Construction Project Manager

Jiffy Lube; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jiffy Lube in the United States is seeking a seasoned Construction Project Manager to lead a portfolio of multiple new store openings per year. You will oversee site plan reviews, budget management, and scheduling from permit to opening, ensuring brand standards are met while coordinating with developers, GCs, and internal teams.

You will travel up to 80% across multiple states, review CDs, manage change orders, and drive closeouts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering or architecture, or equal experience.
• Willingness to travel up to 80%, mostly overnight trips to job sites across multiple states.
• Able to read and review site plans, construction drawings and specifications.
• Strong knowledge of permitting, building codes and ADA requirements.

Responsibilities

• Review site plans and construction drawings for brand standards and code.
• Review budgets and change orders for each store.
• Own the project schedule from permit to opening.
• Coordinate developers, GCs and internal teams across operations and procurement.
• Lead construction calls with developers and GCs and drive the punch list to close.

Skills

Cost control

Scheduling

Contracts

Change orders

Code inspections

Education

Bachelor's degree or equal experience

Tools

Procore

Airtable

Bluebeam

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Job description

We are growing our store network and building new locations across multiple states. In this role you will lead a portfolio of multiple new store openings a year, from site plan review through closeout. You will oversee developer partners and general contractors, and make sure every store opens on time, on budget and to brand standards.

What you'll do

You will own these for every store in your portfolio, in the order a project runs:

• Site plan reviews: review each site plan for brand standards, access, site layout and code before design moves forward
• Construction drawing reviews: review CDs against brand standards and send comments back to the architect and developer
• Budget reviews: run the pre-bid, post-bid and final budget reviews for each store
• Budget management: hold each store to its approved budget, approve change orders within limits and report cost against target
• Schedule management: own the schedule from permit to opening, including long‑lead equipment and sign orders, and flag slips early to leadership
• Construction calls: lead the recurring calls with developers and GCs on each active job
• Construction coordination: coordinate developers, GCs and our real estate, operations and procurement teams so each job keeps moving
• Punch walks: walk each store at substantial completion and turnover, and drive the punch list to close
• Closeouts: collect the closeout package, close out the contract and track warranty items through the warranty period

You will also:

• Run quality control across every developer and GC: required checklists, third‑party testing and inspections, and scorecards
• Share lessons learned to improve design standards and the construction process
• Work with Operations on store turnover and opening readiness
• Work with project coordination staff on documentation and filing

What you bring

Experience by level

Required

• Strong command of cost, schedules, contracts, change orders and code inspections
• Able to read and review site plans, construction drawings and specifications
• Working knowledge of permitting, building codes and ADA requirements
• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering or architecture, or equal experience
• Able to travel up to 80%, mostly overnight trips to job sites across multiple states

Preferred

• Retail construction experience (strongly preferred), ideally multi‑site retail, QSR or automotive service rollouts
• Owner‑side experience: managing GCs, developers or owner's reps on behalf of a retailer or brand
• Experience with construction software. Tools like these are a plus:
• Construction project management platforms, such as Procore, Airtable
• Drawing review and markup tools, such as Bluebeam
• Schedule and pipeline tracking tools, such as Smartsheet or Microsoft Project