Senior Project Manager, Production, Distribution and Facilities

Wonder Group•Parsippany, NJ

11h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager Production, Distribution Centers & Facilities will be joining the growing development team focusing on building Wonder’s distribution centers, offices, and special projects. This position reports to the Head of Facilities, based out of our Parsippany, NJ office with expected regional travel. Joining us means joining a team with specialists in acquisitions, legal, operations, and finance. Our team works hard, supports each other, shares ideas to improve, and consistently delivers results.

Requirements

Construction project management, multi-site, program management, experience with production facilities, cold storage and industrial kitchens
Experience managing multi-site rollout programs
Managing a team of external vendors, suppliers, internal team members and stakeholders
Providing live on-site field direction and or supervision
Negotiating agreements with 3rd parties including suppliers and sub-contractors
Ability to review submittals, invoices, and proposals from 3rd parties
Reading and understanding of construction drawings
Creating reports and summarizing critical action items to internal team
Experience hitting time-sensitive deadlines and budgets
Familiarity with CMMS / asset lifecycle integration (Service Channel preferred)

Nice To Haves

Service Channel preferred

Responsibilities

Project execution from due diligence of potential sites to design, through construction execution, and transition to operations
Directly manage multiple projects at once ranging in size from 10,000 SF to 200,000 SF
Travel, including overnight, to job sites as required to the market of your responsibility
Manage the adherence to the budget, timeline, and processes of the project lifecycle
Ensure projects are aligned with agreed-upon plans, communicate progress and challenges with stakeholders through reports and meetings
Collaborate and direct architects, engineers, general contractors, vendors, suppliers, and other specialists
Hold vendors and contractors accountable to SLAs for schedule, quality, and safety
Evaluate vendor performance and drive corrective action when required
Manage project design and implementation with internal stakeholders including Production, Logistics, Engineering, Facilities, IT, FSQA, Health, Safety, Procurement, Culinary, and all others to ensure they meet their deadlines for the project
Ensure all projects meet food safety, sanitation, and production environment standards in coordination with FSQA
Drive internal cross collaboration with subject matter experts for fast decision making and project execution
Standardize project execution processes across all sites to ensure consistency and scalability
Capture and implement lessons learned to improve future rollout efficiency
Write and submit inspection logs and punch lists while ensuring all local, state, and national building codes and regulations are followed
Negotiate contracts with external vendors, review proposals and invoices
Track and manage budget vs. actuals, including change order control and cost variance mitigation
Ensure projects are delivered within approved capital budgets
Plan all construction operations and schedule intermediate phases to ensure deadlines will be met; evaluate and hire vendors and allocate responsibilities
Plan and execute construction activities to minimize disruption to live operations and production environments
Identify schedule risks early and implement recovery plans to maintain project timelines
Drive accelerated schedules where required to meet business needs
Collaborate cross functionally with facilities team for warranty and or day 2 problem solving through normalization period of restaurant
Ensure adherence to all health and safety standards and report issues
Manage the transition to operations phase of the project after construction completion including service contract set-ups restaurant set ups and operations training on store systems
Ensure all installed equipment and assets are properly tagged, commissioned, and integrated into Service Channel
Coordinate with Facilities to ensure PM programs, warranty tracking, and service contracts are in place at turnover
Oversee equipment startup, commissioning, and validation to ensure systems are fully operational prior to handoff
Ensure OEM startup, calibration, and performance validation for critical production equipment