Restaurant Openings Project Manager

Lenwich; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Lenwich in New York City is seeking a motivated Construction Project Manager to lead restaurant projects from site planning through opening. You will coordinate internal teams, landlords, architects, engineers, contractors, vendors, and local authorities to deliver on time, within budget, and in line with Lenwich design and brand standards.

The role requires 5–7 years in project management or restaurant development, strong knowledge of construction documents, budgets, and schedules, and

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of project management, construction, architecture, or development experience.
• Experience managing projects from site planning and design through permitting, construction, closeout, and opening.
• Strong understanding of architectural drawings, construction documents, specifications, permitting, and commercial building systems.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and manage project scopes, budgets, schedules, contractors, vendors, and multiple stakeholders.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, and follow-through skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead new restaurant projects from initial site planning and test-fit through design, permitting, construction, closeout, and opening.
• Develop project scopes, preliminary budgets, cost estimates, project schedules, milestones, and critical path activities with stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-functional project requirements across Development, Design, Operations, Finance, Facilities, IT, Marketing, and other teams.
• Coordinate architectural, engineering, consultant, and project deliverables to align with brand standards and budget objectives.
• Serve as the primary project manager and owner representative throughout development and construction.
• Manage relationships with architects, engineers, GC, subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers; monitor quality and safety.
• Maintain project trackers, schedules, budgets, and status reports; lead meetings and document decisions.
• Review invoices and change orders; monitor costs against budgets; implement recovery plans when at risk.
• Coordinate permitting, inspections, and municipal approvals to keep projects on schedule.
• Develop transition from construction completion to opening in partnership with Operations and Facilities.

Skills

Project management

Budgeting

Scheduling

Vendor management

Communication

Organization

Tools

Procore

Smartsheet

Monday.com

Asana

Microsoft Project

Office Suite

Job description

Lenwich in New York City is seeking a motivated Construction Project Manager to lead restaurant projects from site planning through opening. You will coordinate internal teams, landlords, architects, engineers, contractors, vendors, and local authorities to deliver on time, within budget, and in line with Lenwich design and brand standards.

The role requires 5–7 years in project management or restaurant development, strong knowledge of construction documents, budgets, and schedules, and