Construction Project Manager

Role Description

Are you ready to roll up your sleeves, lead exciting projects, and make big things happen? Join our construction team as a Project Manager! The Construction Project Manager plays a key role in leading and coordinating the work of contractors and professional service partners involved in construction, building remodels, site work, and site improvements. This position supports QSR and large-scale company initiatives—including, but not limited to, paving projects, equipment installation rollouts, and other enterprise-wide efforts—by carrying out these responsibilities personally or through assigned teams.

While this position is remote, the qualified candidate must reside in the Central East Coast area.

Salary: $98,000/yr

Responsibilities

• Develop project plans and execute large capital initiatives like equipment rollouts (coffee programs, freezer/cooler installs, etc.), remodels, QSR upgrades, paving projects, and other capital projects determined by the Director of Special Projects.
• Budget, manage, and communicate all projects to internal and external stakeholders.
• Complete all projects on time and within budget.
• Lead cross departmental project teams and manage all activities in a project life cycle (initiation planning, executing/controlling, and closing) for projects that are across multiple departments or associated with process improvement.
• Develop and revise project plans including timelines, issues, resources, and dependencies in collaboration with project sponsors and cross departmental teams.
• Actively manage the mitigation of issues and communicate to all affected teams.
• Develop communication plans and communicate appropriate levels of information (status, issues, risks, decisions) to project sponsors and senior staff.
• Facilitate decision making with project team members and stakeholders at all levels of the organization related to project performance, including, but not limited to schedule, scope, budget, and resources.
• Develop project management curriculum to create competency at GPM Investments.
• Coach and mentor associates on their projects.
• Act as a liaison within and between departments on project management and best practices.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing ground-up convenience store and/or retail construction projects from pre-construction through closeout is required.
• 4-year degree or comparable knowledge in Engineering (Civil or MEP), Construction Project Management or like skills.
• 5 to 10 years’ experience in rollouts, remodels, and new construction in a retail environment.
• Construction knowledge in the Convenience Store Industry to include Gasoline/Petroleum & Environmental fields is highly preferred.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing design and installation is also preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Intermediate Excel skills required with advanced math skills related to load calculations, financial budgeting and other typical Project and Construction math.
• The ability to use good reasoning and common-sense.
• Ability to travel, up to 50% of the time.