Manager III Construction Projects

Category/Area of Expertise: Store Development Job Requisition: 480660 Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2110 Executive Drive Store Code: Store Development - Food Lion (2761161) Overview This position will build and lead a team of managers responsible for bidding, site visits, and conflict resolution associated with new stores, large scale acquisitions, remodels and special projects. Duties include project bidding, oversight of weekly field reports, cost estimate review, capital budget management, and project document closeouts. The role frequently interacts with the Director of Store Development, Real Estate team, Cost Estimators, Contractors and Developers. Duties and Responsibilities Mentor, coach and cross‑train team members, empowering them to challenge the status quo and drive changes to improve business performance and productivity. Encourage and support associate growth with robust Individual Development Plans, quarterly development discussions, and team educational sharing opportunities. Develop best practices and team capabilities related to capital planning, project tracking, and process development to ensure cost & schedule expectations are met. Maintain effective relationships with Store Development, Real Estate teams and key stakeholders to ensure projects meet standards, budgets and timelines. Interact with developers and contractors to provide guidance on resource and equipment constraints, onsite testing, quality expectations, and resolve jurisdictional issues. Coordinate with all internal departments on new store budgets and provide multi‑year store opening projections. Collaborate with Purchasing, Refrigeration, Real Estate, and Brand Strategy to identify potential costs and project them; provide preconstruction updates to budget estimates. Attend monthly meetings with A&E, F&P, Real Estate reps and developers to keep all parties aware of status and identify risks to timing. Conduct periodic site visits with direct reports and related managers to review opportunities for improvement and value engineering. Review all cost estimates prepared by the project estimator before releasing to the real estate team. Additional duties may be assigned as needed to meet business needs and support organizational values. Qualifications Bachelor's Degree preferred 10+ years in design and/or construction project management Practical construction technology and methods Knowledge of architectural designs/engineering concepts, construction methods and materials, site/off‑site design and development, project management, environmental and legal issues related to development, supermarket/retail industry standards Ability to read and interpret plans, specifications, building codes, and lease exhibits Ability to do complex phase planning and construction scheduling Excellent oral and/or written communication skills, able to synthesize messages for different organizational levels including Senior Leadership Presentation skills with ability to use PowerPoint Strong analytical skills; intermediate use of Excel and financial data analysis Emotional‑intelligence and leadership growth oriented Decision‑making skills: evaluate complex situations, analyze options, make sound recommendations Ability to delegate projects and assignments to the team and monitor progress Willingness to travel approximately 50% Preferred Qualifications Initiative Attention to detail Project management skills Negotiation skills Strategic planning Ability to manage all levels of the organization Salary Salary Range NC: $120,960 - $181,440 #J-18808-Ljbffr