Description:
The company undertakes restaurant design and build contracts from concept to competition and the project manager is responsible for the successful delivery of our design, build and fit-out projects.
As the project moves from an opportunity to a contract, the project manager will work closely with the sales team to review the details to begin planning the programme and co-ordinate the installation and trade teams. Typically, the role will involve:
- Liaising with the Operations Director and Order Processing Administrator to establish details regarding equipment, including special fabrication. This will involve taking part in a handover meeting between PM, SM and Operations.
- Liaising with the Client or Main Contractor to establish IFSE requirements and expectations and to assist with any technical queries that they may have. The project manager will also liaise with the IFSE Design Office to check layout drawings and to coordinate any necessary alterations.
- Expediting and checking fabrication drawings with the specialist sub-contractors and ensuring all such drawings are issued and approved. They will also raise orders for special fabrication once full site dimensions are available. This involves the preparation of sketches.
- Ensuring the cost-effectiveness and profitability of all special fabrication orders, liaising with the OP Administrator/Projects Director and negotiating with fabricators regarding price and manufacturing programmes as necessary.
- Ensuring all variations are covered by either IFSE variation order or client Purchase Order/Site Instruction and ensuring that variations are prepared and signed off promptly and passed to the Operations Director for processing into the project spreadsheet and order/invoice log.
- Generating and collating pre-installation Health and Safety documentation and Method/Risk Assessments. Checking to ensure these are acceptable and coordinating with third parties as necessary.
- Managing the installation to ensure maximum efficiency, quality and on-time completion, supervising the ifse installation engineers/sub-contractors and co-ordinating any requirements during the installation period.
- Carrying out a project handover with the client involving snagging, coordination of commissioning and staff training.
- Liaising with Operations Director to communicate when completed projects are ready to be invoiced and ensure that all IFSE contractual requirements are met with regard to certification and Operating and Maintenance Manuals.
What We’re Looking For
- Understanding of the principles of catering design
- Have excellent customer focus and interpersonal skills
- Enjoy working within a busy team environment
- Have a broad knowledge of commercial catering equipment and all associated works required to equip a commercial kitchen
- Experience with Microsoft Office suite and CRM software