Consultant, Construction

McDonald's; Birmingham; Híbrido; GBP 60.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

McDonalds is seeking a Construction Manager for its Reinvestment Team in the UK. You will oversee reinvestment construction projects across existing restaurants, manage stakeholder engagements, and supervise design and delivery while ensuring safety, compliance and budget adherence.

The role requires autonomous leadership, strong cost management, and ability to drive projects through to completion in a fast-paced environment.

Formación

• Construction project management or commercial or retail fitout background.
• RICS/CIOB/APM qualification or equivalent.
• Ability to work autonomously and lead project teams to deliver on time and budget.
• Strong cost management and influencing key decision makers.

Responsabilidades

• Manage the full lifecycle of reinvestment construction projects for existing restaurants.
• Coordinate stakeholder engagements with Franchisors, Crew, Designers, QSs, Contractors and other departments.
• Supervise detailed design and monitor project programmes to ensure delivery.
• Collaborate with supply chain and contractors to ensure project delivery and financial controls.
• Obtain financial approval and report variances in project expenditure.
• Conduct site inspections and defect identifications; engage with Principal Designers for H&S compliance.
• Ensure compliance with McDonald’s standards and policies.

Conocimientos

Construction project management

RICS/CIOB/APM

Autonomy

Financial cost management

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership of project teams

Herramientas

Excel

PowerPoint

Project management software

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

About Us

McDonalds has run its business in the UK since 1974 and currently operates over 1500 restaurants across the UK and Ireland, serving almost four million customers each day. McDonalds is one of the UKs largest private sector employers, employing over 170,000 people.

Department Overview

You will be a part of the Construction Department and more specifically the Reinvestment Team which is responsible for undertaking refurbishment and improvement projects of existing leasehold and freehold properties on both company owned and franchised restaurants. The property portfolio consists of traditionally constructed drive-thru and high street restaurants. The Reinvestment Team has an extensive programme of works to introduce In Real-Life Experience (IRLX) to every restaurant in the Irish estate.

To provide construction knowledge and expertise, leadership, direction, supervision and administration in the planning, design and execution of:

• Capital reinvestment projects in existing restaurants
• Major maintenance or ad-hoc project work in existing restaurants

Duties

With the support and guidance of a Constrution Manager undertake the following:

• Manage the full lifecycle of NEXT reinvestment construction projects
• Undertake and manage key stakeholder engagements with parties such as Franchiees, Crew, Designers, QS’s, Contractors and other corporate departments (such as IT and Finance)
• Coordinate and supervise all aspects of the detailed design
• Ability to understand and challenge project costs to ensue best value is obtained for our franchisees
• Monitor and communicate project programmes to ensure delivery
• Work closely with supply chain and contractors to ensure project delivery
• Obtain financial approval on project expenditure
• Supervise, challenge and report any variance to project expenditure
• Undertake site inspections, site meetings and defect identification inspections
• Support the engagement of Principle Designers to ensure compliance of H&S regulations
• Assist with ensuring compliance of McDonald’s standards, policies and specifications

Qualifications

• Construction project management or commercial or retail fitout background
• RICS/CIOB/APM
• Work autonomously
• Experience of leading project teams to deliver high quality construction projects on time and to budget
• Experience of developing a direct project manager report(s)
• Clear strength in financial cost management
• The ability to quickly build and maintain excellent relationships and influence key decision makers
• Experience in managing multi-discipline professional teams
• Be organised, analytical and have a proactive approach to problem solving
• Be able to work to strict deadlines
• Be inquisitive and willing to learn new skills
• Have the ability to assimilate information quickly
• Be confident to operate with a high degree of autonomy
• Have strong communication skills
• Computer Literate- Sophisticated Excel & PowerPoint. Project Management software experience is desirable
• Be comfortable with and have experience of working in a fast paced and changing working environment
• Be able to deal with challenging or complicated situations
• Be able to work with energy and passion and encourage the same in others

At McDonald's, we are People from all Walks of Life...

Company Vision and Culture

Our Global vision is to build a better McDonalds and in the UK and Ireland we are working hard to be the UK & Irelands best-loved restaurant company.

McDonalds is defined by its culture. Our culture shapes and informs everything we think and everything we do. Our culture influences the way we interact with each other, and how we interact with customers, franchisees and suppliers. Our culture motivates and inspires us to attract and retain great talent, creating positive, energising, exceptional working environment for us all.

Our values drive our culture and shape our beliefs, our priorities and our actions. They influence the decisions we make, how we treat one another and how we show up as a brand to the world.

Serve

We put our customers and our people first

Inclusion

We open our doors to everyone

Integrity

We do the right thing

Community

We are good neighbours

Family

We get better together

At McDonalds we are People from all Walks of Life...

People are at the heart of everything we do, and they make the McDonalds experience. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture that means people can be their best authentic self in our restaurants and offices, which helps us to better serve our customers. We have a strong heritage of diversity and representation within our communities, which we are proud of. The diversity of our people, customers, Franchisees and suppliers gives us strength.

We do not tolerate inequality, injustice or discrimination of any kind. These are hugely important issues and a brand with our reach and relevance means we have a very meaningful role to play.

We also recognise our responsibility as a large employer to continue being active in our communities, helping to develop skills and drive aspirations that will help people to be more aware of the world of work and more successful within it, whether with McDonalds or elsewhere.