets, working in mixed use developments as well as ground up greenfield sites. With many new stores in the real estate pipeline, we are excited to add to the team that oversees these special projects. This role holds Construction project teams accountable for organizing, supervising, scheduling, and planning on new store builds, to maximize cost efficiency, on time and within budget. They provide technical expertise on site cost estimates, manage subcontractor relationships and contracts, establish project objectives, and maintain adherence to policies and procedures.

What will I do?

• Manage and coordinate all aspects of the project; set project goals, monitor progress, communicate to key stakeholders
• Conduct meetings with each project team; ensure work is on schedule, within budget and complies with technical, safety and legal requirements
• Review job costs, labor requirements, and schedule status with teams; approve changes to scope of work; communicate feedback
• Manage all pre-bid meetings; serve as liaison through the bid process; review proposed bid packages with Estimating for cost effective pricing
• Provide direction to Superintendents, Field Technicians and others in field; ensure understanding of expectations for project; allocate adequate resources to project team
• Develop subcontractor scopes and contracts, negotiate pricing, issue contracts and purchase orders, and handle coordination of subcontractors; review, approve, and coordinate all changes to contracts
• Oversee accuracy of financial information from project team to Accounting; prepare and review job cost setup

Required Qualifications:

• 5 or more years' experience in construction project management, with experience on retail, hospitality, or food oriented projects preferred
• Experience with and knowledge of construction methods, materials, documents, drawings and specifications
• Effective communication skills, including business presentation skills, as well as the ability to interface at all levels and build relationships with internal and external business partners

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in a related field

At Wegmans, we've long believed we can achieve our goals only if we first fulfill the needs of our people. Putting our people first and offering competitive pay and a variety of benefits & perks is just the start of what it means to work at Wegmans.

Whether through premium pay for working overtime, on Sundays or on recognized holidays, offering industry-leading health care coverage and wellness programs to support physical, financial, and emotional well-being, or paid time off (PTO) to help you balance work and life, we've got something for everyone.

And because we care about the wellbeing and success of every person, we recognize each person has their own unique scheduling needs. We're proud to offer flexibility in scheduling so our employees can prioritize what is most important to them. Our large, high-volume stores and 24x7 operations allow for personalized schedules that balance an employee's individual needs with the needs of our business and each department.

Comprehensive benefits*

***Certain eligibility requirements must be satisfied and offerings may differ based upon area or the company and/or position.

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