Construction Project Manager

About the role

The Construction Project Manager will be joining the growing real-estate team focusing on building Wonder's High Density Restaurants (HDRs), in regional east coast markets. This position reports to the Director of Construction, based out of our Parsippany, NJ office with expected regional travel. Joining us means joining a team with specialists in acquisitions, legal, operations, and finance. Our team works hard, supports each other, shares ideas to improve, and consistently delivers results.

Responsibilities include:

• Construction project execution from due diligence of potential sites to design, through construction execution, and transition to operations
• Directly manage multiple projects at once ranging in size from 1,000sf - 4,000sf
• Projects may be new restaurant construction or retrofit programs
• Travel to job sites as required including New York City and to the market of your responsibility (east coast)
• Develop and adhere to the budget, timeline, and quality control plan; plan all phases of the construction lifecycle from initiation to completion
• Ensure projects are aligned with agreed-upon plans, communicate progress and challenges with stakeholders through reports and meetings
• Collaborate and direct architects, engineers, general contractors, vendors, suppliers, and other specialists
• Manage project design and implementation with internal stakeholders including Facilities, IT, FSQA, Health, Safety, Procurement, Culinary, and all others to ensure they meet their deadlines for the project
• Drive internal cross collaboration with subject matter experts for fast decision making and project execution
• Write and submit inspection logs and punch lists while ensuring all local, state, and national building codes and regulations are followed
• Negotiate contracts with external vendors, review proposals and invoices, track information, financially manage the project against the budget
• Plan all construction operations and schedule intermediate phases to ensure deadlines will be met; evaluate and hire vendors and allocate responsibilities
• Supervise the work of vendors and internal staff onsite including laborers, mechanics etc. and give them guidance when needed
• Ensure adherence to all health and safety standards and report issues
• Manage the transition to operations phase of the project after construction completion including service contract set-ups restaurant set ups and operations training on store systems

The experience you have

• Construction project management, multi-site, program management, retail, or restaurant build management
• Managing a team of external vendors, suppliers, internal team members and stakeholders
• Providing live on-site field direction and or supervision
• Negotiating agreements with 3rd parties including suppliers and sub-contractors
• Ability to review submittals, invoices, and proposals from 3rd parties
• Reading and understanding of construction drawings
• Creating reports and summarizing critical action items to internal team
• Experience hitting time-sensitive deadlines and budgets

The way you work

• You operate autonomously in driving projects and stakeholders forward; acknowledge and request support or guidance when needed
• You solve problems and make decisions informed by data, insights, and good judgement
• You gain trust through open dialogue, collaborative problem solving, and actively seeking improvement
• You are biased towards action, and speed, and work through obstacles to maintain progress
• You are organized, have ability to prioritize and multi-task
• You are detailed oriented and adhere to time sensitive business milestones
• Willingness to travel regionally (20-25%)

Base Salary: $134,000- $147,000

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K. Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed.

A final note

At Wonder, we believe that in order to build the best team, we must hire using an objective lens. We are committed to fair hiring practices where we hire people for their potential and advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As such, we do not discriminate or make decisions based on your race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. If you have a disability, please let your recruiter know how we can make your interview process work best for you.

We look forward to hearing from you! We'll contact you via email or text to schedule interviews and share information about your candidacy.