Remote Director of Restaurant Construction

Socket.dev; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits packages

401K with match

Great coffee all day

Growing brand

Job summary

Better Buzz Coffee seeks a Director of Construction in the San Diego area to lead design, construction, scope, schedule and budget for new restaurants, coordinating with real estate, design and development teams to meet brand and quality standards.

You will oversee budgets, milestones, vendor relationships, and weekly status updates while coaching construction managers to drive on-time, within-budget delivery. This role offers remote flexibility across California and beyond.

Qualifications

• 10+ years Restaurant Construction related experience.
• 5+ years of Construction management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in related field required (construction, architecture or engineering) or applicable experience
• Advance knowledge of Microsoft: Word, Excel, Outlook, Calendar, Scheduling, and PowerPoint
• 50% Travel (sometimes more depending on construction activities)
• Detail-oriented, organized and able to manage multiple priorities that may be constantly changing
• Strong decision-making capabilities and able to deliver within tight deadlines
• Self-driven, flexible, and highly energetic with strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently both independently and collaboratively

Responsibilities

• Understands, values and supports the critical execution of the development turnover process
• Drives all resources to deliver needs that support restaurant schedule, cost and quality expectations
• Reviews project specific documents & contracts to fully comprehend project requirements and details
• Works with real estate, design and development team to determine project specific scope
• Oversees development of construction project estimates/budgets
• Responsible for development of proposed master schedules (including milestone events)
• Manages construction document review & approval
• Conducts constructability reviews (coordination with design professionals)
• Oversees bid review/qualification and final contract preparation/recommendation
• Monitors all general contractors’ construction performance and accountability
• Ensures that crew visits restaurants under construction at specific milestone events to confirm compliance with schedule & quality expectations

Job description

Better Buzz Coffee seeks a Director of Construction in the San Diego area to lead design, construction, scope, schedule and budget for new restaurants, coordinating with real estate, design and development teams to meet brand and quality standards.

You will oversee budgets, milestones, vendor relationships, and weekly status updates while coaching construction managers to drive on-time, within-budget delivery. This role offers remote flexibility across California and beyond.